Fundoshi Rehash 10 - Pink Gauze - The Thrid Set

Once again with some surplus fundoshi photos from the Pink and Moody shoot originally found here and here. I think I may have explained that I take many, many, many, many photos, so there are many, many, many, many to choose from!

from the original Pink and Moody fundoshi shoot

 

First, I turned up the exposure just a bit. I then turned up the contrast, saturatinon and vibrancy.

 Next came using a filter from iPhoto called Edge Blur. I liked it so much, I pumped it up to 11. Using this filter made me crop a couple of the photos differently since there is an emphasis on the center of the photo. 

And the final touch is another iPhoto filter called boost. You can see how it increased the colors quite a bit. 

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Fundoshi Rehash 10 - Pink Gauze - The Second Set

There has been some great amounts of color lately, so why not some black and white post-production mayhem? I am still using the surplus fundoshi photos taken in my Pink and Moody shoot originally found here and here.

from the original Pink and Moody fundoshi shoot

 

I know the first photo doesnʻt look like much change has occurred, but I did play a bit with the contrast of the mid-tone areas. The next more obvious photo shows some merriment with the curves adjustment. As you can see above, the selections I made changed the photo quite a bit.

 Now, all that was needed was to apply a black and white filter. I achieved the almost x-ray like quality by further playing with the levels of red, green and blue being used in the black and white filter. 

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Fundoshi Rehash 10 - Pink Gauze - The First Set

For this weekʻs rehash, I am using the surplus fundoshi photos taken in my Pink and Moody shoot originally found here and here. For this set of post-production attempts at trickery, I got inspired by the green and pink of last weekʻs set. Iʻve always been a bit perturbed by the fact my camera and lighting isnʻt quite up to taking dimly lit photos. This means I have a very hard time using colored gels, especially if there is no white light involved. For the Pink and Moody shoot, that was about as dimly lit as I could get with the red gel. Actually, I did a bunch of test shots using a blue gel on one light and the red one on the other. There was not enough light for my camera to get adequate shots, so I was left with using just the red gel.

from the original Pink and Moody fundoshi shoot

Since figuring out how to use two different color monochrome filters at the same time in Aperture, I decided to try to go back to my original idea for this shoot, only using post-production methods. I added a blue, then a red filter to the photos. 

 I then removed the blue from the red parts of the photo, trying to stay true to how light would fall. I will admit, I didnʻt do a very good job at getting the contours right for them, but I am generally happy with the results.

 The next step was to turn down the red a bit, which gave it a more natural look. 

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Fundoshi Rehash 9 - Brown Voile Three Ways - Part 3

One final filter and one final edit process on this set of fundoshi leftovers from  here and here.

 original

 part one filters

 part two filters

 And for part three, I added another monochrome filter in the mix and set it at a green to offset the purple-pinky color. I then performed some judicious masking to have only my skin show in the green color. This set seems very Andy Warholish to me. 

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Fundoshi Rehash 9 - Brown Voile Three Ways - Part 2

We take the last blog one step further!

For this set of 100 leftover photos from the shoot originally seen here and here, I simply added 1 more filter to the stack.

 original

 from last blog

 Here I added a monochrome filter and chose a purple-pinky color. 

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Fundoshi Rehash 9 - Brown Voile Three Ways - Part 1

For the next set of ʻrehashʻ photos, I am in one of my favorite fundoshi. This one is made of brown gauze and the design was made from soaking a twisted length of fabric in bleach, then laying it on top of the fundoshi. Iʻve used the technique a couple of times now. 

There were over 100 leftover photos from the shoot originally seen here and here. For the next blog entries, each one will build upon the last as far as post-production is concerned. Below is the original as seen in the previous blogs mentioned above. 

I first adjusted the temperature of the lighting to make it a little cooler.

Then, the saturation was turned down, making the colors less vibrant.

I know it is hard to tell, but I then increased the shadows a bit, making them lighter, so more detail comes through.

I added some vignette filters to darken then edges a bit.

And then, I used the curves adjustment to play quite a bit with the tone, giving it a blow-out look for the lighting.  I like the graphical nature of this set of adjustments. In the next 2 blogs, I take it even further!

 
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Fundoshi Rehash 8 - Purple Voile

For today's fundoshi rehash, I jumped out of Aperture and into Photoshop. Since purchasing Aperture, I haven't used Photoshop that much for cleanup and manipulation, so it was a bit of fun investigating the filters and effects that were available.

For this set of photos from the purple voile fundoshi shoot previously seen at Fundoshi of Purple Voile....and a Brand New Design! and Fundoshi of Purple Voile....and a Brand New Design! Part Two, I selected a filter called Glowing Edges. Here is what happens by applying the filter. 

Once the filter is applied, I changed the light type to 'Overlay' and turned the opacity of the filter down to about 38%, leaving the following.

 I think it gives this photo a bit of a 3D quality with more 'mood'. For other photos that were a bit darker, you can see the effect more.

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