All scans back up + Hitomi Tanaka photobook samples!!

So, all scans are finally showing again. I tell you this: never change Picasa's album setting 'Edit visibility' from 'Only you' or 'Limited, anyone with link' to 'Public', and then back again to original private album setting. This will change an URL key of all pics in the album, so all pics in the blog are replaced with a "No Pics" sign! The fast way to make the pics appear again in the blog, is to make the Blogger album 'Public', but not ideal with adult content. So, if that's the case, keep e.g. the 'Only you' setting, and then re-add the pics in each blog post with "Compose > Insert image > From this blog". Not any fun, if you have many pics and posts. Luckily, my blog is not the most productive... :P

I was considering making the move to Wordpress, but I have put too many hours into tweaking the current blog, so will continue with it for now. I have basically changed how all scans/links opens: I "fragged" the Lightbox feature (freakin annoyed me, prolly you too?!) so all pics/links now opens in tabs in full size. Also, thumb size of bigger scans are auto-adjusted to full column width of posts.

And my current big scanning project is still ongoing:

I offered (kind of a commission) to scan the limited Japanese Hitomi Tanaka photobook 'X-bomb bomb Hitomi1st. 写真集 (April 25 2012)'. This will most likely be the only project I will ever undertake of its kind again. First of all, the book is bigger than my scanning plate. To make a complete scan of all content, 3 individual scans should be made of two pages and merged in Photoshop (about 226 scans in total to complete the photobook). I did learn a few new tricks with this project, which should benefit my future scans, quality-wise. Still along way to go with restoration, but here are some real-life shots and finished scanned/restored samples for you to enjoy... :)

(download full original 150 dpi size!)

(download full original 150 dpi size!)

(download full original 150 dpi size!)

(download full original 150 dpi size!)

(download full original 150 dpi size!)

(download full original 150 dpi size!)

(download full original 120 dpi size!)

(download full original 150 dpi size!)

(download full original 150 dpi size!)

(download full original 150 dpi size!)

PS: Since this is sort of a commission, I don't think I will be able to post the full book here, but look out for more samples later... :)

2012.03.16 • 'Hana Haruna (春菜はな)' in BACHELOR April 2011 - BUSTY LINE-UP - Vol.35 No.4(Issue399) • Set 1 • 24 IMG

Now and then, I will make exceptions to this blog's focuse on Danish published material from the 70-90s, to spice things up a bit. :)

So, here is my first set of freshly restored scans of Hana Haruna (春菜はな), a cute, busty Japanese gravure model and Action Video (JAV) actress ('action' as in hardcore adult video!). This is also my first scans of a magazine published after 1999. :O

It's also my first scans of the Japanese glamour magazine BACHELOR. A mag, amazing in both printed quality and content! I have never seen its equal....totally a dream come true for me, regarding scanning. I have never seen restored scans come out as polished as this. And I hardly did anything. :O Then again, precision-scanning always takes time, to achieve a certain quality made possible by always following specific rules about scanning a certain kind of material and how you go about restoring it. I have never looked at scanning like an artform. But the more I take a step back and look at the scanning and restoration process, there can be so many layers to it and end results different than expected, based on the taken steps during the process. I believe the art lies in the restoration, no matter how good the printed quality is. So, I put several hours into being 100% satisfied with this set.

Hana herself might be a piece of biological art. She started her career as a swimwear model back in 2009. Then she shifted to some juicy HC action with censored (mosaic'ed) genitals. These scans contain no such action -- well, slightly on page 78 -- but rather slick glamour nude shots of a cute, natural dark-haired (both on top and below) model with unique looks and an unforgettable figure. To me, she somehow feels like this century's version of Anna Ohura...

Note: The 300 DPI scans are currently download only in full size when clicked on, as Blogger is auto-scaling their viewed size. :|

300 DPI "untouched" scans (download only!)