Sterling Field Notes

A photography journal by Magnus Sterling

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Things I got wrong about scanning negatives
Things I got wrong about scanning negatives
Shooting grain on a 50mm lens
Shooting grain on a 50mm lens
Contact sheet: the harbour
Contact sheet: the harbour
What five years of scanning negatives taught me
What five years of scanning negatives taught me
A week of waiting for the light
A week of waiting for the light
Less long exposures, more composition
Less long exposures, more composition

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Most of the editing happens weeks later, when the memory has faded.

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For a long time I treated contact sheets as an afterthought. This began as a quick note and gradually turned into something longer. I print little first, then decide what deserves to be larger. Continue