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.

 

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 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

'Modifications under the bonnets on some of these beauties, make them real beasts' - Battalion30five

Battalion30five.

Such an awesome bunch of people, stunning cars and true passion & knowledge of the cars within the group.
We met up near Canary Wharf and had some quick pics in the underground car park. Surrounded by 25 cars could seem daunting to shoot on your own, but I tell you what, I wasn't complaining!!
Ranging from cars wrapped Lime Green by Yiannimize, to Goldy (funnily enough, that's the Gold one in the pic!) to full carbon bodies and Akrapovic wrapped R35's.. it was a stunning combo!

We left this car park to head to Pall Mall for some pics with the Queen.. well, not exactly but outside her house! Anyway, Pall Mall was shut so we went to another car park in Kensington.

                                          I love this bit, leaning over getting these angles...

I just love these cars! I don't know what it is about them, but they're just incredible!
The modifications under the bonnets on some of these beauties, make them real beasts!!
Ranging from Akrapovic exhausts to Litchfield maps & upgrades to custom parts and upgrades, they're all fantastic.

It was pretty epic... unfortunately weather wasn't great. Hoping the next shoot with this lovely lot has some better weather! Especially as it sounds SO cool. That'll be up soon after it's been done.

Find all the images here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkingman/sets/72157651826948929
Check out Battalion30five on instagram for some epic R35 shots!

Skully x

Battalion30five GTR London Meet

Hey!!

I'm going to do a post about the time I was surrounded by around 30 odd GTR's! Sounds horrific, right? ;)

I had a message from a guy called Max a while ago asking if I wanted to shoot a few GTR's, this sounded awesome, as I have a real soft spot for these Japanese masterpieces. Max was from a well known GTR owners club, Battalion30five.
We had had some plans about doing a shoot for a while, yet it just never seemed to go to plan unfortunately.

Anyway... I had a phone call asking if I fancied doing a shoot with some GTR's. Well I had a shoot during the day, but like hell was I going to miss this opportunity again!!

The plan was to use some areas around Canary Wharf, then head off on a cruise via the City and out on a little run to some tunnels.

I arrived around 5 minutes early, prepped my gear and waited. I didn't know how many to expect as numbers for meets can drop or increase considerably.
A couple of stunning R35's appeared. As I was snapping these beasts, a whole queue of GTR's showed up in sweet symphony with their howling modified exhausts!!

As everyone gathered it was obvious this meeting place was no way near capable of holding everyone. We were lucky enough to be able to head upstairs to a car park, this provided a fab location for some shots!

As time ran out on using the car park, it was time to head into the city! Now this was absolutely insane to see!! I had a friend in my car filming all the antics so I was sandwiched as a sort of "R35 Support/Media Vehicle" in amongst all these modified beauties!
There were crowds of people gathering on the bridges above Embankment having a look, people in their cars, passers by... it was insane!

We reached a location I'd ALWAYS wanted to use, but it's a tough one to use due to police restrictions and safety... Pall Mall!

For all the images see: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkingman/sets/72157649964838720/

I didn't follow this lovely lot through the tunnels to their final destination as I'd of shown them all up... and when I say that, I mean I'd of never kept up ;)
 
I want to say thank you so much to the fab members for being so kind and for allowing me to take photos of their pride and joys! It was a great evening and such an amazing site to see!

Thank you Battalion30five.

Skully x