Purple Voile: New Fundoshi, Old Design - Part 3

And we come to the final ʻNew Fundoshi, Old Designʻ in purple voile. 

Looks like I have gone back to ground level.

I know I tied this one rather loose.

Going to the ground probably made it easier to writhe out of....

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Grey ʻSpooky Fabricʻ Fundoshi Part Four - The Taking Off

I know, I know....there was never an ʻofficialʻ part three of this fundoshi. If youʻve been keen on following the spooky fabric, you will then know, this is indeed the fourth look at the grey fabric with green lighting.

Since the fabric was so revealing, I had to double it, which means that there are four layers for the apron area.

And yet, you still can detect my tender fleshy bits....

Did you even notice that in the last series?  I bet you did!

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Brown Voile Fundoshi - Connect the Dots - Part Two

Not much to say here on this fundoshi series. It is what you have come to expect in a ʻpart two.

Although the color is turned down a bit for this series, it seems like a trend has been brewing.

A couple blogs ago was quite desaturated, then the vibrant purple, now this pale shoot with a brown voile fundoshi.

What do you suppose is next?

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Purple Voile: New Fundoshi, Old Design - Part 2

Time to continue the trend and do another ʻputting on a fundoshiʻ shoot - this time in purple voile.

I introduced this design and fabric last month, but did a sort of ʻfundoshi as propʻ series, just using the fabric in different ways.

 For this set, I kept the fundoshi a little loose, which posed issues through the photographic process.

You will notice that I start off tying this quite high, but it doesnʻt quite stay that way for very long as the ʻhigh and looseʻ kept falling off when going back and forth to the camera!

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Not Spooky Frabric Again....The White Fundoshi - Part Two

This is turning into one of my favorite looking fundoshi shoots. 

 I like the way the single light source captures the fabric.

 I like the way it creates deep shadows.

 I like the way the post-production desaturation and embellishments add to the starkness of this otherwise routine ʻputting on a fundoshiʻ series.

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Grey ʻSpooky Fabricʻ Fundoshi - The Closeups

As you can immediately see, my normal modesty has been thrown out the door and you see more of me than normal.

When I previously spoke about the comfort level of wearing this fabric, it was due to the loose weave. If tied tightly, it has a tendency to separate, and bind to the flesh.

Think of the sensation as some dental floss being tightly held over sensitive areas. Not too pleasing (though your feelings may differ...).

I wanted to keep the same lighting, so getting shots in focus and this close was a bit difficult, so please excuse those that may not be 100% crisp and clear. 

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Brown Voile Fundoshi - Connect the Dots

The brown voile is slightly thinner that the lighter colored voiles I have. I donʻt know why this is, but it is true of the black as well. Maybe it is cost cutting on the darker colors....the weave can be thinner while looking the same. I donʻt really mind, as it is cool and comfortable to wear!

Today brings a never-before seen design, and I hope you like it.

 



















It was pretty simple to create - just a small brush and a bunch of dots.

I do like the random nature of the bleed that happened while applying the dots.

For the shoot, I kept the lighting to a traditional 2 light setup.  This seemed to work well with the ʻspookyʻ fundoshi. I removed the gel, so there is only white light.

I post production, I did take down the saturation a bit to make the colors a little less vivid. 

fundoshi…brown with a yellow dotted pattern

fabric...100% cotton voile - a favorite

photography…2 light configuration with some desaturation in post production

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Black Fundoshi That Is Oh So Spooky - The Taking Off

Yes, it is that time to take off this fundoshi made of spooky fabric. 

You may recall this is a shoot done with only 2 light sources, one of which has a red gel.

I do like the darkness of this set, especially with the loosely woven cheesecloth coming from the Halloween department and called spooky fabric.

 As you go through the photos, you may notice a bit more of me than normal.

 Like the grey spooky fabric, wearing this does not conform to my normal modesty.....

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Purple Voile: New Fundoshi, Old Design

Back to the showcase of fabric design with a purple fundoshi. The fabric today is voile, and you may recall seeing this fabric before. You may also recall seeing this design in other fabric....it is one of my favorites!

Basically, I discharged the dye in a strip down the middle and along the sides.

This design is one of the first I ever attempted, and continues to be a favorite.

For this series, we have the fundoshi acting as a prop...

...experimenting with the drape and patterns it makes as it cascades over my body.

fundoshi....purple with a striped design

fabric...100% cotton voile - crisp and cool

photography...simple whit light with nothing fancy going on


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Grey ʻSpooky Fabricʻ Fundoshi Part Two - The Putting On

I just love typing ʻspooky fabricʻ.  Whenever I do, I have to do a quick correction as my fingers always type ʻsppkyʻ....

Youʻve seen this loose weave cheesecloth fundoshi a couple blogs back in a ʻgetting to know youʻ series.

Today brings me to actually putting this thing on!

As you may recall (and can certainly see), this is where I am using two light sources, one white and the other green (just for my color-blind friends).

 I havenʻt used the green gels very much, but do like how this turned out. 

 As you may be realizing, you see much more of....ahem....me....than I normally would in a shoot. Chalk it up to me teaching you what to expect if you go out and get some of this fabric.

 A ʻpublic serviceʻ if you will...

fundoshi…grey

fabric...how many different ways to say ʻsppky lss wv chscth fbrcʻ

photography…lighting is the main thing with this shoot - white and green in almost equal intensity

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Not Spooky Frabric Again....The White Fundoshi

For this shoot, I removed the 2nd light and kept it at a single light source. I wanted this series to be stark and have a moody contrast.

The photos in this blog are based on ʻtesting the fabricʻ to see what would happen with the single light source. I know - there has been a lot of testing going on the past 2 blogs with no real fundoshi wearing, but next time brings us back to the normal type of shoot with me wearing the grey cheesecloth fundoshi.

I like how the above shot has an almost waterfall like appearance. As you can tell, I did do a bit of post-production work on these.

The first thing I did was to increase the contrast a little and darken the blacks.

 I then desaturated the photos until just before they turned into true black and white. 

I really like how these combinations made my body hair more obvious and played with the weave of the fabric.

fundoshi…white

fabric...cheesecloth ʻspooky fabricʻ

photography…single light source with a bunch of post-production tricks to desaturate the color, but increase the contrast

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