A few weeks ago, I decided to break out of my introverted shell (Yes kids, I'm introverted), and decided to converse with some automotive folks on twitter. I met Shaun- one of the guys who works at 713 Motoring in Houston, TX. I asked him the famous question: What is the best car show in the Houston area, because I know it's not Dub. Let's be real, Dub has become more and more commercialized as the years go on. Shaun told me about Los Magnificos and how they have a "good" turnout. My being such the investigative person that I am (My investigative nature did slip when it came to the Funkmaster Flex "Car Show"), I looked up the Los Magnificos show.
Apparently the Los Magnificos Car Show has been going on since before I was born. And the "good" turnout that Shaun was referring to was a total of 800+ cars, motorcycles, and bikes on display. On display, which means that they paid to show off their cars, it doesn't mean the parking lot.
800+ Cars, motorcycles, and bikes!!!! That's like three car shows in Atlanta put together.
To continue with my research, I did stumble across
Hugo Martinez's website,
Cadillac Photography's website, and
Ruben Serrano's Flickr Page. Basically I found three guys who know photography and that I liked their work enough to feature on this site and of course, give them credit for it.
We're going to kick things off with selected photos from
Hugo Martinez:
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That Purple hue is gorgeous.
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(Love the angle)
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(Nice message)
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(Photos like this make me realize why I love going to Lowrider based car shows. To shoot a lowrider car show, you have to have a crazy attention to detail, and I say that because those guys will detail a part of a car you wouldn't think of looking at, let alone photographing. It's a challenge, but it's an appreciated challenge. Why do you think I had a field day at the Torres Empire/Lowrider Car Show in LA? The person who took me to that show wasn't the only reason why I had the best time there.)
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(Even though he's not smiling, I'm sure he's a sweetheart. I never understood why guys don't like smiling)
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(Nice engine work)
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(That blue is gorgeous)
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(That purpleish-blue is gorgeous as well)
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(Purple Crush has a lot going on)
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(It's safe to say that there is nothing left to customize on this Escalade)
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(Wow...)
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(Wow...)
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(Talk about sports pride...)
Here's
Ruben's photos:
![Old school | 29th Annual Los Magnificos CarShow | 012 ** Explore **](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t8pA29m8sjfcQMX2_c6wTDfWCYVYdN946yXhUCceobmxfoa_L_Oh6m3ldF3K1msALhib4diARECU8bUDCTuFxhbnnVuG4OzCLs05aUd7XCKsx31CUVxJnPxJl9qFpnwWA=s0-d)
(love the detail)
![BMW Black & Orange | 29th Annual Los Magnificos CarShow | 009](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sixQgHMuVCcRXbgOocOI2rZGADc8nvuLxuO_nxRJVmIHd96VKCDIElzv6a7VCRhgzbKTcbhPFbSr2MZrRqZlFXcvObysNU-Wc8Wf5YUwFQq8Upw4jcHvuZ1aY4fwvR640c=s0-d)
(Seriously, does Swift Car Club throw car shows???)
And finally,
Cadillac Photography's photos...
There's so many more, but at this point, it's safe to say that Texas is in a league of their own when it comes to customizing cars...
The Stars at Night are big and bright... 2012 Los Magnificos as well as Houston, TX, I hope you'se ready for me... But then again, everyone loves a New York girl.