Tag: Model

  • Blue Sara | Photoshoot

    Blue Sara | Photoshoot

     Some photos I took of Sara after our Christmas party. Enjoy! 

     

    How Sara goes down a twin slide.

    Lazy photography.

    -NGUMINH

     

     

  • LA Stranger | Sarah Shelton

    LA Stranger | Sarah Shelton

    A couple weeks back, I posted on my Instagram that I wanted more practice shooting models and was looking for anyone who would be down to model for me. Surprisingly, Sarah hit me up to shoot as she was based in LA and wanted to get some cool photos.

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    Sarah said she has never been to the LA river, so we decided that would be our first location.

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    The water was low enough for us to walk in the river and made for some cool shots.

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    Random spider hanging from the bridge.

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    A cool little background story of Sarah, she’s originally from Massachusetts worked and lived in New York for a couple of years and then recently just moved out here to California hustling her way to success. Gotta admire someone who’s willing to go to unknown places for their career.

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    I think one of my problems with editing photos is that everything isn’t uniformed.

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    But Sarah looked great in these photos and compensated for my lack of photography skills.

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    099I thought this photo was pretty funny because I immediately pictured Sarah saying, “I aint got no more time for this bull shit”.

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    That look.

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    It’s cool that she’s also a photographer and has some cool creative stuff on her Instagram.

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    This quote.

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    Afterwards we went exploring around Little Tokyo and went through a bunch of pipe shops and medical clinics.

    256Found this crazy Alice in Wonderland street art at this clinic. It made for some cool street photos.

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    “Stair stuff”

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    Live and die in LA.

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    Thanks Sarah for shooting with me today, I will definitely hit you up for upcoming projects for HOODRATstuff.

    Follow Sarah on Instagram @notlehsharas

  • FTP HEATHER

    FTP HEATHER

     Asian girls, tattoos, lock rings and photo shoots.

    Available at http://shop.royal-origin.com/

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    Available at http://shop.royal-origin.com/

  • Mini Vinh

    Mini Vinh

    Our good friend Syo Kuwabara from Niigata, Japan has always been making incredible scale models, either based on real-life cars or creations that are original. This time, he made one that hits us at home with this 1:24 scale model of Vinh Luong’s Subaru STi on Work CR-Kai. You can see the time and effort Kuwabara put into it to get it just right.

    You probably thought this was a real car for a very brief moment.

    Even down to the very kit that Vinh is on is pretty accurate!

    Rear shot with the exhaust. Such beautiful work.

    This 1:24 scale model even has great fitment.

    Hope you guys enjoyed this scale model, because we love scale models. Thank you very much, Kuwabara, for taking the time and effort to make this and even send us the shots. I know you made this for yourself because you love it, so thank you for the love.

    -Shavi W.
    Instagram: @ShaviW

  • Heather Truong for Royal Origin

    Heather Truong for Royal Origin

     Sweat ran down my fingers as I gripped a hold of my Mark 2. Today would be my first time ever shooting a live model without someone guiding me. It was nerve-racking, waiting to meet up with her, like going on a first date without the dinner and movie. We still had to get to know each other and see what kind of style of photography we are comfortable with. As the photographer, I quickly had to learn what to focus on in the model. I was afraid that I would not be able to recognize and highlight the features that bring out the beauty in her. My first model shoot was with Heather Truong. I met her a couple of years ago through mutual friends and one of the many cool things about Heather is that she is genuinely into cars. We talked a bit over the internet and she was down for a shoot. Decided to meet at Tastea and talk about what we were going to do. While we were there, I spotted Polo’s NSX from IMKING.

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  • Holly Lee x Car Wash

    Holly Lee x Car Wash

    The lovely Holly Lee giving a good wash to the RSX. Check out the video of the wet and wild action. And the behind the scenes picture coverage below.

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