OC Auto Show (2023) - Part II

Night Import: Photography by William Lee | Words by William Lee

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I am back with the Part 2 coverage on the OC Auto Show that happened last month in Anaheim, CA. Like I've mentioned in my Part 1 coverage, this event wasn't as big as the other auto shows I've been to, but I had a great time covering every area in a short period of time. Today, you'll be seeing rest of the area as well as events that few of my friends participated in inside of the convention center. Lego.

Anime Pasadena 2023

Night Import: Photography by William Lee | Words by William Lee

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Welcome back to the blog guys. This past weekend, I had an opportunity to attend Anime Pasadena at the Pasadena Convention Center. I had no idea about this event until an ad popped up on Instagram about a month ago. I applied for press and got lucky enough to be accepted, so why not cover a field I enjoy? If you are wanting more car related coverage, I promise you that I'll be covering a lot of them next year, so stay tuned.

Just to breifly describe this event, Anime Pasadena showed how the popularity in Anime was tremendoulsy rising by the attendance of people. The line to buy tickets wrapped around the entire convention center and I was surprised to see the amount of pre-registered people inside the event. Let's go on with the coverage.

OC Auto Show (2023) - Part I

Night Import: Photography by William Lee | Words by William Lee

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I'm finally back with an actual car show coverage! There are two car shows that I know of that cater to upcoming/future cars and current/new cars from many car companies that happen in SoCal and it's OC Auto Show and LA Auto Show. I had the opportunity to attend OC Auto Show with my friends this year and let's just say it was a breath of fresh air to see a bunch of cars in one place. They had areas to test-ride certain cars and many small events were held inside the convention center. You can tell this year's event was mostly focused on EV cars, because you know... EVs are the shiet! Jokes aside though, people are choosing EV cars due to environmental issues, but mostly because of rising gas prices and I'm with them on that one. I'm going to separate the coverage into two parts because of the amount of photos I took, so let's get on with part 1. Also, please note that I had a difficult time taking a car photo in whole because of people being around a car almost every second, so please understand.

Anime Impulse (2023)

Night Import: Photography by William Lee | Words by William Lee

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Welcome back everyone. I know it's weird that I'm consecutively covering Anime related events, but this one will cover much more cars than Anime Expo, so some of you guys might like this coverage. I'm a huge fan of Anime and Cars and this event, Anime Impulse, had both. Anime Impulse was held in the Anaheim Convention Center back in September and I was lucky enough to cover this event with my friend Andy. The event was obviously smaller than Anime Expo, but we had a great time visiting every part of the event. What was pretty unique about this one was that two other conventions were happening on the same day at the same place, which was for Kpop and Sneakers. There were tons of people present, vibe was awesome, and we enjoyed taking photos, so let's start with the coverage.

Anime Expo 2023 (Part II)

Night Import: Photography by William Lee | Words by William Lee

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Hope everyone had a great week. I'm finally back with Part 2 of my Anime Expo coverage, so let me share a few photos from the 3rd and 4th day of the event. A lot of the places my friends and I covered were the areas we couldn't really explore on the first day due to the crowd. There were a lot of people on the 3rd and 4th day, but we at least had some space to take a few photos here and there. Here is the West Hall of the convention center where a few Itashas were displayed.

Anime Expo 2023 (Part I)

Night Import: Photography by William Lee | Words by William Lee

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Hello everyone! It's been about 9 years? I've been pretty busy with my life and didn't have any time to go out to a car show, meet, or whatever you want to call it these days, for quite a long time now. I apologize to my blog fans and promise that I'll try to get back in the car scene. But before that, let me share a coverage that's not so much relevant to the car scene, so it's up to you to ignore this coverage or just read/look it through :)

I covered Anime Expo back in 2012 and 2013 and had the opportunity to attend this year's event with few of my friends. I was and still am a huge fan of Anime, so I was pretty dam excited to attend this one after so many years of just reading coverages of the event. From what I remember, the amount of people attending the event back in 2012 and 2013 were far less than this year's event. Lines were shorter, prices were cheaper, I actually had space to walk around inside the event hall, and they used two halls for the event. 10 years have passed and I was flabbergasted by the amount of people inside and outside of the convention center and the overall size of the event. Let's get into the coverage, but before that, I want to apologize first for taking shitty photos. The focus, exposure, etc. were so off. I haven't touched a DSLR for years so please understand. Thanks to Andy for letting me borrow his 5D Mark III and 24-70 lens!