A Little Editing...

The image below is the composition for my third final piece; 'Haphephobia - the fear of being touched.' This is before I decided to try out a few experimentations in terms of colour.
Here is the series of edits I have experimented with:

Posterised Effect

Grayscale + Colour

Grayscale

Personally, I was torn between the Posterised Effect and the composition which was effect-free. I wasn't too keen on the Grayscale + Colour or the plain Grayscale images. I felt they were too boring and I wanted my images to have that extra je ne sais quoi about them, which I felt was most well displayed with the Poster effect. 

However, I think I am going to stick to the effect-free image for now, or at least until I experiment further and perhaps find anther effect that I really like. 

Haphephobia

Here is the contact sheet for the shoot I did for my third final piece, 'Haphephobia - The fear of being touched.'

Out of all the shots, I chose the image I most liked (which is named DSC_0154 in the picture above.)
When I opened up the image on the computer, I noticed that it was a lot more under exposed than I had originally thought. The LCD screen on my Nikon D5100 made the image seem bright, and perfectly exposed, however the lights were off in the studio when I reviewed the image - possibly making it seem well exposed. This didn't matter too much though, as I easily corrected it in post-production using Adobe Camera Raw.

Before Camera Raw

After Camera Raw

Now because this image is a composite which comprises of a subject being 'reached out' to by many hands, I had to take a vast amount of pictures of just my arms. I won't bore you with all the images (as I took a total of 72...) but I will show what I have managed to create using all best images I have taken:

Haphephobia

Out of all my pieces, this is my most favourite. I like the way it has turned out. I tried a few things out via experimentation. For example, I tried many different positions with my body and came to the conclusion that having my hair going crazy in the air added that extra dynamic feel to the composite. I also took many pictures of my arms in different positions; I had originally wanted the hands to come out slightly blurred to give more of a sense of motion to the picture, however as I am quite forgetful I didn't change my camera settings to a slower shutter speed and so my fast lens froze the arms and the effect didn't turn out.
If I was to change one thing about my shoot, it would be giving the arms some motion for sure, however I am nonetheless content with how my image has turned out.

Additional information:
Subject:
As this is a self-portrait, I am the subject.
Costume:
I wore a neutral colours (apart from the red shoes) to blend in a little more and not stand out so much from my white surroundings. This helped keep focus on the image, and not what I was wearing.

Location:

Situated in the school's photography studio.
Equipment:

Nikon D5100
Nikkor 18-55mm f3.5-5.6
Giottos 3 tripod
Lighting:
Portalite studio light with soft-box attachment.
Risk Assessment: 
As I was throwing my head in the air in order to gain the 'wild hair' situation, I needed to be cautious not to do any sudden quick movements to avoid getting light-headed. Had I felt light-headed or ill at all, I would have taken a break before shooting some more, to avoid passing out.
Because the Portalite lights are powered via mains electricity, it was crucial I was aware of the placement of the cables and didn't trip on them and fall, perhaps causing injuries.