Light Blue Gauze Fundoshi - The Shadow Shoot

Today, a light blue gauze fundoshi in a new design. If you've been following, you know I have many colors of gauze in my personal fundoshi collection. If fact, the designs all started with using gauze. You may also recognize the technique used in this design. I use cookie cutters as templates, and square cookie cutter was covered in fabric first. This allowed a stamp approach during the application. 

 




















The design is a little 'loosey-goosey', but I've been trying to be more haphazard in life and not be anal-methodical. Since these are also made to be worn, not displayed in a frame, the overall design is actually of little importance. How the design moves in the wrapping and looks in the apron is what I enjoy.

For this shoot, I went with two lights. The first is covered in a purple gel and is focussed on the white backdrop.

The second (and I really should have made it a bit stronger) is being used to illuminate the body. The reason I used only one light is to get a defined shadow. By doing that, I loose some of the crispness of one of my normal shoots since it was so dark. 

I do enjoy some of the shadow play.....

fundoshi…Light blue with a square stamped design

fabric...100% cotton gauze

photography…trying to get interesting shadows on both my body as well as the backdrop

...more...

Next time on fundoshi, fabric and photos:  more gauze - this time in purple!