As far as the photo, I hear all kinds of stuff that I somewhat disagree with.
- He could be popping off seriously late and that could explain the near horizontal plane of the gun. I mean, he's not the fastest guy, that I'd bet on.
- The writer doesn't seem to really know what he's talking about; that smoke is quote common. It normally has a different appearance though because we don't see things in freeze-frame like a high speed shutter does.
- Although he looks rather uncomfortable and unnatural, he is a lefty. I see guys planting the stock butt much higher than that (even really seasoned shooters) and getting your cheek on the stock is proper form. This is especially true for guys who do not start from the shoulder ready position... they often "snap" the gun upwards and plant it against their cheek as they line up the shot.
Personally, I believe the guy was there shooting clays... or at least trying to and it was most likely just long enough to get in a good series of photos or appease some donor. But let's not allow that to distract from the reality of things; this guy is an anti and there is absolutely no question about it. He may not have an issue with shooting clays, but I'll guarantee he thinks you should have to leave your shotgun at the club when you leave to go home. He will never say it openly because his problem is that there are just as many democrats who are furious with these gun-grab efforts as there are republicans.
It is possible on a low house bird, shooting from position 7, one might shoot with the gun that low, but his standing position is so poor for the shot that it would be impossible to make the double.
Possible he is shooting sporting clays and I suspect that the White House people that released the picture and Obama himself, don’t have a clue what the difference is between skeet, trap, and sporting clays.
I doubt it is real because of one main reason. They would have shotguns of all sizes, shapes and they would have some guns for left handers.
I am sure the skeet shoot has a person in charge and he would never have let the President of the USA shoot left handed without a gun that chambers on the left side