Too Crowded to Think

As the end of the semester rushed forward, full of assignments, shoots, work and the swirl of home life; my head seemed at times overly crowded. It was that to many selfs banging around inside that I tried to capture in this assignment.  I decided to make it a fine arts project set in the studio. Asked two good friends to come and scream obscenities until they worked themselves into desperation.  Its great therapy I would suggest everyone should try it. 

Busch 01

For all photos in both composites I kept the lighting simple and from the side at F22, used a flash sync speed of 200 and low ISO of 100 to retain detail.  Used a theater spotlight to project swirling patterns on the black backdrop. Lastly, my suburb assistants Julia and Kathy added a wee bit of reflection when needed.
The camera was mounted  on a tripod to keep the same framing throughout.  This was to make blending the photo's easier. Though it turns out that trying to select a messy mad swirl of hair into a selection is very hard against a dark background. Lesson learned. Sarah gave me a huge volume of engaging images to choose from. These three flow together even as they struggle to be the self in charge.

Busch 02

In this photos Mi-Jo lets out the frustrations of parenthood to great effect. It took her a while to channel her inner demons of the destructive self. The part, where we are all noise and no ears to listen. It would have been better to have more light reflected in her face on the left. This was a very straight forward selection and paste. More attention was given to editing with the paintbrush to enhance the theater spotlight swirls into the waves of screaming 
noise.