Children’s photos capturing motion.


section of the photographs taken... there are clearly some excellent photographers in the making. From a volunteer perspective, it was a real


pleasure to put on a display for such a well- behaved and interesting group. I am looking forward to doing the same thing next year – it is a great excuse to have a ‘play’ on what is such a spectacular piece of Track.


John Bottomley For this year’s visit the Motorcycle Volunteer


Team provided a Ducati racing machine and a 650 BSA on what was a perfect summer’s day. The session started with a safety briefing for the class to make them aware of potential risks, instructing them where they could shoot from behind the safety barriers, the need for them to be aware of what was going on at all times and that it was important to be extra vigilant when the bike was running. To minimise the risk to a rider the safety clothing they have to wear was explained, including leathers, boots, helmet and gloves. With a quick reminder from the teacher of the


effects that they should be looking to create it was off to the real business. A number of runs past the safety barrier were undertaken at differing speeds but being on the Banking gave the opportunity to experiment with a moving object against a static background. Further runs were undertaken on the Finishing Straight and as a finale a couple of passes were made towards the top of the Banking. To finish the session the class had the chance to photograph the bikes close up and also be photographed on them. You can see here a small


66 Stemax ltd GEOFF HARRIS Performance engineers


07860 458 679 |01189 344 140 WWW.GEOFF-HARRIS.CO.UK


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68