About

DOHCcorp/DOHCresearch is a long term project that grew from a small personal webpage started up in ’98 on a free Geocities-hosted website. After I became more interested in automotive photography and upgrading to the now obsolete Sony DSC-F707 digital camera, DOHCcorp.com was established in 1999, which was the original company name. Through time, shooting friends’ modestly “souped up” cars expanded to photoshoots with other local car enthusiasts and clubs in the Hawaii import scene.

I was also fortunate to be an apprentice to Steven Smyth, the former owner of SpeedHawaii.com, who brought global exposure to Hawaii’s automotive scene over the internet. A few other websites were in existence at that time, including the very popular 808rides.net (Marc and Kazzy) and eight08.net (Peter) which also contributed to the success of the online coverage of Hawaii’s import automotive scene to the world. These sites slowly dissolved, bringing in the second generation of import websites, including my close affiliates at the time, aznlyfe.com (Khai Tran) and teamrice.org (Justin Saiki and Lance Akagi). Steven also decided to come back into the online game through nucleartiger.com which was also a part of our organization.

Through the span of 7-years, DR shot over 40 official features from Hawaii’s elite car crews, including Alpha Project, Eurotechnik, PimpLux VIP JDM Styling, Night Garage, Turbolence, Speed Aura, EFI Unlimited, 1320 Performance, Team PRO5, ENDLESSgarage, and Team Revision; and featured numerous events, which helped DR become nationally recognized in the import automotive community. DOHCresearch currently stands as an archive to retain past features and memories throughout the years and to document the most recent photography I have done since the website was declared “retired” in 2005.

Since the retirement of DR, I have worked on numerous projects with other companies and magazines to bring more exposure to Hawaii’s import automotive scene. As I begin a new chapter in my life, I will continue to bring limited coverage of the automotive styling and culture in Japan.

Companies
Air Runner Systems (US)
:: Freelance Photographer – Product Advertisements

Green-Bottle Productions (Hawaii)
:: Freelance Photographer – Automotive Features

Junction Produce (Japan)
:: Freelance Photographer – Automotive Features and Product Advertisements

Revision Audio (Hawaii)
:: Freelance Photographer – Automotive Features and Company Advertisements

Work Wheels (US)
:: Freelance Photographer – Product Advertisements

Publications
Option2 Magazine (Japan)
:: November 2002, Drift Session Hawaii – Battle Version event coverage

Import Tuner Magazine (US)
:: August 2010, Hellaflush Hawaii event coverage

Honda-Tuning Magazine (US)
:: July 2010, Hellaflush Hawaii event coverage

VIP STYLE Magazine (Japan)
:: July 2010, Air Runner Systems Advertisement

VIPCAR Magazine (Japan)
:: February 2008, Junction Produce Advertisement (2 full-page spread)

DR will continue to be updated periodically with any new features and events that come along…