We found these old photographic proofs of me in 1969. I have used them before this for collage work but decided to redo them in the High Contrast style I like so much. As you can see I was very much in tune with the times back then, and not much to look at that day.
I scanned the photographs in with my Canon MP495 All in One. I saved the resulting scans in the large size and at 300dpi. I browsed to them in Picasa 3 and opened with PhotoPaint. I applied the High Contrast workflow.
First I applied the Local Equalization to them and then used the Tone Curve for depth. I used Filter Forge's Photo Effects Vibrance for the color punch. Then I added a 20 pixel black border to each one and my signature.
If you look closely in the one image you can see I was a smoker at that age. I quit smoking cigarettes in 1974.
The guitar player piece behind me was a montage of poster-board and cardboard cutouts painted in fluorescent black light colors that were so popular in that time period. This piece was displayed at an Art Show, at the then Pontiac Mall, in 1970.
You might like to contrast these with the Painter 11 collage I did of myself listed HERE.
Listening --- King Crimson --- The Court Of The Crimson King
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