Fundoshi Rehash 2 - Lavender Gauze

For today's rehash, I took a very simple approach. I applied a 'toy camera' effect. Here is the before and after:

When I did the original shoot these are from, I was trying to make the photos look as close to reality as possible. You can find the originally posted photos here, here and here.

This simple click of a button to apply this effect did some odd things. It increased the definition and saturation. 

 It also pumped up the vibrancy and increased the details a little in the shadows.

 It then changed the 'vignette', which a quick google search tells me it is the darkening of the image corners in comparison to the center. 

I just think they look cool, all colorful and everything.....

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Fundoshi Photography Rehash 1

I'm back, but not in the way you may think.

I still haven't done a new fundoshi shoot as I am still riddled with bald spots on my torso where medical technicians shaved me. You would think they would at least even everything out, but no....

While on my hiatus, Ryan over at Fundoshi For All ! suggested I go through my old photos and see if a second look would make any difference. A re-crop or two, some post production stuff.

So tonight, I started to go through my 'rejects' from a shoot done in 2013 have this for your appraisal:

Hunter Green Cheesecloth - originally seen here.  I would like to say there was a reason for starting here, but it was the first folder I came across in my archive. I think it was also quite a favorite - probably due to the title having the phrase 'see-through'. I think you will notice how much less shy I am about the see-through aspect!

Now I'm going to talk a bit about post-production. I'm hoping this suggestion from Ryan will help me to understand some of the tools I use. For this, all work was done in Aperture except for the watermark. First, I pumped up the Exposure to blow out the highlights.  

I also increased the master Contrast and pumped up both the Black Point and Brightness. This gave me the play of light and dark I wanted. 

I played with the Curves filter a bit until the photos were almost unrecognizable, then backed it off about 50%.  The last thing I did was to add a 'Color Monochrome' filter that is the same color as the actual fundoshi. Instead of making it a 100% monochrome photo, I backed off this filter a bit so some of the original color is used. I like how this approach adds a bit more dimension than just going 100% monochrome.

fundoshi…hunter green

fabric...100% cotton cheesecloth

photography…lots of post-production tricks in this set....see above for details!