The Digital Print

Many people, regardless of the quality of their gear, are happy taking a good photograph and sharing it online. Or maybe having a lab make the occasional print. But for 150 years theraison d'êtreof photography has been the fine print. Some people, regardless of how sophisticated their equipment, are satisfied placing their images on-line, or maybe having a lab make an occasional print.
Since the beginning of photography some 150 years ago the photographic print has been the end goal of the photographic process. When making a fine print one is creating a physical manifestation of what was in one's mind's eye when the image was created. It is the finalobjet d'art.
Some regard the process of print making as simple – attach the printer, read the relevant manuals, and press the PRINT bottom. If only it were so. That's like saying that sitting down at a piano and pressing the keys makes music. It it fair to say, that just as many musicians hear the piece of music in their minds before they...