We had a “what-we-have-so-far” progress presentation in Foundation 4D class on Thursday. The double exposure technique that I was working on with my photos was displayed.

These are the few of the experimentations I have done with my photographs. I liked the effect of combining black and white photos to bring out the colour of the overlaid photo.

As my project began to take form, I wanted to involve time as an element, and look into what is left behind as time moves on. In the end, these moments become memories; the time you had with someone becomes as fleeting as the fireworks that I used in the double-exposure photos. I really liked the effect, as I think it represents the transition of the moment into a firework in your memory.

However, after my presentation and discussion with the teacher about how to present these photos, it would appear that the effect of double exposure photography is slightly overused. I then tried to look at how the photos would appear side by side (photo + firework picture).

I discussed this with Josiah and he helped me realise that by placing the raw photos themselves next to the images of the fireworks, it allowed the viewer to draw their own connections rather than obviously placing them together. I really liked this notion, and so I decided to go with the teacher’s suggestion (as well as Josiah’s guidance) to keep the photos separate. I think that maybe, in this way, it shows how the moment and the memory are two separate things as well.