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  • Flask Mob LA | January

    Flask Mob LA | January

    You can come up with some cool shit with just a tripod and some long exposures.The latest trend on Instagram right now is the late night city photography with a sick emo caption which has always been my favorite thing to shoot. I live in the suburbs where there are no city lights to take photos of and when there are lights at nights it’s usually because of traffic. Luckily for me Flask Mob has monthly meets where they show you around the city and make it so cool shit happens for photo opportunities. I saw last month’s photos and made it a priority for me to go to the next meet up.

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    There was already a large crowd of people when we got there. Amazing to see so many photographers and people who love to capture cool shit come together.

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    People already started staging out some cool shots.

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    Flask Mob was like Halloween all over again, but a lot more acceptable to take photos of people.

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    There was also this dude who was a professional fire breather. First time seeing something like this and it had me in shock and awe.

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    I wish I had a better angle for a cool shot.

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    He was like a Charmander all night.

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    Holy crap.

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    He who dances with fire.

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    This guy is epic.

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    Next to him was a dude that spun burnt wool and it makes this cool effect.

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    Right when all the cool shit was about to happen, the fun police came and through the down the biggest “TFTI” on us and proceeded to kick us out.

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    Good thing no one invited them because they would’ve known we were just going to move anyways.

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    Straight thug.

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    This guy is a bad ass. Right when he got on the bridge he gunned it and got chased after the police.

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    Hayle really confused on where we’re going.

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    It got a little rowdy.

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    Look at all of these people!

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    Some low lows. Check out that rim tuck.

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    Fire wool spinning on the bridge.

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    These ladies lit some sparklers to guide us.

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    I think I want to pick up this hobby.

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    This is so down.

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    We were slapping these new HOODRATstuff stickers wherever we went.

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    The guide.

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    The DJ.

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    It was a fucking party.

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    Not amused.

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    Smoke bombs is another thing on my list to buy.

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    Our friends eventually caught up to us.

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    But them being here won’t stop this party.

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    Even Van Styles was present.

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    LAPD eventually blocked us in and didn’t let anyone pass.

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    It still didn’t stop the FLASK MOB.

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    Wildest rager ever.

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    Seriously, no rules at this party. It was like we were at a photography competition where everyone was fighting to get a good photo.

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    She would win.

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    Insert poetic caption or alternative rock song.

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    Be the light at the end of a tunnel.

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    We thought this was David Vu’s old car.

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    LA is a crazy place. It was a fun experience thank you Flask Mob for the good times. I know how tough it is to throw events, so I hope you guys keep at it!

  • Cars, Women, & Hoodratstuff

    Royal Origin – Cars, Women, & Hoodratstuff from Vu Pham on Vimeo.

    We took a couple of bagged cars, beautiful ladies, and some of our street wear out for a nice day at the park.
    For more, visit Royal-Origin.com and to pick up some of the wear visit Shop.Royal-Origin.com.

    Special thanks to:
    EPonym (Song: EPonym & ESTA – H&B)

    LS430:
    Steve Dam (@instadammmn)

    Ladies:
    Nathalia (@nattykboo)
    Heather (@yofatassma)
    Nancy (@_nancysm)

    BTS:
    Minh Nyugen (@nguass) (Owner: IS250)
    Celso Nimo (@celsonimo)
    Henry Nguyen (@hennessy_henry)
    Shavi Wijegunaratne (@shaviw)

  • He Said, “BAGS ARE FOR GROCERIES”

    He Said, “BAGS ARE FOR GROCERIES”

    Hello Everyone! I haven’t blogged on this site for so long that I pretty much forgot how everything worked. Well, actually, I don’t think I ever learned how to use this site properly in the first place, so it doesn’t really matter. But anyways lots of awesome things have been happening to me within these last couple of weeks. I recently picked up a new camera and lens so I was pretty excited about that.

    But forget about all my bullshit talking and let’s get into the badass shit. The car you see below your pupils belongs to a good friend of mine that goes by the name of Zack. As soon as I picked up my new camera, he coincidentally purchased some wheels for his LS400, so me being the excited one with a new camera, automatically asked him if he was down to do a photoshoot. He happily agreed so we set a date and time to make it happen. Unfortunately the first time Zack and I met up, I had decided to use my crappy Canon UV filter on my 24-70. This filter sucks ball sack and I have no clue why I used it, so all the pictures I took came out blurry as fuck. I was really upset but Zack said it was cool and would let me re-shoot it the following week. We shot it again the following week, and this time I had my new 16-35 with me. It was my first time messing with a wide angle lens, and all I could say is, it is super awesome!!! I am still learning how to use it so some of these pictures may look a little weird and that’s because I was positioning the car the wrong way for a wide angle, but I’m still learning so don’t scrutinize me please!

    This LS 400 is one of the lowest, if not the lowest, static LS400 state wide. Zack decided to do something a little different, he wanted to go with a VIP style car but also rock that sporty look at the same time, and this is the result. He decided to run a custom set of Rotiform SJC’s in sizings of 18×10-23 and 18×12-13, yup rub your eyeballs and squint a couple of times cause those specs are correct. Zack decided to match those with a set of KSPORT COILOVERS, not bags. You will understand why I caplocked coilovers. He also had his exhaust straight piped so this thing sounds like a monster. The car may look a little janky at the moment but it is still in its beginning stages, so don’t even judge it yet. He has paint and legit body work in the works already. He also has a set of studio RCA’s coming in so you will definitely see this thing cambered out “back to the future style.” Believe it or not, he also plans to lower the car some more. I told him he’s crazy, but that’s Zack, he will push it to the absolute limit.

    Zack does all the work on his car, and let me tell you, he puts a new definition in the word “HOODRAT.” Zack does not give a single fuck when he works on his car!

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