MONEY DANCE

*** the video above is a dance video choreographed and directed by Lando Wilkins to a song by AV Compton for the DanceOn Network . The photos below are some shots that I took during the recording of this video . It was just an idea that Lando and I wanted to play around with and test out . This blog post is related to these photos and video . Barely . Like maybe 10% ... probably less . 

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Listing format to make a story and point 

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• I started dancing because I thought it was cool
• I thought it would help me meet interesting people (girls)
• I've been dancing for 15 years 
• Competitively for 15 years
• Professionally for 7 years 
• Half of my dance career was getting better so that I can win competitions
• I did
• Half of my dance career was getting better so that I can do well and make money 
• I am
• There had been many amazing experiences and accomplishments
• This past year I won another major competition 
• It was great
• It was nice
• Something was missing 
• It didn't feel as satisfying as I thought it would be
• I'm not sure what it was
• But ...
• i'm looking at this list
• and ...
• I've never trained just to enjoy the growth
• Or this is dumb and lists are stupid 

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The End

Featured dancers/models : Chanel Malvar , Katie Franko , Sabrina Fernandez

DO . DOING . DO IT

Over thinking , laziness , excuses , fear , lack of confidence, not enough talent , not enough skill , not enough time , or name any other reason you can think of for why people don't manifest their ideas or projects . I have probably used all of them at some point , and some of them I have on heavy rotation . 

This is why , to work over some of those hurdles , I've presented some creative challenges for myself to tackle every day . First , I will be doing a Snapchat (@justfeng) mission everyday either created by myself or from a recommendation . Second , I will be carrying a point and shoot with me just about everywhere I go shooting through out the day and at the end of the day I will post something new on Instagram . Third , on top of doing photoshoot blog posts twice a week , I will be adding a topic to write about that connects to those photos . 

This brings me (SEGWAY) of course to the quick test shoot I did with this lovely couple . Introducing to you first : Sof the Barber aka. STAYGOLD31

Sof is a distinguished barber based in Los Angeles with a home base at Grey Matter in NoHo and then at The Lab in West Covina . She has quite a following as a female barber in a male dominated industry as well as having the double talent of doing salon style cuts . She hustles and also is a budding filmmaker constantly creating shorts and videos .

What impresses upon me the most while being around her (full disclosure : I haven't known her a long time) , is that even busy with her career as a barber , every time I'm around her , she's shooting . She's got a lot going for her already and she's still building her rep and clientele , but she's still putting in the time and work to learn something new . Respect . 

There is so many things to tell you about this next person here , first of which is her name : Valerie Ramirez 

Val is an owner of a multi purpose multi creative studio named The Lab in West Covina . The lab feature as a :

• kickboxing (there's a ring)
• fitness (there's a gym)
• Tumbling/tricking/bboying (there's a padded room)
• barbershop (there's a barber chair with a vanity mirror) 
• and dance (there's three dance studios) center .

And if that wasn't enough to fill 24 hours in a day , she was working as a styling assistant for JoyRich , and now moonlighting as a barber . She's also a professional dancer with a killer sense of style and a rapier wit . She has incredible creative vision and CLEARLY gets shit done . 

And that's the thing about Val that I love most . She thinks of a project , makes a decision , and gets it done . Its a trait that I truly admire . 

The power couple . 

LYDIA PAEK | ON THE BLOCK

Sidewalk vibes

LYDIA PAEK | ALL GROWN

Little story . It was 2008 and I've been out of college for about 2 years , worked in a bank for about 1 year and been dancing for 7 years . Even though I was dancing on two teams while working at the bank at this point , I was going to call it quits on the late night rehearsals and concentrate on work . It was then that Lydia invited me to come session with Quest Crew at the Quest learning center down the street from my house . That course of action completely changed how my life turned out. I've known the Quest guys individually for a couple of years now , but it wasn't until Lydia (who i've known for a while now) invited me to go session with them that's led me to where I am today . 

She's a multi talented Singer , writer , dancer , artist that is just killin' the game right now . Its been a long way since she was the girl I had to pick up to practice because she couldn't drive yet , and i'm proud and thankful that we are still friends .

Cheers

ARDEN CHO X JUSTFENG 03

The many faces of Arden Cho

AT HOME WITH SHEELA AWE

HER NAME IS CHARLOTTE

If you can somehow look at these photos while imagining her speaking with a British accent , I think it would help you enjoy it much more . She'll probably be saying something about loving football and Harry-styles and or Harry Potter .  Did I get that right Charlotte ?