Photographer: Richard Gwin

Camera: Nikon D1H

James Bond, 82, Lawrence, gets a lot of ribbing for his famous name. Bond's name, he likes to joke, has not attracted any blondes, like Sandy Abrahams, of Topeka, who stood in as the Bond girl for this photo.

Lens: 28-70mm set at 48 mm

ISO: 200

Shutter: 250

Aperture: f8

Subject: James Bond. Assignment: Photograph an 82-year-old man who shares a name with the 007 of the silver screen. I decided to look for a vintage Bond movie poster. An Internet search turned up one with Bond holding a gun and an attractive woman in the background.

Hatching my photographic scheme and lining up props took about five hours of work. I borrowed a tuxedo from Sarah’s, grabbed a pellet gun from home and picked up dry ice from Hy-Vee.

But where to find a great-looking Bond girl?

Then I remembered: I had just shot a wedding and, during the reception, a tall blonde had walked in. Boy was she a looker. So I called the new bride, who put me in touch with her friend, Sandy Abrahams, of Topeka. Abrahams agreed to the photo shoot.

With the Bond girl, Bond and all the props in the Journal-World photo studio, I arranged the shot in front of a black background. A fellow photographer helped waft dry ice vapors into the frame and light it. We pushed a light onto the background behind Abrahams and used a softbox above Bond, just as a small light.

It took about 10 frames to get just the right shot. But then we had it: a perfectly tongue-in-cheek encapsulation of Lawrence’s own Bond, James Bond.