I was reading an article on Stieglitz the other day. I had heard of him before but was not aware of what his history really was. It appears that he was most notable for his efforts to promote photography as art. He was responsible for the creation and demise of many different clubs, publications, and galleries. After reading all this I was left with the impression that Stieglitz was more of a promoter than a photographer. I do not mean this in any derogatory sense but rather the opposite.
What did strike me is how the article was pretty much devoid of his photography short of his efforts to create galleries to publicize the works.
There was almost nothing on his photographic ideal and methods. I found this odd given the popularity of his more famous works.
What I did gather was that at any given shoot he would take many shots, many being what I would consider duplicates. From this lot he would pick and choose the best. This somewhat surprised me as I was under the assumption that many icons in photography were "one shot" kind of people.
On a recent trip I started out bracketing my shots but the found that it was pretty much not necessary. A few days into the trip I was taking one shot. I have issues with this approach. Keep in mind that I am a beginner with LF and simply have not taken that many shots.
In the digital world I have been known to shotgun. Heck, why not. It costs nothing and is a safe guard against problems. I have since stopped this practice and taken a more problematic approach.
What is your approach? Are you a one shot kind of person or do you replicate a scene? Why?
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