Special Coverage | AutoCon Promo Video (Behind the Scenes)

September 4, 2011

Night-Import: Photography and Words by William Lee

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Surprisingly, there were no events or meets scheduled for this week, which means I get to stay at home and do jack shit or be a good boy and study for an upcoming exam next year. To be honest with you guys, I should not even be going out every weekend to go to a car show and shoot because I have to face reality and do what I have to do for my future career, but being a blogger in the car scene is like a drug...you know you have to quit at some point if not serious, but something pulls you more into it.. That's pretty much how I felt yesterday going to AutoCon's promo video shooting at City of Industry, CA. I'm pretty much studying 24/7 every single day, but have been going to meets just to let that stress and pressure out as much as possible. There's really no one that's been helping me out with difficulties I'm facing these days, but going to something automotive related loosens everything inside me, which is why I had to go out and see how this filming process was going to be done.
I got invited to this special event by the host of AutoCon because of promoting the event last year when it first launched. AutoCon 2010 was the first underground parking structure car show in Southern California and the turnout was absolutely amazing. Who would have even thought of doing such a thing like Fast and Furious? What might have been seen as being impossible became possible and AutoCon became one of the most memorable events to many automotive enthusiasts.
This year, AutoCon is going to be totally different. With an even bigger and better venue, AutoCon will be held at Irvine, CA where Gymkhana 1 was recorded. You can check all the information through this Event Announcement link or AutoCon's official website, so make sure to click and read it through.

Event Announcement | AutoCon 2011

August 27, 2011

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AutoCon flyer for Night-Import

Event Coverage: AutoCon Los Angeles (Part III) Final

December 14, 2010

Night-Import: Photography by Jay Ebue

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After taking some shots for about an hour, our photographer Jay Ebue joined us for the rest of the event. Also a photographer for Wired on Honda, Jay did an awesome job capturing the moments I missed.
I've always appreciated Jay's work because his photography focuses on main points and you'll be seeing some for today's final coverage of AutoCon.
From cars to models, let's get this started.

Special Coverage: AutoCon Los Angeles Video Compilation

December 13, 2010

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I still can't get my mind off this event.
It was such a blast and I'm really hoping it continues on for next year.

Here's a special post for all of you guys who missed this event.
There were tons of media crews that were present and I know many of you guys saw enough photo coverages but if you didn't check out the video coverages, here ya go!

Event Coverage: AutoCon Los Angeles (Part II)

Night-Import: Photography by William Lee

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Back with our coverage for AutoCon!
We received a lot of positive feedback for this event coverage despite some mistakes I made :D
Still in the learning phase and trying to understand more about cars so hope you guys understand.
Anyways, Part 2 will have much more better photos because of some lighting and a different lens. (Thanks Sean from LEDmod.com)

As mentioned previously, there were lines of models from It's JDM yO! and gorgeous Chaba is the one you guys see at the top. There will be more photos of models in this post so keep your eyes opened.

Event Coverage: AutoCon Los Angeles (Part I)

December 12, 2010

Night-Import: Photography by William Lee

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Like always, almost every weekend is packed with events and our photographers and I are busy doing coverages. I'm always hyped up when the weekends come by because it's my time to go out and enjoy what I love to do and this past weekend, I was really excited and looking forward to go to this event called AutoCon. Why? Because it was the first underground Automotive event in Southern California!
You've probably seen this events post on your forums, or almost every major forums in the net because Night-Import was an official media and supported this event as much as it could. Posting it in almost 50+ forums and handing/sending out flyers, we were looking forward to see a decent turnout and we were right. More than 150+ cars participated, tons of models and sponsors, food trucks, and most importantly, massive spectators.

You don't see a lot of events going on 'underground' and only see them happening in movies like Fast and the Furious, but Justin Fong, the president of AutoCon, made it happen. Justin prepared this event for months and was finalized to be held at an underground parking structure @ City of Industry. It's not a small location, but pretty big, accommodating about 250 cars. Tons of sponsors came in early to setup their booths and three food trucks were parked at the top for participants and spectators.