Alex Wong Photography: December 2009

SEMA Show 2009

The SEMA Show in Las Vegas is a yearly gathering of the automotive world. It is easily the largest aftermarket automotive parts showcase in the United States and maybe even the world. It is a week long event filling up the entire Las Vegas Convention Center separated into different sections. I spent most of my week hanging out in the Wheel & Tire area with Konig Rims. These guys are great hosts and a bunch of fun guys to hang with.

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas so I'll just fill you guys in on the photos posted.

We scheduled a photoshoot with Falken Tire midweek. On the agenda were the new line of tires and of course the Falken Tire models. First off the tires, Falken had just released two sets of all-terrain tire along with a 60,000 mile all season OEM replacement tire and a full line of big rig truck tires. This is a huge step for Falken as their line up consists of mainly performance tires. Big props to them. Of course, we did a semi-exclusive photoshoot of the Falken models. Hopefully these'll get featured somewhere, anywhere. Big thanks to Joyce Ho for direct and keeping googly eyed passerbys out of the way. That's about it for now. San Francisco International Auto Show coming up next.

Shot with :

Nikon D200

Tokina 12-24 f/4

SB600 with the Gary Fong sphere tupperware cereal bowl

Falken Performance Tire

The ever popular Azenis Tire

Nissan Cube

Please check out :

www.intunedonline.com

www.falkentire.com

November Randoms

Ahh...Thanksgiving is done. 2 pot lucks couple of dinners and lunches. A ton of food and food coma. And no Black Friday shopping. With the combination of trying to build my DJ career and photography career, everything eventually gets backed up. Fortunately still found time to hang with some friends and shoot their car. David's RSX and Kingston's TSX. Our bad for having you wash your car and hope for a car shoot, all to be shot down by too many shots of soju. But we made it up for him. Headed over to Treasure Island just as the sun was going down. We've mastered the art of the $2/2minute car wash. One person does the coins, one does the hose and one does the soap thing. Pictures are a little dark and wasn't really thinking when I shot these pics. Should've set them up better and did a better job. Hope you like it guys

Shot with :

Nikon D200

Tokina 12-24 f/4

SB600 with Poverty China Wizards + Umbrella

David's Jade Green RSX Type S

Kingston's TSX on mismatched rims

Was hired to do a little body painting model shoot at Fluid Ultra Lounge in San Francisco. Honestly had no idea what to expect, just show up and shoot. Didn't expect what I saw. All the girls were airbrushed with a sort of animal or primal look. Was pretty interested and as we were rushed for time, I'd have to work with what I had. I think there were 7 girls total and I was giving 1 1/2 hours to shoot. Things were backed up with make up since we were shooting inside a nightclub, I'd have to be done before doors open. Sorry to the girls that finished up late, wasn't able to have ample time to get proper lighting set up, poses, etc. Learned a lot of directing skills that night. Wanted to do a cross between that animal-instinct style imaging and a bit of glamour shots. Repeated a lot of the same poses with different models, just to speed things up. Creativity was on the low end. Let me know what you think. Still learning. I DJ'd at Fluid Lounge the following week. Yay.

Shot with :

Nikon D200

Tokina 12-24 f/4

SB600 + wireless + umbrella

First model I worked with that night

Probably my favorite of the night

Really behind

Hey guys. This was supposed to go up a month or two ago. I'm super behind. Enjoy the pics. First set is from the final round of Formula Drift at Toyota Speedway Irwindale. Shot most of this with a Canon 5dmkII and the 70-200 f2.8 IS. Thing is sweet. 3200iso is perfect. Focus isn't as fast as I'd like but man...3200 useable iso. Second set is a re-edit of my previous model shoots with Aiko and Janelle with the PM Girls.

Toyota Speedway @ Irwindale