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Professional Automotive Photography by Damian Blades
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The Cartographer
Sep 12, 20211 min read
Car Photography - September 2021
Ford Ranger Hughes International Range Rover Sport Hughes International Lamborghini Aventador First Choice Detailing Boughton Skiploader...
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![Promotional Photography for Close Brothers Finance](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1917_1e54919b7b7244969cec7c34ba623ca0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_306,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ec1917_1e54919b7b7244969cec7c34ba623ca0~mv2.webp)
The Cartographer
Aug 15, 20211 min read
Promotional Photography for Close Brothers Finance
Close Brothers Finance contacted us to produce a range of marking photos for their HGV finance team. The shoot was 3 hours and fixed to...
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The Cartographer
Jul 17, 20211 min read
TIPEC - Porsche Open Day FCD
The local The Independent Porsche Enthusiast Club (TIPEC) visited First choice Detailing in Bournemouth for an open day and a visit...
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The Cartographer
Jul 8, 20211 min read
Road To Redline at Carnatter
Thank you to all that came to the Road To Redline event at Carnatter Below are the pictures from the day. Feel free to download and share...
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The Cartographer
Jul 5, 20211 min read
GF Electrical - Team Photo Shoot
Whilst working with our clients EI Projects, we met the team from GF Electrical. We were contacted direct by the team to help assist with...
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![Car Photography - June 21](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1917_4d680e86519f4a6cabb7d9c780c3202f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_305,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ec1917_4d680e86519f4a6cabb7d9c780c3202f~mv2.webp)
The Cartographer
Jul 1, 20211 min read
Car Photography - June 21
Mercedes-Benz Mclaren SLR 722 Jonathan Franklin Cars Porsche 911 997 GT2 RS Jonathan Franklin Cars Porsche 968 CS Jonathan Franklin Cars...
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The Cartographer
May 1, 20211 min read
Car Photography - May 21
BMW i3 Hughes International Mercedes-Benz E Class Hughes International Mercedes E Class 2019 /2021 Hughes International Land Rover...
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The Cartographer
Apr 4, 20211 min read
Private Client - Jaguar XE SV Project 8
Photos by The Cartorapher - Text Source Jaguar.co.uk THE MOST EXTREME PERFORMANCE JAGUAR EVER With 600PS from a 5.0 litre Supercharged V8...
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The Cartographer
Apr 4, 20211 min read
Car Photography - April 21
Cars, cars and more cars! Porsche 991.2 GT2 RS First Choice Detailing Jaguar Project 8 First Choice Detailing Mazda MX5 Hughes...
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The Cartographer
Apr 1, 20212 min read
Porsche GT2 RS Featuring the RUF watch
Photos by The Cartographer. Text Source - Wikipedia Porsche 911 99.1 GT2RS The 991 GT2 RS was initially unveiled at the Xbox 2017 E3...
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The Cartographer
Mar 24, 20212 min read
Video Shoot With Half Scale Cars
Back out with Sam and the team from Half Scale Cars this week shooting their collection of Porsche 917K Junior cars. Each one pictured in...
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The Cartographer
Mar 19, 20211 min read
Porsche 917K Junior By Half Scale Cars
Promotional Photos and video by The Carphotorapher - Text Source Half Scale Cars Porsche 917K Junior https://www.halfscalecars.co.uk/917...
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The Cartographer
Mar 11, 20212 min read
Sales Photography - Ferrari 456
1995 Ferrari 456GT (M) NOW SOLD At Stable Vehicle Storage we are proud to offer to market this 1995 (M reg) Ferrari 456 GT, on behalf of...
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The Cartographer
Mar 4, 20211 min read
Car Photography - March 21
Welcome to another exciting month of car photography by Blades Media. This month we have seen petrol, diesel and electric cars. City cars...
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The Cartographer
Feb 7, 20211 min read
Car Photography - February 2021
Ferrari 458 Speciale First Choice Detailing Jaguar E-ype - Swarovski Crystal Half Scale Cars VW Transporter Private Client Ferrari 488...
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The Cartographer
Feb 6, 20211 min read
Private Client - Ferrari 458 Speciale
Car Photography by The Cartographer - Text source evo.co.uk Ferrari 458 Speciale Car Photography The 4.5-litre V8 produces 597bhp at...
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![Making it Sparkle – Half Scale Cars](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ec1917_37ffa5b8bbc742f7a152ce9df172546a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_306,h_229,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/ec1917_37ffa5b8bbc742f7a152ce9df172546a~mv2.webp)
The Cartographer
Feb 1, 20212 min read
Making it Sparkle – Half Scale Cars
We were recently contacted by Half Scale Cars via our Instagram channel after being recommend by an industry friend to talk to us. They...
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The Cartographer
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Car Photography - January 2021
Ferrari 328 GTS First Choice Detailing Ferrari F12 TDF - Remastered First Choice Detailing Range Rover Sport Hughes International Porsche...
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The Cartographer
Nov 23, 20207 min read
No Sleep Till Folkestone! Photographing rare Porsches
How hard could it be to photograph 4 Porsche's? Read how we made a mad dash to Germany before lockdown restrictions meant we would be stuck.
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The Cartographer
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Making the front page - Editorial
Total 911 Issue 198 We are excited to share that our first editorial with Total 911 is now live and on shelves for you to buy! Fantastic...
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