Author Archives: Boon.Vong
2022 Atlanta Korean Festival Photos
2022 Atlanta Korean FestivalSeptember 10, 2022 | Norcross, GAThe Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta 애틀랜타 한인회 Event Photography by Boon Vong | @boonvongphotos I had a great time at the Atlanta Korean Festival on Saturday! Luckily there wasn’t a huge rainstorm to ruin the outside stuff. Such a fun time at this Dance Party+Food […]
Continue readingAsians in America + Advancing Asian Americans Event – Ventanas
Asians in America + Advancing Asian Americans www.aiacelebration.com | www.aaapac.org August 27, 2022 | Ventanas | Atlanta, GA Photos by Me! (Also, the Asian community in Atlanta must confuse me with other random photographers in town. I don’t know of too many that carry 3 cameras, at the very least! 🙂 😭) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Enough of my […]
Continue readingMall of Georgia Anime Event – 2022-08-19
We stopped by the good ol’ Mall of Georgia for their 1st Anime Event. It was fun. Maybe next time someone will bring a console and tv with some fighting games. Or perhaps rent out an unused theater screen for an anime gaming tournament?! That would be really cool. 🙂 Pretty crazy how this mall […]
Continue readingBinders Artist Talk – Ross Rossini – 2022-08-18
Binders Art Supplies and Frames | Buckhead | Atlanta, GA www.bindersart.com | www.rossinfineart.com So glad I attended the Ross Rossin artist talk at Binders (Peachtree Road) last night. Lots of great wisdom and life tips from a modern day master. I definitely need to get back into drawing as I’m super rusty! 😭 It was […]
Continue readingTucker Cruise In + Pho + Arabia Mountain at Sunset – 2022-08-13
There was a lot going on in Metro Atlanta as usual, but here’s what we ended up doing: the monthly car show in Tucker, Pho Restaurant for lunch, and Arabia Mountain in the evening. It was a fun full day for sure. Gear Used: Sony A7 and Canon 85mm 1.2 with Sigma adapter, Canon EOS […]
Continue readingLocation Scouting: Downtown Lawrenceville
I was watching Doom Patrol on streaming the other day and noticed that the first episode really features downtown Lawrenceville in broad daylight! Which is easy to notice since, well, I live in Gwinnett and come here all the time! 🙂 Here are some photos from an early morning walk around the square with 3 […]
Continue readingYoung Atlanta Fashion Show – High Museum of Art
Young Atlanta Fashion ShowHigh Museum of Art | Atlanta, GA | August 6, 2022 It was nice meeting everyone at the fashion show! Thanks to every fashionable person for posing for photos. 🙂 Great turnout, even with the crazy summer time rain that didn’t let up until after midnight. Feel free to use my photos […]
Continue readingSigma Infrared Location Scouting around Atlanta Pt. 1
Hello everyone! So last week I decided I was only going to shoot my infrared Sigma DSLRs. Normally I have all sorts of cameras to produce colorful work, but I thought it would be a good choice to go all IR in hopes of getting a specific vibe. The spooky illustrative kind of mood that […]
Continue readingFujifilm Superia 400 – Portraits and Stuff – Rolls 3+4
So here’s some of what I shot earlier this year on 2 more rolls of Fujifilm Superia 400. Unlike the two rolls that went into the point and shoot Olympus Stylus I thought I would put the film behind some nice primes. For one roll I used the Canon EOS 750 and 24mm 1.4 and […]
Continue readingRandom Camera Haul (Thru June 2022)
Hope everyone is enjoying the summer and avoiding the terrible heatwave! Just wanted to share some of the camera gear that I’ve gotten since earlier this year. Part of the fun of photography is wondering about another camera or lens’ special ability–since they all have one! Some of this gear was free, and others cost […]
Continue readingCanon v Fujifilm v Sigma v Nikon
Thanks to Tram for wanting photos the other week! It’s so nice to have a photogenic model that is also super at doing hair and makeup! 😉 This was also a good opportunity to test some of the gear collecting dust on the shelf before I settled on one for the whole shoot. The grid […]
Continue readingMomocon 2022 Sunday
I didn’t get to stay long but big thanks to all the friendly cosplayers that posed for pictures on Sunday morning! IRL stuff is much better than the online world! 😉 Again, feel free to use my photos in your social media feeds or for whatever! It’s okay! Anyone that would like to shoot again […]
Continue readingMomocon 2022 Photos and a walk around Atlanta
This past Memorial Day weekend was full of events down here in Atlanta. Almost too much and the traffic proved it. Here’s a few of the things one could have attended on Saturday alone: Jazz Fest at Piedmont Park, Momocon, an Atlanta United game, Caribbean Festival in Central Park, a Vegan food festival, an R&B […]
Continue readingFriday Adventure – 2022-05-27
It was a fun day with my little/not so little anymore baby bear! No real plan today, just left the house with an “old” Pentax K10D, an “ancient” Nikon D100 and a Sony A7. Here’s what we did and shot on a day with really nice weather. The morning started off with an impromptu P.E. […]
Continue readingSigma SD15 Photos and Thoughts
The Short: A Sigma with probably the best and most vibrant colors of all the Sigma DSLRs, with the responsiveness and reliability that was missing from the earlier SD14–BUT, it’s also a Sigma camera with probably the craziest highlight blowing potential in all exposure modes and picture settings and hints of the inconsistent white balance […]
Continue readingLao New Year 2022 – Pageant Reunion – Alto, GA
Wat Lao Buddha Sattha Dhamma Sunday May 22, 2022 | Alto, GA It was a short stay on Sunday, but very cool idea on having a pageant winner reunion! Gear Used: Canon EOS RP and Nikon 105mm 1.4E (all manual focus!), Fuji X100, and Olympus E-M1, rolling with odd gear on this very hot and […]
Continue readingAPAC Gala 2022
37th Annual APAC Unity Gala Asian Pacific American Council of Georgia www.apacga.org APAC of GA is the consortium of 15 countries coming together to help promote the Asian Culture in Georgia. Saturday May 21, 2022 | Hilton Peachtree Corners Here are my photos from my perspective as a “guest!” 🙂 Thanks of course to everyone […]
Continue readingGAPABA In-House Counsel Dinner – 2022-05-19
Georgia Asian Pacific Islander Bar AssociationGeneral Counsel Panel Discussionwww.gapaba.org Flourish Atlanta | May 19, 2022 A few of my photos from last night’s event. Please keep up with GAPABA’s social media for the rest!
Continue readingHanging Out – 2022-05-14
When the Apple Photos app makes curated memories from the camera roll, it likes to title most things of mine, “Hanging Out.” Which is great because that’s definitely tops on my list of fun things to do. Here’s what we ended up doing after the multicultural festival at the mall, come take a drive with […]
Continue readingGwinnett Multicultural Fest 2022
Gwinnett Place Mall | Saturday, May 14, 2022 Stopped by for about an hour before heading off on a fun adventure around town, but I’m glad Gwinnett county had a festival to showcase our diversity. Here’s hoping once they decide on what to do with the old mall that it will be a nice inviting […]
Continue readingCanon EF Lens on a Nikon DSLR
So I got to try out my cousin’s Canon EF to Nikon F Ai adapter. (Yes such a thing exists on Amazon) A little bit of history, before the advent of digital mirrorless cameras, it was impossible to put a Canon EF lens on a Nikon F mount camera due to the Nikon’s longer flange […]
Continue readingNACA Spring Festival 2022
National Association of Chinese AmericansSpring Festival 2022 – Lunar New Year Banquet www.naca-atlanta.orgCanton House | Chamblee, GA | May 7, 2022 Event Photography by: Boon Vong & Ek Vong
Continue readingRandom Food!
Here are random things that I’ve been fortunate enough to have eaten recently from our lovely food paradise that is Metro Atlanta! I know I’m biased, but until you’ve driven around looking around for good Asian food in cities around the southeast, you don’t know how good we got it. Anyways, here’s random dishes I […]
Continue readingDalton, GA
Again, catching up on old event recaps. After the GAWP event I didn’t want to sit in traffic all the way down 75 into Atlanta, so I walked around downtown Dalton. It’s a very nice city at the foothills of the mountains. While driving I found this really nice house with tons of kwanza cherry […]
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