Author Archives: Boon.Vong
New Orleans: 4 Years after Katrina
Notes: Sunrise over the Lower Ninth Ward. Been down to New Orleans many times, and this trip just happened to coincide with the 4th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. In that same time period, with the now quickened pace of life, people can graduate, change their last name and have kids. Sadly, for this area of […]
Continue readingNew Orleans: IR and Black and White
Technical Notes: Got a hang somewhat of processing the SD14 RAW files for false color infrared photos. All these random images are just from my photo walks or bike rides through New Orleans with the Sigma sans IR filter, which is turning out to be a heck of a little “ghost cam.” Again, the quirks […]
Continue readingNew Orleans: Sun up to Sun down
Notes: It will probably be a long time before New Orleans gets back to its heyday of tourists shoulder to shoulder on Bourbon Street, but I enjoy going down there because it’s different from my norm. “…Changes in latitude, changes in attitude…” The city still holds that unique charm: antique mansions versus urban decay–creepy unsettling violence amidst […]
Continue readingArt in Progress: Christine
Notes: Pencil, Pen and Ink, and then these images were taken using an old Nikon 50mm f/1.4 AI-S mounted on a Canon EOS 10D via a Fotodiox adapter (of which more pix to come…)
Continue readingPhotos: Asian Cultural Experience 2009
Asian Cultural Experience | July 25-26, 2009 | Gwinnett Civic Center
Continue readingSok Sabai
Halle Speaker Series, Luncheon Presentation | July 24, 2009 His Excellency Sichan Siv, Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations “The Challenges of US Global Leadership” Random Notes: …Just wanted to post these photos because the quality of light in the room was very nice, not the usual incandescent dungeon that most people hold […]
Continue readingPhotos: R&N Pre Wedding
Notes: Weather has been unusually pleasant this week, and that made me forget how much colder the mountain top can be. Rushed the entire day, and barely made it to my spots. Lucky for us, there was a nice couple with a truck full of friendly doggies and puppies, one of which made for a […]
Continue readingArt: Busaba 4,5
Busaba 4 | Brush and Ink / CG | 12×18″ Busaba 5 | Quill, Brush and Ink / CG | 12×18″
Continue readingPhotos: Raven Cliffs Falls
Misc Notes: Raven Cliffs Falls, North of Helen, GA. 2.5 Mile hike from parking lot, following the stream and multiple stopping points for small waterfalls. Trail is moderate to easy, however the “path” to the top of the falls is precarious and steep. The waterfall has two pools, with some really cool water. The bottom […]
Continue readingArt: Figure Drawing – Jonesboro – 7-11-2009
I’m so out of shape figure drawing wise, but here are some quick drawings from this past weekend. Been placing the figures all on one sheet to save paper and money :(. Like most sessions they usually start out with quick 2 minute warm up drawings and end up with 20 minute poses. Wish I had more time […]
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Been cleaning up, i.e. throwing away junk, and I came to all my old videogames. For old times sake I hooked up an NES to the projector and played a couple of games. Of course it acted up in the beginning and took the breath on the cartridge trick to get it going. 🙂 […]
Continue reading4th of July
Video of fireworks that surprisingly fit together well with M83's "We Own the Sky"
Continue readingPhotos: Canon 10D Test Images
What’s that saying? People know the price of everything but the value of nothing? These images are from a Canon 10D, given to me by a good friend (Thanks JK!). It’s an older camera that doesn’t go for much on the used market, but I’ll graciously add it to the fleet. In the off and boring […]
Continue readingKodak Black and White Memories
With the recent demise of filmstock such as Polaroid instant film and now Kodak Kodachrome, I’ve been thinking about shooting more film. When I think back to random events in my life, I’m always glad that I carried a film camera around with Kodak black and white film, even when it wasn’t practical, […]
Continue readingPhotos: Random 85mm 1.4 Tests
Technical Notes: Random tests of the Nikon 85mm f/1.4, first impressions are: it’s not as versatile as the 105mm 2.8 VR Micro for portraits, definitely not as sharp wide open, and the minimum focus distance is limiting, but the bokeh is quite “painterly.” DOF is so shallow at 1.4 that you can definitely “buzz” a person […]
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