Jon Hu Industries: Web Design & Photography

Kerryann De La Cruz helps me make my dream come true.

Jon Hu — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:57:55 +0000

Okay… here we go kids, Kerryann De La Cruz in her third photo set from the old ImportMix website. If you missed any of them, use the Kerryann De La Cruz tag. I may do one more ImportMix flashback post after this, but don’t hold me to that. I have been trying to get some photo shoots set up, but I’m hitting some bad luck with schedules (model, studio and mine)… ah the good old days. A friend asked me, “Why are you starting up again?” I didn’t have an answer for her, but after thinking about it…

Ever since I was little, I’ve longed for business cards that said, “On a scale of 1 to 10, I’m the sh*t.”

Dare to dream big.

wantandcuriosity.com live, “Project Totally Awesomeness” code name dead.

Jon Hu — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 05:51:00 +0000

Chau got me in touch with Jonathan Jones from 2001Films to see if there was anything I could do for him. Incidentally, Jonathan was working with Eric Weller on an indie film project, “Want and Curiosity”. I have always wanted to be part of an indie film that was more than just a college student with a $200 Sony Handycam and some friends. Since I didn’t really know that much about the film, Jonathan forwarded me his entire inbox of emails from Eric and the script. After reading the script, seeing the storyboard images and getting some great inspiration from my friend Diana… I got to work. The script was my biggest influence, because it was the complete version of Eric’s vision. I need to thank Maxim for his development help and support. I can’t wait to see this film, it’s gonna be totally awesomeness with popcorn.

wantandcuriosity.com

I ended it with Rachel, but it’s almost time for redeployment.

Jon Hu — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:51:37 +0000

Victor Joe’s RX-7 with Rachel, a friend of Josh Mackey, was the last photo shoot I did for ImportMix. We then finished all the sponsorship/advertising contracts and closed it down. I won’t get into the lengthy details here, but it was taking too much time, we were tired and needed a break. Luckily we all had other offers to follow, that was about 3 years ago. But I miss designing and more importantly… shooting.

I think this will be one of the last ImportMix posts I do, depends on timing, new stuff should be coming. I’ll have an update on “Project Totally Awesomeness” soon and I also found a studio, thanks Vivian. I’m fighting my way back in… older, wiser, and this time rollin’ solo… with reinforcements at the ready.

Yet another reason why I miss LA, Jenny Chu.

Jon Hu — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:41:32 +0000

A few weeks before HIN (Hot Import Nights) hit Seattle, Jenny Chu dropped me an email. She introduced herself, let me know that she was heading up for the event and wanted to meet up for a shoot during that weekend. We decided to say hello at HIN and do the set the day after. Of course the weather was garbage on the day of the shoot, typical for Seattle, so we just ended up staying in her hotel room. She could have cared less, turned on her music and did her thing. The best.

OK. Not that Seattle is hell on Earth, but LA has a better pros versus cons ratio. The Seattle weather… moist. The Seattle traffic is just as bad… “Wow, floating bridges!” No you don’t understand. The Seattle socks & sandals combo… the next person I see doing this will end up barefoot. I miss LA… visitcalifornia.com bookmarked, “California - Find yourself here”. Damn right.

http://www.iheartjennychu.com

“Project Totally Awesomeness” is official and the best code name ever.

Jon Hu — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:23:53 +0000

I’m sure that most of you have no idea who I am or what I do. Hopefully the ImportMix photo shoots don’t give you the wrong impression, then again… maybe the photos have nothing to do with it. Hahaha… anyways, please read my About page when you get the chance.

Back on topic. During the last two weeks I have been working on a deal that finally closed today. Yeah! Chau made the introductions, I want to thank her. This small image is from my mock-up. It should be finished within a couple of weeks, I’ll post the URL then. There is still a crap load of Flash and front-end dev work to be done. But here is what I can say, it’ll promote an indie film that will get shot later this year in LA or SF. So for now I’ll code name it “Project Totally Awesomeness”. I’ve read the script and I’ve seen the cast wish list… trust me, it fits. And dude, this had better not be an April Fools joke.

Hope for a brighter tomorrow begins with Jasmine Azure.

Jon Hu — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:53:13 +0000

This was the first shoot I did specifically for ImportMix, which means it must have been Spring of 2002. So yeah, a long time ago, during a simpler time… before “wardrobe malfunctions” and everything was called “i” something.

Jasmine Azure has that girl next door hotness thing going on, knows a thing or two about cars and you can’t see it in these shots… but the kicks… Jordans. OK. Not to say that men are perfect, god we suck, but if more women were like this… I think wars would end, global warming would stop and offering mail-in rebates would be punishable by death. I’m just saying.

Ashlee Sem invokes cookies and gold stars.

Jon Hu — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:50:02 +0000

I had heard of Ashlee through friends and finally caught up with her at an event. I got her number, called her a few weeks later and set something up. She was willing to try anything for the right shot and very laid back, which helped… keep reading.

Besides where to find models, finding locations is the next question I get asked. Honestly, I am always scoping out for spots. You’d be surprised how many cool places you drive by every day. This Park & Ride had just been built and was almost empty. But all these new Park & Rides have security cameras, so you have Transit Police watching everything that you are doing. Luckily they didn’t show up until we were almost done… cookies and gold stars.

http://www.myspace.com/ashleesem

Making magic with Kerryann De La Cruz.

Jon Hu — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:18:42 +0000

Here is part two of the Kerryann De La Cruz shoot. Like I said in part one, this was one of my best shoots. The lighting was perfect, the location was freshly painted, and nobody got arrested for trespassing… it was like magic. *poof* Tada.

I almost got a new look, courtesy of Natalia Marie.

Jon Hu — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:17:12 +0000

Rango from Blaze Entertainment was promoting for a new club, don’t remember the name, so I went to get hammered and show support. As you know, most clubs have go-go dancers. And as you know, this usually includes the unwritten 10 feet rule… try to get within 10 feet of a go-go dancer and security will beat your face in. Well Natalia Marie was one of these go-go dancers. Luckily I knew Rango. I had enough time to hand her my card and yell something that she probably didn’t understand, before security thought I was a perv and told me I was done. A week later we had the shoot, and then she moved to LA. Yeah, you read that right.

http://www.myspace.com/blazn

Sonya Lee, a reminder of why high school sucked.

Jon Hu — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:28:44 +0000

A friend suggested that I only post a handful of my favorite shots for each past photo shoot; otherwise this is going to take too long. Sorry. I will try to include some that you ImportMix guys have never seen before, like you would remember.

Let’s see, I met “Sonya Lee” at a Seattle HIN (Hot Import Nights)… I want to say 2005. The shoot went good, everyone had a good time… but after the shoot she didn’t reply to emails or phone calls. This was the one feature on ImportMix that didn’t have a model Q&A. It was like high school all over again, but this time I didn’t wait by the phone all weekend.