http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13713677.display/
This has genuinely shocked me! The above link needs to be viewed prior to reading the rest of what I'm about to discuss.
The above article, is borderline inciting criminal damage. How can someone openly write in the press that they agree with the fact someone keyed someone else's car, for no reason at all?! Well. Sorry. That's dreadful!
"I hate to generalise but allow me to generalise. You can't spend more
than a house worth on a car and claim the moral high ground." REALLY?! Whether the owner of the Aston Martin V8 Vantage was born into money or bought the car himself, that is irrelevant. It was still his car! His property! Some people are fortunate to have money to spend on a nice car. I think he has every right to take the moral high ground! The owners car was just parked, in a car park, not in harms way...
Bringing in how SOME arrogant supercar/luxury car owners drive is just distasteful generalisation based on the actions of a minority. Funnily enough, even how they drive still doesn't warrant damaging someone else property!
This woman clearly doesn't go out in these "swanky cars" as she is totally clueless that there are owners who drive responsibly. The funny thing is, I'm not a clueless individual just defending the drivers. I'm fortunate in getting to go out in these cars and seeing that people do obey the laws of the road.
She also hasn't heard of organised car events which actually allow you to go over the National Speed Limit on a thing called a "closed track" - this is why we have many circuits around the country and events such as V Max to experience the high speeds in a safe controlled environment.
These types of articles really make me laugh in just going off of stereotypes and tarnishing everyone with the same brush.
"Surely a chap confident in his man credentials would be happy in a
Nissan Leaf, ostentatiously plugging it in to charge at a city centre
rapid charging point, winking at the ladies going by as he shows how
much he cares about the future of the planet." Okay and this is just sexist! Do women not own these fancy cars?!
This also made me chuckle! "The level of fancy of the car is in direct proportion to the level of
morality of the driver. You don't get boy racers in a Fiat 500." The last bit! Oh my life! I guarantee you, I've seen more boy racers in Fiat 500's than I've ever seen boy racers in supercars.
Anyway, I'm going to end this here as this is just hysterical!
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Thursday, 13 August 2015
Just another Daily Mail article about Knightsbridge...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3197127/My-week-Blingmobiles-SARAH-RAINEY-joins-Middle-Eastern-boy-racers-flying-supercars-eye-wateringly-vulgar-spin.html
If you keep up to date on these articles, you will see... it's 99.9% the same as any previous article discussing the "Ramadan Rush" with the "crazy wraps" or the "loud noises" that "disturb residents."
Well...
This article is essentially narrated, like a children's story in parts, for example: when referencing The Wolf Of Knightsbridge and his dispersing of the crowd. It kind of read like a retelling of The Three Little Pigs, as though he was huffing and puffing till they all blew away!
Whilst on the subject of TWOK, the way this story made Angelo, TWOK & the owner sound was just... arrogant! I can tell you from personal knowledge of these people, that's been written so dramatically.
"I am forbidden from touching the plush red-and-white leather interior; forbidden from pressing the astounding array of buttons and levers that dot the dashboard; and, above all else, forbidden from putting my foot anywhere near the accelerator." YOU ARE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S CAR!! You are in THEIR 6x6, it's not a regular G63 or anything. Of course you can't just go touching everything! They don't let just anyone sit in there either.
One thing I have commonly noticed with these articles, they send women. Now I'm basically the only female to take pics in Knightsbridge of the cars, I've written in the past and made a video with a great friend of mine about how difficult being a female in this male dominated industry is. When these female journalists show up, with no passion or knowledge of these cars, the way they portray them is awful! Not to mention stats and figures are often HORRIFICALLY misquoted. On that note, the "Orange" which is more like Red & Black McLaren P1 is by MSO and quoted at £850,000... I'd try somewhere more in the region of a million plus.
The article actually tells of how much money these visitors spend, which is a great boost to the local economy. The article uses that lovely term "Ramadan Rush." The thing is, that's not why they're here. It's to escape the heat in Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai etc. The dates of Ramadan change yearly, so it just doesn't make sense and is such a cringe term used by the press.
"These cars may be dazzling to look at, but with them comes trouble: traffic chaos as they stop on yellow lines, hurtle down one-way streets and fail to pay parking fines." Yes, they may be dazzling. Trouble doesn't tend to come from them. Chaos more often than not is caused by London Taxis, with ridiculous numbers lining up way outside of the allocated bay of the Taxi rank. Followed by minicabs and chauffeurs (in UK plated cars) just stopping in the narrow one way streets surrounding Harrods to collect or drop off passengers. Hurtling is far from what a good proportion do! You may have the odd one or two who will put their foot down, but the articles make it sound like EVERY single Arab guest is just wanting to break the law by having a lead foot!
Shmee150 has done an amazing video highlighting the speeding, sound, disturbance, nuisance complaints regarding the Arab cars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLDItrQoWc - and yet again, the paper fails to mention how it's the Brits who are the main perpetrators for the noise and speed on Sloane Street.
I just feel the press want to constantly make this a huge deal and it's frankly boring and pathetic. Can someone at least get a new angle on this topic?! Like... maybe how the average speed of the new Aventador SV visiting from Qatar was 13mph!!! Not 130, 13!!! Yet, 2 seconds after that goes cruising by, an English plated BMW M3 goes flying down the same straight strip at terrifying speeds!
It's so annoying! Anyway, I could continue but that's my rant over. Goodnight.
Skully x
Oh... also mentioning the Swarovski Crystal Mercedes is a bit of a fail in that article - it's English NOT Arab.
If you keep up to date on these articles, you will see... it's 99.9% the same as any previous article discussing the "Ramadan Rush" with the "crazy wraps" or the "loud noises" that "disturb residents."
Well...
This article is essentially narrated, like a children's story in parts, for example: when referencing The Wolf Of Knightsbridge and his dispersing of the crowd. It kind of read like a retelling of The Three Little Pigs, as though he was huffing and puffing till they all blew away!
Whilst on the subject of TWOK, the way this story made Angelo, TWOK & the owner sound was just... arrogant! I can tell you from personal knowledge of these people, that's been written so dramatically.
"I am forbidden from touching the plush red-and-white leather interior; forbidden from pressing the astounding array of buttons and levers that dot the dashboard; and, above all else, forbidden from putting my foot anywhere near the accelerator." YOU ARE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S CAR!! You are in THEIR 6x6, it's not a regular G63 or anything. Of course you can't just go touching everything! They don't let just anyone sit in there either.
One thing I have commonly noticed with these articles, they send women. Now I'm basically the only female to take pics in Knightsbridge of the cars, I've written in the past and made a video with a great friend of mine about how difficult being a female in this male dominated industry is. When these female journalists show up, with no passion or knowledge of these cars, the way they portray them is awful! Not to mention stats and figures are often HORRIFICALLY misquoted. On that note, the "Orange" which is more like Red & Black McLaren P1 is by MSO and quoted at £850,000... I'd try somewhere more in the region of a million plus.
The article actually tells of how much money these visitors spend, which is a great boost to the local economy. The article uses that lovely term "Ramadan Rush." The thing is, that's not why they're here. It's to escape the heat in Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai etc. The dates of Ramadan change yearly, so it just doesn't make sense and is such a cringe term used by the press.
"These cars may be dazzling to look at, but with them comes trouble: traffic chaos as they stop on yellow lines, hurtle down one-way streets and fail to pay parking fines." Yes, they may be dazzling. Trouble doesn't tend to come from them. Chaos more often than not is caused by London Taxis, with ridiculous numbers lining up way outside of the allocated bay of the Taxi rank. Followed by minicabs and chauffeurs (in UK plated cars) just stopping in the narrow one way streets surrounding Harrods to collect or drop off passengers. Hurtling is far from what a good proportion do! You may have the odd one or two who will put their foot down, but the articles make it sound like EVERY single Arab guest is just wanting to break the law by having a lead foot!
Shmee150 has done an amazing video highlighting the speeding, sound, disturbance, nuisance complaints regarding the Arab cars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLDItrQoWc - and yet again, the paper fails to mention how it's the Brits who are the main perpetrators for the noise and speed on Sloane Street.
I just feel the press want to constantly make this a huge deal and it's frankly boring and pathetic. Can someone at least get a new angle on this topic?! Like... maybe how the average speed of the new Aventador SV visiting from Qatar was 13mph!!! Not 130, 13!!! Yet, 2 seconds after that goes cruising by, an English plated BMW M3 goes flying down the same straight strip at terrifying speeds!
It's so annoying! Anyway, I could continue but that's my rant over. Goodnight.
Skully x
Oh... also mentioning the Swarovski Crystal Mercedes is a bit of a fail in that article - it's English NOT Arab.
Tuesday, 7 July 2015
Cars & M.E
I was due to write this post during M.E awareness week, which is 11th-17th May. Unfortunately I never got round to it, it's been hectic with events & shows and when I haven't been shooting or editing, I've been trying to recover.
M.E. What is it?
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. It's a neuroimmune disorder that effects all your joints, muscles & immune system.
I've been bed bound for a few years, I've been house bound and every day.... it's like having the flu, with a hangover whilst running a marathon!
The problem with having said illness is that - it's invisible! It carries a stigma of being "all in your head" as you can't see it. People not understanding that going round a car show is like climbing Everest for me! It's a lot to tackle. When I say I'm in pain, it's not being lazy or unfit.. it's having a painful, misunderstood illness.
Well, I say you can't see it, most days I look like a Ghost Panda. Incredibly pale with big black eyes!
Why am I writing this?
Well I want people to be made aware of this illness. I tend to keep it quiet and just 'mask it' so, act as normal as I can. That is, until pain pushes past breaking point, where I just start to malfunction per say.
Cars have been a passion of mine since I was first born. I was a Hot Wheels over Barbie kind of girl. My plans for after my GCSE's were to join our Armed Forces to work on the military vehicles. I always wanted to be a mechanic and when I missed out on a college programme school did, I decided to combine my passion of serving our country with cars (well vehicles.)
This is where having 2 viruses simultaneously changed these plans. Having 2 viruses crashed my immune system and... hello M.E. An illness I'd never heard of!
So here's what sufferers (or fighters) of M.E deal with... EVERY. DAY.
Post-exertional malaise
Sleep disturbance
M.E. What is it?
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis. It's a neuroimmune disorder that effects all your joints, muscles & immune system.
I've been bed bound for a few years, I've been house bound and every day.... it's like having the flu, with a hangover whilst running a marathon!
The problem with having said illness is that - it's invisible! It carries a stigma of being "all in your head" as you can't see it. People not understanding that going round a car show is like climbing Everest for me! It's a lot to tackle. When I say I'm in pain, it's not being lazy or unfit.. it's having a painful, misunderstood illness.
Well, I say you can't see it, most days I look like a Ghost Panda. Incredibly pale with big black eyes!
Why am I writing this?
Well I want people to be made aware of this illness. I tend to keep it quiet and just 'mask it' so, act as normal as I can. That is, until pain pushes past breaking point, where I just start to malfunction per say.
Cars have been a passion of mine since I was first born. I was a Hot Wheels over Barbie kind of girl. My plans for after my GCSE's were to join our Armed Forces to work on the military vehicles. I always wanted to be a mechanic and when I missed out on a college programme school did, I decided to combine my passion of serving our country with cars (well vehicles.)
This is where having 2 viruses simultaneously changed these plans. Having 2 viruses crashed my immune system and... hello M.E. An illness I'd never heard of!
So here's what sufferers (or fighters) of M.E deal with... EVERY. DAY.
Post-exertional malaise
- This refers to the body's inability to recover normally after spending even small amounts of energy.
- Having flu-like symptoms (often called “general malaise” by doctors)
- Recurrent sore throat, with or without swollen glands.
- aching muscles or joints
- nerve pains or pins and needles
- headache or migraine
- twitching muscles or cramps
- abdominal pain (stomach or bowel problems)
- chest pain
- back pain
Sleep disturbance
- unrefreshing sleep
- difficulty getting off to sleep
- waking for long periods in the early hours
- light, dreamy, restless sleep
- sleep reversal (for example sleeping from 4am till midday)
- hypersomnia (sleeping for a long time)
- reduced attention span
- short-term memory problems
- word-finding difficulties
- inability to plan or organise thoughts
- loss of concentration
- poor temperature control
- dizziness on standing or sitting up
- hyper-sensitivity to light and sound
- sweating
- loss of balance
- poor circulation
- nausea
- loss of appetite
- indigestion
- excessive wind/bloating
- cramps
- alternating diarrhoea and constipation
- bright lights
- noise
- odours
- some foods (for example dairy or wheat)
- some medications
- alcohol
- other substances.
So yeah, that's what you deal with. Every minute of every day.
I was also just diagnosed with Fibromyalgia which is mentioned in the list. M.E & Fibro have A LOT of crossover symptoms, Fibro consists of: - Pain
- Anxiety
- Concentration and memory problems -- known as "fibro fog"
- Depression
- Fatigue
- Headaches
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Morning stiffness
- Painful menstrual cramps
- Sleep problems
- Numbness, and tingling in hands, arms, feet, and legs
- Tender points
- Urinary symptoms, such as pain or frequency
Cars are my respite. I'm trapped in my own body by these pains and symptoms. Shooting cars gets me out of my head as it were. I relax. I enjoy it.
My dream is to become a professional automotive photographer, even with having to tackle all the above.
So I hope if you read this, you've learnt something new. I'm hoping in future to find a way to combine cars with raising money for charities like Invest in M.E. One day...
Skully x
The Supercar Event - In Aid of The Children's Trust Charity
I attended this event last year and it was brilliant. Cars & sunshine. Perfect.
BUT... With a wider variety of cars to watch on track, the sound of the sirens from the Surrey Police & Fire Service display stands, to the stunning display of Lamborghini's from Lamborghini Club UK, and the echo of Sporting Bears blasting around the outskirts of the track & nearby roads... This year, The Supercar Event had upped their game!
It was split over a 2 day weekend but I must say, Sunday was brilliant. The number of cars was incredible along with the superb weather (unlike Saturday with it's wash out!)
Joe Macari provided their LaFerrari for the start of the day on Saturday, working through plenty of petrol but providing plenty of smiles.
The variety of Lamborghini's that appeared on the LCUK stand over the 2 days was brilliant. From a Banana Yellow Diablo SV all the way through to the latest Lambo, the Huracan. They displayed some real beauties!
I unfortunately got no images of the Sporting Bears cars (apart from a beautiful Orange Performante) as those guys just don't stop!!! They were just producing ride after ride for people. Incredible guys!
There was plenty of stalls for people to enjoy too, but I think everyone was focused on the cars!
Here's a few images and a link to the full album -
TSE Saturday - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkingman/sets/72157652606003833
TSE Sunday - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkingman/sets/72157652679223713
Skully x
BUT... With a wider variety of cars to watch on track, the sound of the sirens from the Surrey Police & Fire Service display stands, to the stunning display of Lamborghini's from Lamborghini Club UK, and the echo of Sporting Bears blasting around the outskirts of the track & nearby roads... This year, The Supercar Event had upped their game!
It was split over a 2 day weekend but I must say, Sunday was brilliant. The number of cars was incredible along with the superb weather (unlike Saturday with it's wash out!)
Joe Macari provided their LaFerrari for the start of the day on Saturday, working through plenty of petrol but providing plenty of smiles.
The variety of Lamborghini's that appeared on the LCUK stand over the 2 days was brilliant. From a Banana Yellow Diablo SV all the way through to the latest Lambo, the Huracan. They displayed some real beauties!
I unfortunately got no images of the Sporting Bears cars (apart from a beautiful Orange Performante) as those guys just don't stop!!! They were just producing ride after ride for people. Incredible guys!
There was plenty of stalls for people to enjoy too, but I think everyone was focused on the cars!
Here's a few images and a link to the full album -
TSE Saturday - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkingman/sets/72157652606003833
TSE Sunday - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkingman/sets/72157652679223713
Skully x
Monday, 15 June 2015
Supercar Siege 2015
Now I saw this event advertised by Mulgari Automotive, who were sponsors
of the event. The other thing that caught my eye about this event was
the charity, The Royal Navy and Royal Marines
Children's Fund - I come from a military family so any way in which we
can donate to any supportive charity, I'm game.
I arrived incredibly early BUT it was so worth it to see a LaFerrari in my rear view mirror as I entered the gates of Leeds Castle (which isn't in Leeds... It's in Kent) I lead a convoy of a LaFerrari & a 458, with Ross one of the organisers in front of me.
I arrived incredibly early BUT it was so worth it to see a LaFerrari in my rear view mirror as I entered the gates of Leeds Castle (which isn't in Leeds... It's in Kent) I lead a convoy of a LaFerrari & a 458, with Ross one of the organisers in front of me.
As we passed through the windy tree covered entrance
road we approached a massive Royal Navy helicopter along side a Pagani
Zonda F and a Koenigsegg Agera N.
It was such a beautiful setting and although I was
there incredibly early, I was quite glad I was. I had these incredible
cars essentially all to myself for pics! No people walking past! No
battles for angles with other photographers! It was lovely... albeit
cold.
The minute the gates open to all the cars, all hell broke loose!! We had American hot rods, supercar classics, supercars, modified car clubs, japanese cars by the dozen... it was amazing!
The minute the gates open to all the cars, all hell broke loose!! We had American hot rods, supercar classics, supercars, modified car clubs, japanese cars by the dozen... it was amazing!
The mayhem didn't stop with just the cars coming in to
set up! People heard just how good the event was once the gates opened
and flocked to the castle... and caused major traffic all down the
motorway!
The Sporting Bears were there doing passenger rides for donations and they SOLD OUT! Owners took out their pride and joys in the blazing sun putting smiles on peoples faces over a 10 mile track.
Anyway it was an incredibly hot day with a great atmosphere, fantastic cars and beautiful scenery. The event raised over £30,000 if I'm not mistaken, which is just amazing!!
Here's a few more pics and if you want to view all of the, - here's the link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkingman/sets/72157653085373876
There's also a link to SeenThroughGlass' youtube video of the day - it's a fab watch so check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azKYnBuJqNo
The Sporting Bears were there doing passenger rides for donations and they SOLD OUT! Owners took out their pride and joys in the blazing sun putting smiles on peoples faces over a 10 mile track.
Anyway it was an incredibly hot day with a great atmosphere, fantastic cars and beautiful scenery. The event raised over £30,000 if I'm not mistaken, which is just amazing!!
Here's a few more pics and if you want to view all of the, - here's the link - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkingman/sets/72157653085373876
There's also a link to SeenThroughGlass' youtube video of the day - it's a fab watch so check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azKYnBuJqNo
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