From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:26 PM 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. In a message dated 8/23/2005 8:17:26 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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. ============ No, that was very interesting. Paul's answer too. Okay, more??? Marnie aka Doe :-)
