Snowmobile Up-Hill Race on Sunday March 4, 2012

The Outing Club Hill Snowmobile Race was a fantastic event on which to make a soundslide show! I was able to capture the exact sounds and interviews that I wanted. I shot pictures of the kids race, the crews who made sure that each snowmobile was up to the correct standards, so that the specs of each snowmobile in every division was as equal and fair as possible.

I was able to take the audio from an interview with the event coordinator, and a rider and underlay their voices, so that their story could be heard.

I was captured some audio of the event coordinator speaking through the PA system. He was giving instructions to the riders to have their snowmobile checked out by the crews.

I incorporated this sound bite to have another voice that was heard by all who attended the events.

The best part of this project was being at the event, capturing these images, sounds, and the story of the racers. I liked watching the racers fly up the 700 foot hill between 11-15 seconds!

Not a single crashed, even with two jumps on the course. Though it was great to see a nice clean race, it would have been cool to see a wipe out!

The most difficult part of this project was deciding what to use for audio, and which pictures to incorporate. I first concentrated on making a solid audio track, then I found appropriate pictures to accompany the sounds.

I just wish I had more time to make better quality pictures and better flow of the slideshow, because some of the pictures transition too fast that it is hard to see what is in the picture.

It believe it is my lack of experience with the SoundSlides program.