Some work

[tamara_russo]

I took these pictures a while ago and did nothing with them because I thought they were boring. The only three I ever posted (here and here) were mended a bit to look a bit old and homey. My point today was to make them edgier, sexier, a bit odd, maybe. I had quite a bit of fun with them...

Comments

[hagar-972.livejournal.com]

Some of these are much better than the others, in my opinion. Example: in the two photos of the clasp, the colour (first) one is much more effective than the b&w (second) one. Additionally, it seems most of the photos I feel are not as strong are with tinted filters (red/yellow). (There are good red/yellow ones also, but the difference in proportion is quite significant.)

Eroticism is an interesting theme for this set. It works quite well.

I didn't understand from your introductory text - it sounded as if you played with these on an editor? Or is this a new photo set?

[tamara-russo.livejournal.com]

It's not a new set, these photos were in my computer since January and I edited them yesterday with an editor. They're all quite experimental.

[hagar-972.livejournal.com]

Hm, in which case I should refer more to the editing work. Which editor did you use, and what kind of filters/masks/other tools?

[tamara-russo.livejournal.com]

Regular photo editor that microsoft has, and the whole thing is done with the contrast, brightness and color editing.

[hagar-972.livejournal.com]

Basic photo adjustment, then.

Photos I found particularly striking or effective: 2, 4, 6, 12 (my favorite in this set; the background is a הברקה), 16 (brilliant - looks like thighs).

Photos whose handling I think doesn't enhance them: 5 (reminds me of a cliche wedding photo), 9, 10 (no; just no), 13.

Other notes: 3 - could be fantastic but overprocessed (it looks like it's been edited; this is adjustment, not rendering), 7 - too contrast-y and red, 8 - were you aiming for sepia? too yellow, 11 - maaaybe, 14 - pretty but slightly too cliche,

[tamara-russo.livejournal.com]

I wasn't aiming at anything, I was just playing... :)

As for #3 - I did that on purpose. I like the overprocessed feel in it.

[hagar-972.livejournal.com]

Image adjustment is like makeup: it's supposed to be either practically invisible or grandiose. If it's in the middle, it just doesn't look good. (Translation: if you're going for the processed look, you need to be bolder than that. Otherwise it just looks done badly.)