Social Commmentary Folio

After two set backs and racking my brain as to who I was going to try and team up with next, the one person I didn't really think of was the one who's by my side every step of the way, everyday, in some way. So I teamed up with Zach and the 2nd love of his life (I think haha!) and documented the process of him building his car stereo boot installation leading up to Canberra's MEA ACT Sound Quality and SPL Finals. I think my thoughtful planning and idea of what I wanted to capture worked out fairly well. I spent a couple of long nights at BDL Car Stereo (Zachs workplace) documenting the time consuming construction and efforts he goes to, to make the presentation of his car "perfection".

Unfortunately I wasn't able to have spent as much time as I would have liked to documenting this process as I had work and study commitments of my own.

The day of the finals quickly crept up on us and I had a fair amount of ideas stacked up in my little mind. I shot from 830am - 7pm on that Sunday trying to cover the whole process Zach's car went through to be judged, Zach's emotion and goings on and then the presentation of the finals winners and the years overall awards.

Basically the car is entered into several categories

Show Class - where he is judged on the way the car is presented, the overall display of the car and the workmanship that Zach has proudly put into the car.

SPL - the sound pressure level reading of the cars overall loudness.

SQ - The sound quality of the car's stereo (clarity, speaker positioning, staging, bass levels etc.)

Fiber glassing and sanding his custom hand made sub box.

Dynamatting (sound proofing) done! Now time to tape off for more fiber glassing.

Airbag compressors in foreground, shot from where rear seats fold down.

Few minor tweaks and its in ready to be trimmed!

Show Class Judging

Final tune before being judged for SPL and SQ

SPL Meter

And there it is, one of the loudest decibel readings for the day

Zach with little sister in arms, showing off his pride and joy to fellow competitors and Canberra's car industry well known professionals.

Waiting anxiously, he kept touching his face...

And there it is ...Grand Champion 2009

(Yes thinking back on it I should have taken a wider shot, with everyone supporting Zach and his efforts - very hard to move around in the side of a small pub for an ideal shot location)