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The Artist Must Know... WHAT is to be achieved, HOW to achieve it, and perhaps, most important, WHEN it has been achieved  Ansel Adams eloquently described three basic elements in the pursuit of the expressive photographic print. the VISION Identifying, isolating, and arranging what the photographer is seeing, feeling, and trying to communicate. Image Management Negative Size & the Golden Section Field of View & Lens Focal Length Sharpness & Fuzziness Depth of Field & Diffraction Limits the SCORE Assuring that the negative contains all the information needed to produce the desired print. the Traditional Film Negative living with Roll Film the "Digital" Negative for Contact Printing and the PERFORMANCE A print which expresses the photographer's vision.  the Traditional Photographic Print in the Electronic Era Some General Thoughts on DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY