A very interesting question. Here's my offering.
Beyond doing normal 20th century snapshot type stuff, I also have done
historical re=enactment photography as a
wet-plate photographer doing 1870 photography in costume with historically
correct materials. I once spent a weekend in Wyoming at Fort Sheridan in 95
degree plus weather and gusty summer winds struggling with the process.
After having every problem imaginable, including light leaks, dust, heat,
and so on. I came home and discovered William H Jackson's diary of the time
he spent in Wyoming in 1867 photographing along the Union Pacific.
Same problems with weaher, heat, chemistry messed up, etc. etc. I was blown
away how little had changed in 125 years and how fortunate I had been to
experience it even if I had ended up in the Sheridan Wyoming emergency room
getting re-hydrated.
Pretty tame compared to Robert Capa or Larry Burrows, but the best I can
manage.
J.W.L.
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Subject: Survey: Your Most Unusual Shot
Q. What is the most unusual subject matter you have ever shot? The most
unique? Or the weirdest? Or simply the subject matter that you have had
the hardest
time "capturing" (either because it was hard to get to, or timing, or
movement, or whatever)?
Please expound.
A.
TIA, Marnie aka Doe
