01.14.10

Here is the first teaser image to come out for the Creative Recreation photoshoot that I did recently in Kenya. This for sure one of my highlights from last year. It'll probably be a while till more of this stuff comes out, because my stuff that I shot earlier in the year from Cairo still has been fully released!

01.07.10

Here is the first image to drop from shooting with one of my favorite skaters right now Theotis Beasley for Skullcandy. The set that we did with Theo was pretty amazing, so there will be alot more to come with him.

12.24.09

Happy Holidays everyone! Its been a remarkable year for me, and I can't express how much I appreciate the support from everyone just comeing to my site as well as all of my clients for keeping the lights on here at the studio. I just recently got one of these cards in the mail from my friends over at L-R-G with one of my photos I shot of Rob G over in Yosemite earlier this year. It made me happy to see this, I almost forgot I even did this shoot earlier this year, time really flew by. Anyway, speaking of

L-R-G I just saw this ad that I shot

feature modern day crooner Mayer Hawthorne in Complex Magazine. It was pretty cool I was chilling in a

7-11 waiting for some friends to buy their beers, and just stumbled upon this ad in the magazine. It makes me wonder about all the photos I have shot out there that people run that I don't know about.

11.29.09

Here are some behind the scenes photos from my Cleobella photoshoot I did recently, courtesy of their facebook site. This was actually one of the more fun shoots I have had this year, and I can't wait till they revamp their site with all the new photos I shot for them.

11.05.09

think for the better, the internet is terrible out here. Which means I get no email, no business stuff, and no headaches from the outside world.





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10.15.09

Recently LA/NY/NV/Gublerland resident MGG, or Matthew Gray Gubler, or The Gube, or what I prefer to call him Matthew put up this photo that I shot recently called "something wicked wobbles this way". How this photo came to be is quite a tale, one that I won't bore you with now. Its from this photo that he, and the other higher powers that be have granted me the title that I now don of "celebrated photographer" being bequeathed such an honor and a surprise, one thing I must say is that the nectar is so so sweet on this side.

09.28.09

I'm not sure what to call it, maybe insomnia, I just say I can't sleep. When people say they have insomnia it think it sounds like one of the cries for attention, like you want people to ask you questions about it and prob you and all that. So thats why I've just decided to say I just can't sleep. I know its my own doing as well. I have all sorts or random ideas, then I start looking into them so see if they are doable, then it just cases me to get more ideas. I dunno if you are one of those people that have all sorts of wilds thoughts, but when you do

happen to be one of those people but you tend to not sleep.

This photoshoot that I just did was one of those. It's part of Triumvir's Hell is For Heroes campaign. I can't really show off the actual images that I shot just yet, because its for this upcoming season, and I don't want to spoil anything, but its going to be pretty cool, We've been amassing props for sometime, and well this I think will be on of Triumvir's finest seasons that they have designed. I know that for me personally, I haven't

wanted more gear from then any other season than this one. These photos are a couple I behind the scenes ones that I lifted off of their blog, so I know that this stuff is okay for me to show off and for all of her fans out there Julia comes back as a model, and she looks fantastic! So I'll post them as soon as I can and maybe after about ten more posts I can manage to actually fall asleep.

09.20.09

I can't think of any Australian's that I don't like, I am a bit terrified by their women I must admit, but thats because they can party like none other, but aside from that I like them all, and Insight pro surfer Kai Otton is no different. I was shooting Kai for an upcoming Skullcandy ad for the new Agent Headphone. I have learned quite a bit about the land down under by those fine fine culturalists Jermaine and Brett of the Flight of the concords such as "Australians like to name their women after men, revel in their convect past, and don't mind a cup a tea brewed in hot tap water". but I won't hold that against Kai.

09.18.09

I consider myself a pretty hip dude, but every once in a while a little gem slips through the cracks and thats how I really feel about Stones Throw recording artist Mayer Hawthorne. I guess soul is the best way to describe his music, but you should really check it out, I'm pretty into it. I feel really fortunate to have been able to work with him for a recent shoot and hopefully we'll be working together in the future. Although to be honest with you, I really like his album photography. Much respect for whom ever shot it and please, if you know who it is, for sure email and inform me. Anyway look for more Mayer Hawthorne photos, very very soon.

09.14.09

As pretty much everyone know photography is about capturing a moment and light and all that blah blah blah. Well anyway on my travels I always stumble upon things that I am into or objects that I just want to capture. I was recently on a location scout for Cleobella Bags . When I stumble upon a little house with ALOT of character. I can't really give too much away right now, but here are a few images of some little things that I found around the home. I also found these little dolls that totally creeped me out. I should be hammering out this shoot really soon, so I can get more random pics out there for you all to see of this great little spot, it was pretty sweet.

09.06.09

Here are one of the images that I shot for DJ Class a while back that they used for the Zune Click it with Class promotion. The shoot took place a while ago, I just totally spaced (like I usually do) and never put this up here. So here it is. I remember rushing to put the DJ booth in the studio so that we could have some real live entertainment while shooting, and that particular day we had DJ Y.O.O.K.s take the helm. I dug the tunes, but I was really hoping to get Class on the tables, maybe preform his little ditty "i'm the ish" , I tried... but unfortunately it didn't happen, maybe next time.

09.05.09

Here's a video that Pretty Boy Paul cooked up for the Shoot It! X 944 release party in Scottsdale, AZ the hometown of both companies. It was awesome of the Shoot It! crew to be so hospitable to us, and honestly we had a great time, but really you'll be able to see that in the video. Ladies of Scottsdale, don't fret, we will be back soon!

08.31.09

This probably isn't the best picture for me to be posting in regards to my trip to AZ with Pretty Boy Paul, but screw it, I don't think my mom reads this anyway. Scottsdale I must admit is filled with some pretty attractive women and being that the pool at the W Hotel is open 24 Hours a day, makes things even better. I had a real great time at the party, probably due to the fact that there was some sort of screw up and I wasn't allowed to bring my camera in the Shoot It! X 944 event, so I wasn't really shooting the event, and was just posting up and gabbing away and believe it or not, I think it was all for the better. It's pretty rare that I go to an event and can actually wander and not be tethered to a job or anything like that. Paul is going to have a video up in a couple of days so you all will be able to see the maddness!

08.29.09

I'm not actually sure if I have ever put any pictures of Lorde Byrone up on here, so I am going to assume that this is my first time... Please don't correct me if I am wrong. Anyway, Byrone is pretty much all I could ever want as an assistant, Here he is standing in for DJ virtuoso Mike Relm for some upcoming photos that'll be released of him soon. This night was long and kinda sucked because of how long it was, but I will say, that the photos turned out to be outstanding, and well, Mike is a really cool guy. I honestly didn't know what to expect, but I found that we had a bunch of stuff in common as including a bunch of mutual friends and a love for pho. I'm actually pretty excited about this one, so hopefully it'll be wrapped up soon so I can post it up!

This other photo of Byrone is another test for something else that we are cooking up. I'm just putting it up here, because I think its kinda funny and embarrassing for him, although alot of ladies have commented on how dashing he looks here.

08.25.09

This is kinda crazy, but I've been home or only 1 hour and I am off for my next shoot, with new

DCMA/K Swiss rider Greg Ludzka, Greg is off first thing in the morning, for some gig in NYC, and I have been in Hawaii for the last week, so the only option was to shoot him as soon as my plane landed. Its during instances like these having a good crew really paid off. I was so tired from the flight it was so crazy to get booked like this, but we did what we had to do, and we banged out some really good stuff. Greg and I have some pretty good stuff in the works, the kind of stuff that only that late night delirium can concocted. Nonetheless it'll be brilliant!

08.23.09

Its my last day in Hawaii, and I have to admit that I'm kinda sad. I really love this place. I've got to meet some really great people and see some pretty unbelievable scenery. I've never been here before, and its a real treat to be able to experience it the way that I did. Every thing aside from the mosquito bites that I got in the forest was really fantastic here, and even the bites weren't really that bad. I've been to alot of places, and I really have to admit that I am a little smitten by this place. I know that if I can under different circumstances my thoughts would have been different, but to have this be my first experience, unbelievable! I'll post pics of the shoot as soon as I can!

08.18.09

Believe it or not, I've never been to Hawaii. Over the years I've made a few attempts, but never made it. I have no idea what to really expect, in my mind I suppose it appears like a blend of Hawaii 5-0, Magnum P.I., Dog the Bounty Hunter, with just a dash of Gilligan's Island.

What also makes this trip even more awesome, is that I actually get to go for work! I feel pretty blessed that

this is my job. This shoot is going to be pretty interesting. I have no doubt that its going to be awesome, but I really have no idea what to expect. Being that I really don't really know what to prepare for since I've never been in an area quite like this. Kinda funny huh. Out of every where I've been, tropical is something I haven't really done. So in preperation of this, I'm pretty much bringing pretty much every combination of gear I can think of, I can only image what the baggage fees are going to be for this one.

08.16.09

So my buddy Seth is pretty good about letting me know what the latest and greatest is when it comes to technology, web, social networking and all that. Recently Seth was cool enough to hook me up with this whole new thing called Shoot it! I'm pretty skeptical about most things that are related to all this, mainly because I'm still a pretty hands on kind of guy. The real unique thing, and what really attracted me to it, was then fact that it really blends old world and new world technology and makes a whole new thing. What Shoot It! is, is an application for your phone where you are able to take a picture with your phone and basically upload it where ever you are through your phone and they print out your image with a message on the back and send it to whom ever you want for about a dollar. Here are my first examples of shoot it cards, which I'm sure I'll get better at taking once I get a hang of it. I'm pretty excited about this, because it will surely help me start being a much better son, because now I have no excuse not to mail postcards to my Mom. I'll be posting a bunch more cards here soon!

08.14.09

I really forget sometimes that there are people that really care what I do, or read this thing, because when I heard this went up today I was totally shocked. Juggernaught superstore to the hipster elite Metropark, gave myself and Pretty boy Paul a pretty good write up on thier blog. It was about our work for Villains and Vagabonds they also posted this behind the scenes video that Paul did while I was shooting. I was totally surprised to see it up and pretty stoked that they were so cool to write those nice things about me. hopefully we can get more features and things up there. My ma would be so proud.

08.11.09

I have to thank Mr. Adrian Santos for providing me with some photos of just a few of the bad decisions that I made over the course of this lollapalooza. So many cra
zy stories. maybe if I get the balls I'll write one out and post it here. But honestly if you wanna get the real scoop, you'll probably just have to ask me. They sound much better that way anyway.

08.07.09

Of Montreal! Jonelle Monae! Lollapalooza preforming together! unbelievable! Not a bad first day if I say so myself, tomorrow, Santigold, GZA, and Passion Pit! bananas!

08.06.09

We stopped off the other day to visit with some of our friends over at Ludwig clothing in their compound over in the old Kim Sun theatre in LA. We shot this little video there, because we were pretty blown away by their space, they have these really large windows that let in all this great light, that on top of being really spacious makes it such a good place to show case I really don't know why Pretty Boy Paul cut it to this track from The Dream featuring Kanye West and everyone knows that around these parts Kanye can do no wrong. Here is a pic that I actually shot a little while back of The Dream for the Gym Class Heroes cookie jar music video.

LUDWIG from PAUL NGUYEN on

07.22.09

lets see how long this stays up before they take is down.... enjoy!

07.22.09

Here is a little video that the guys over at Lrg cooked up from the photoshoot that we did a little while back with Raekwon its pretty awesome to say that we had him in studio with us. Images coming soon.

LRG VISUALLY HEARD / Raekwon from LRG on Vimeo.

07.20.09

Today's shoot really couldn't have been better, quick, easy, great results, and on top of doing a good shoot, I managed to get myself a fresh pair of new sneakers as well. Today in studio, we had Rockstar energy drink, Nike 6.0, Skullcandy, and Oakley, ski athlete Sammy Carlson. This gig was set up by my old pal Jimbo Morgan who has been a huge advocate and it was about time that I could return the favor for him and shoot one of his athletes. There isn't too many people that are better on the slopes than Sammy, and he's got his new movie "Can't Stop" coming out soon to prove it. I'll post up the finished picks up here as soon as I can.

07.16.09

Since the revival of "The Crucible" I decided to bring out some early pics that I shot with the first version of this contraption. This was a shoot that my buddy James Kyson Lee had set up for me with his friend, Erin Cahill. I won't go into detail about what Erin does and who she is and all that, thats what google and wikipedia is for, internet creeping is something I know we all participate in.
Erin was a really good sport to come down all the way to the OC for this. She really made my day, as well as the shoot! There is really too much of this hurry up and wait stuff going on with shoots. Being that I have some pretty fond memories of this one, I can't believe that I never did a post on it.... sheesh, I really need to get my act together. One of these days I'll get all caught up with all of this little gems that i've shot along the way. Erin if you are reading this, sorry I am so lame, we need to kick it sometime. One of these days my trigger finger is gonna be broke, and then I'll be able to take it easy for a while.

07.13.09

This is one of my most favorite pieces of gear we call it "The Crucible". This little baby was out of commission for a minute, but shes back now, and you'll be able to see images in some magazines next month, well that is if you live in Japan. I'll be able to talk about this more later, after I get something back from the printer. Anyway, this guy was inspired by the incredible music director Hype Williams. Its pretty much a modified ring light to give a bit of a different effect than what one may expect from a ring light. Anyway I missed this guy, and I'm glad he's back in the arsenal, new and improved. Special thanks to Igor and Byronski_Beat for making it happen.

07.12.09

Here is a video of my recent photoshoot with Shady recording artist Cashis for Cakedout. I had no idea that they were putting this together, I just happened to be on there site last night and saw it. One of these days I'll start being more aware of stuff like this.

07.10.09

Here's a little video that pretty boy paul shot of my villains and vagabonds shoot.

VILLAINS AND VAGABONDS from PAUL NGUYEN on Vimeo.

07.09.09

My buddies Devin and Mitch from Fremont and Endovenera just recently opened up a shop in Costa Mesa within the Lab. I would rant and rave about how much I like the shop and how you should check it out, but instead here is a list of a few of the brands they carry, fremont,chronicles of never, endovenera, corpus,erik hart,orthodox,eskell,kontorsion,morphine generation, and conference of birds. Also just to let you everything is pretty much 50 to 80 percent off. For your sake, you should come, because you'll for sure get some sweet stuff, for my sake I hope you don't because I'll for sure scoop up the gear you missed for myself. Make sure to come on Saturday, they are having a party with free booze and all that, so they can get you drunk so my make a ton of shopping decisions that you'll regret once you get your credit card statment.

07.08.09

Here's a little video of something that we'll hopefully be working on shortly, photos and more info soon!

THE STRONGHOLD from PAUL NGUYEN on Vimeo.

07.06.09

4TH OF JULY AT B'S from PAUL NGUYEN on Vimeo.

Here is a little video that Pretty Boy Paul of Analog Holiday put together. It was quite a night. I have to give it up to Alessia for making a pretty awesome pasta salad and getting me some circus animal cookies, shes pretty amazing!

07.05.09

Villains and Vagabonds is a brand that I have been working with for a while now and its good to see that they finally have a website up and running featuring photos shot by yours truly of course!. I've been shooting pics for them for the last few seasons, and its incredible to see how they have grown in the last year with no web presence at all.

Well, as of last weekend this has all changed. They now have a new full fledged website, for me this is actually kind of nice, considering I shoot all these photos for them and never get to see them anywhere aside from their showroom. They also have a webstore and a bunch of other cool little features. I personally would have loved to see more of the photos up, but this is really a good start for them, and I think that this is really going to be good. It was also super cool of them for putting up a little blog hit about me and the work that I have done. It good to hear it when people appreciate the work that I have put into their brands. Its also pretty cool to see all the spots that they are carried at. I mean they have some of the best accounts you can get for the kind of gear they make. Revolve, Metro Park, and Fred Segal, so good.

P.s. I also like how in the second photo, Nick from Villains put that nice little close up hit of the Hellz Bellz x Miss Wax collab ring that was given to us on loan from Miss Kylee Wax herself!

07.04.09

I love chicks, lots of new stuff to post come Monday involving all of these photos.