I, like a lot of photographers, listen to photography-related podcasts and read photography-related blogs, trying to improve my knowledge and my craft. In these media, the "listener question" format is very popular, where a portion of the show or blog (or even the entire show, as with the Photofocus podcast) is devoted to answering questions submitted by the show's listeners. The vast majority of the time, I find the answers to be interesting, helpful and accurate. Occasionally, however, the hosts/authors just get one wrong. And that bothers me. I know there are a lot of people out there listening to these podcasts and reading these blogs that may know even less about photography than I do (and that's saying' something!). I hate to see them be misled by bad information provided in good faith by otherwise excellent photography experts.
This has inspired me to start a new feature in this blog, which I'm going to call "Correcting Misinformation." Creative, right? In each "Correcting Misinformation" post, I'm going to highlight something I've heard in a photo podcast or read on a photo blog that didn't sound quite right, and that upon further research, I found to be confusing, misleading, or just downright incorrect. Now, I'm not some technical or photographic genius, so whenever I can I'll try to include references from my research that back up my point, and where you, Dear Reader, can maybe find more information about the topic at hand.
I'm writing these blog entries in the spirit of trying to increase the overall knowledge level in the photographic community, not as an attack on any particular show, blog, host or author. In keeping with that spirit, I welcome your critiques if you think I've gotten one wrong as well… You can either leave them in comments, or e-mail me at tim@lokahiphoto.com.
Thanks for reading, and stay tuned...
Looking for more great photography related info? Check out the PhotoFocus blog and podcast and theThis Week in Photography blog and podcast.
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