Sara came by OC Product Photos for a little photo session with her CR S2000. Vu and I got some killer photos of her S2000 in our big studio.
Vu getting some video in for a Forza video thing he’s been doing.
A quick wipe down of Sara’s clean S2000.
Maybe, I’ll start posting again idk.
Seems like every post now a days is a “it’s been a while kind of post”. Sad to say that I rarely have time to shoot photos or even go do cool shit anymore. I do have some photos from these past months that I’ve been meaning to post. So, here are some quick updates..
We had a birthday brunch for John, Ashton and Angelo at EMC Seafood. On Sundays they have all you can eat seafood buffet which includes lobster tails, prime rib and unlimited mimosas.
Shavi looking real excited to destroy his stomach and liver.
Good times with good people.
Happy Birthday to John, Angelo and Ashton! Wishing you wealth, success and more car parts.
The following week, I went to LA to go see Sleeping Beauty ballet because Julia gets what she wants. We decided to get dinner at Pasta E Pasta for some Japanese style pasta.
Julia got the Japanese pasta.
I got my favorite which is a carbonara pasta. I wish they added a egg like they would in Japan.
It was still extremely delicious.
Afterwards we went to get this ice cream taiyaki because we were craving Somi Somi. It did not satisfy our craving..
When I got home.. Sara, Nimo, Rodney and Vu hit me up to go hang out at Zero Degrees. Here are the condiments of Honda. Mustard, Ketchup and Pepper.
Sara’s S2000 always looking hella sponsored.
Rodney brought out the Cressida even after destroying his bumper at Super D.
Vuzoku.
Rod knee.
Finding nimo.
VPR CHICK.
Bonus round… some photos of Annie, a chow chow I was fostering until she got adopted by a family in Wyoming. Man, I miss her and I miss blogging, so hopefully I get back to this and we’ll have more quality posts. Thanks for reading and we’ll see you next time.
We got new merch for Royal Origin/HOODRATstuff and we needed new photos for the site. I was able to convince Becky to shoot with us again, but first we had to stuff our bellys.
Julia and Becky in the “Dreams” hoodie and tee.
I got the shaken beef grilled cheese and we got the chicken and bacon waffle fries.
All of these photos are mostly bloopers you can check out the real photos at HOODRAT-stuff.com.
Best facial expression of the whole photo shoot.
“Dreams”coach hoodie which is water proof too.
Brought back coach jackets with the new “Underground Kings” coach jacket.
Also back is the “Basic” hoodies and tees.
Heritage dad hat still available also!
Red Room Concepts doing work.
One of my favorite tees is the “Forgiveness” tee.
Thanks for the help today guys! Make sure ya’ll shop.royal-origin.com.
Lately, I feel like I don’t have time to do shit because I’ve been remodeling my house. Go to work and then work that second shift when I come home to finish a part of the house, so I can still live in it. On top of that I didn’t realize how much debt I would be in just remodeling some parts of my house. Fuck this adult life.
Privacy fence for the SC.
Kiki is loving the new fence we put up.
Soon to be 5 spoke Lexus gang…
The Lexues of my life.
Went out with Vu and Shavi to shoot my SC, I’ve always wanted a video by Vu for one of my cars and this seemed like a good time to shoot the SC before it gets trashed.
A good dinner before work.
Vu working his magic.
Does it get better than this? I hope so.
Kiki excited for the video.
Thanks Vu for the lit video! Literally family.
-NGUMINH
It’s great that I’m friends with a lot of creative people like my friends Celso Nimo and Vu Pham. They’re both cinematographers and designers with a good eye for visuals. Tonight, we planned a shoot with Sara Choi and even though we came into this with no plans we ended up with a pretty cool shoot and video.
Can’t shoot with an empty stomach! I decided to take them to my new Thai spot to try some raw shrimp.
Testing out some IPhone camera hacks like putting a drop of water on your lens to get some cool macro shots.
Check out those details.
Raw shrimp, not for the faint of heart.
Crispy fried rice!
Best pad see ew, I’ve ever tasted.
Can’t forget about the pad thai!
As you can see we devoured everything. Check this place out if you’re ever in Westminster!
Vientiane Thai Laos – http://www.yelp.com/biz/vientiane-thai-laos-garden-grove
Picked up Sara and took her to The Camp in Costa Mesa. She wanted like a hipster sexy photo shoot. So, she brought the sexy and we took her to a hipster location.
The background is actually a store that sells plants.
Checking out the visuals.
We needed a model for our new BTB snap back and Nimo was ready with his “Blue Steel” look.
http://shop.royal-origin.com/headwear-s/111.htm
This is probably my favorite photo of this entire set.
It was hard to edit these photos without craving ice cream and a napkin.
Some “sitting alone at the bench waiting for bae” photos.
Balcony views with Sara.
The face you make when the server is bringing your food.
“Das bae”
Time for some HOODRATstuff.
http://shop.royal-origin.com/headwear-s/111.htm
Sara changing on the go with our OO Long Sleeve.
http://shop.royal-origin.com/product-p/oo-longsl.htm
Kat Wiliams made a special guest appearance.
SLAYY EM.
Get the look here..
http://shop.royal-origin.com/headwear-s/111.htm
http://shop.royal-origin.com/product-p/oo-longsl.htm
Fairy tale ish.
After every successful shoot, getting boba and reflecting on the shoot is a must.
Hope you enjoyed the photos cousins! K den shoots.
It was a special day here at Illest OC. Pandora One finally arrived and will be displayed at the shop.
Pandora One.
Now fitted with a double decker wing and 500hp.
Your home for next couple of months.
Kevin fitting some wheels on his car.
Vu’s new ride. Big plans for this car.
Vu and Nimo, never been so Royal Origin today.
That rear tuck doe.
Kevin’s s2000 in it’s entirety.
Decided to go to Snow Monster for some bomb ice cream on belgian waffles and on the way I got some pretty cool rolling shots of Shavi’s car.
The mother fucking prince.
Snow Monster is where I learned how to play my favorite game card game of all time. Monopoly Deals.
Will doing a ricer drive by while flicking us off. Very impressive he was able to multi task.
Nimo about to go HAM(hard as a mother fucker).
All Nimo.
Jimmy looking very jealous of Nimo’s diabetes.
Rica so focused on winning in Monopoly.
Shavi gave up and started to play connect four by himself.
Vuzoku.
The vinhnumber.
Neems.
Love bokeh.
