I do know a good amount so I was probing him with some of my best, but within about 2 minutes I realized that, in terms of a technical knowledge challenge, I was outclassed. However, at PPE I also found myself in a conversation with a man who was probably one of the most intensely knowledgeable people I’ve met in the field of digital photography. Sure it’s just one little thing, but the occurrence is frequent this I find horrifying because there are lots of people out there pushing product that are really charlatans. Just recently in New York at PhotoPlus Expo, I met someone who runs photography workshops, charges good money for them, and didn’t even know you could fine tune your lens calibration. That’s not really typical of what you’ll find in our field. I try to mitigate retaliation for my shortcomings in knowledge by trying to be humble about what I do know, and through heavy disclaimers even though I’m pretty well versed. Then, when you were 25, you realized quickly that wasn’t the case, and by 30, you’re not even sure which way is up. One just has to think about any teenager or even your past self, and, if you’re quietly honest, you’ll remember that when you were 16 you knew everything. We are literally drowning in information these days, and for most of us who are not of a Rain Man persuasion, it’s impossible to retain it all or even come to a definitive conclusion about something, because the more we’re told, the more we realize the less we actually know.
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