Hello! Sabaidee! Konnichiwa!

Hi there!  My name is Boon, and I'm an Atlanta based artist. Thanks for visiting my website/blog, something I started way back in 2003 as a place to just show my art and drawings.  Since then it's grown to house pictures of my many interests and adventures!  Thanks, and hope you find something you like!

To book a photo session, hire me for your wedding and event photography, collaborate on a comic book, skip work/school to hang out, or experience some road trip philosophy, feel free to contact me below!

Random and Useless Trivia About Me:

Favorite Art Tools: Charcoal Pencil and Stonehenge Paper
Favorite Movies/Shows: "Kiki's Delivery Service" | "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" | "Up" | "Safety Not Guaranteed" | "Winter Soldier" | "Sing Street" | "The Greatest Showman" | "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
Some Favorite Albums: DJ Shadow "Endtroducing" | The Cure "Disintegration" | Matthew Sweet "100% Fun" | Dustin O'Halloran "Vorleben" | "Sing Street!!"
Favorite Lenses: 70-200mm f/2.8 | 105mm f/2.8 Micro | 50mm f/1.4 | 85mm f/1.4 | 105mm 1.4E | 35mm
Things Everyone should Read: "The Little Prince" | "The Amazing Spider-Man #248" | "All Star Superman" | "Tao of Jeet Kune Do"
Best Video Games Ever: Zelda 3: A Link to the Past | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night | Final Fantasy Tactics | Spelunky | Soul Calibur | Tekken Tag | Bloodborne
Formal Education: BFA Drawing and Painting - The University of Georgia

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Art & Drawings

Wedding Photography

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Cambodian Dancer – Charcoal Drawing

This one took a day+ to finish. The mark making on the cultural attire was just enough to give a hint of the texture,...

Posted by Boon Vong on Tuesday, February 6, 2018

SnackBoxe Bistro Lao Food – Doraville, GA

We stopped by #SnackBoxeBistro for a quick lunch. It's finally open. 😉 If you want to try authentic Lao cuisine in Atlanta, I highly recommend it, as it tastes much like home cooking.

Posted by Boon Vong on Saturday, February 3, 2018

Lao, Thai, Cambodian New Year

So this drawing took forever...from the penciling stage, to the inking, to the crazy amount of layers in Photoshop. ...

Posted by Boon Vong on Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Charcoal Drawing

Finally "done" with this drawing. Took a while due to the slow mark making to render the different textures. If anyone...

Posted by Boon Vong on Monday, January 22, 2018

Photography Topics

 

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BlackMagic Pocket Cinema
Camera for Stills

Along with a mini review of this little, powerful, and quirky movie camera that shoots 10-bit Pro Res and Cinema DNG RAW's.

 

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Mola Softlight Beauty Dish
DIY Twin Speedlight Bracket
Portrait Examples

We built a custom twin / double speedlight bracket for the Mola brand softlight, one of the best beauty dishes in the business, and one of my favorite lighting modifiers.

 

DIY LED Ceiling Light for Portraits

A simple 24x24" lighting panel made by combining an LED ceiling light fixture from China and parts we made.

 

DIY Two Way Mirror Portrait Setup

Using two way mirror glass, we built a makeshift photo box that the model can use to see their reflection for portraits!