Author Archives: Boon.Vong
Stone Mountain Park – Lunar New Year Festival 2025 Photos
Stone Mountain Park Lunar New Year FestivalYear of the Snake 2025 Feb 1, 2025 | Stone Mountain, Georgia Happy New Year everyone, here are my photos from a fun (and newish) festival at Stone Mountain, Georgia’s most visited attraction! It took a good while to get into the park due to only 1 gate booth […]
Continue readingZNO Mini Accordion Book Review
I finally got these in yesterday, some ZNO Mini Accordion 3 x 3″ (8 x 8 cm) books. You can also get them in vertical format in 3.5 x 2.5″ size. With the Pro price I got them for $4.50 each. The shipping cost and time has been a bit more than normal, but what […]
Continue readingNikon Coolpix 3700 Review!
I keep on forgetting to do a “formal” review of this awesome vintage digicam from 2003! (The thumbnail is an homage to all the digicam love Asian folks in Asia are doing on that Lemon8 SMS. I don’t know where they are getting their supply of old digital point and shoots but man!) Thanks to […]
Continue readingCanon R8 + Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G Samples
Hello everyone, I’ve been using the R8 (Review Here) recently with my old Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G. It’s all manual focus, manual aperture via the adapter’s ring, and no VR, but you know I think it’s workable for me. I have like 20 years experience with this lens on my native Nikons so it’s only a […]
Continue readingVivitar Retro Keychain Camera Review!
Vivitar “Vintage” Keychain Camera Review 5. Five. Cinco. Ha. $5 was what this camera cost. (Thanks Jonathan) 5 bucks will barely get you a Wendy’s meal, but it might not even get you one banh mi in Atlanta these days. For a brief time last week, this camera was on sale for $5 on Wal-Mart. […]
Continue readingVideogame + Sonic Event – Charlie’s Collectible Show – 2025-01-25
Videogame and Sonic Themed Mini Con Charlie’s Collectible Show | 6009 Memorial Dr | Stone Mountain, GA | IG | FB January 25, 2025 Just a quick stop on a Saturday with friends before heading off to thrift and look for comic books. For the VG themed event I finally remembered to bring the ancient Gameboy camera! […]
Continue readingMagic Eastern Ensemble – Lunar New Year 2025 Concert Photos
Magic Eastern Ensemble 2025 Lunar New Year Concert Journey Through Time ⊹︵︵︵ ⊹ 🎕 ⊹ ︵︵︵ ⊹ Roswell Cultural Center | Roswell, GA ╔══════════•⊱✦⊰•══════════╗ Photos by Boon Vong ╚══════════•⊱✦⊰•══════════╝ (yes the guy with lots of cameras) 😉 Featuring: Magic Eastern Ensemble • Weiru Shu • Long Chen • DJ Ezzy B • Bonnie Dong • […]
Continue readingPorsche Experience Atlanta Visit
1-16-2025 | Atlanta, GA What a fun day with friends at Porsche NA down in Atlanta. I drive by this place often since it’s right beside the airport, and it was so cool to finally visit “Avengers HQ!” in person. Thanks to Raj for the gift, and Donald for taking awesome photos of me. Driving […]
Continue readingFujifilm X100 Review – Portraits & Random Life from 10+ Years
Fujifilm X100 Review – Portraits & Random Life from 10+ Years PART II Hello, here’s Part II of my Fujifilm X100 Retrospective. Part I was all about Wedding Photography and can be read Here. This one is all about random portraits, BTS shots from some of our photo hangout dates, and just ordinary scenes in […]
Continue readingSnow in Georgia 2025
Just some random photos from the neighborhood and my backyard of the Snow/Ice Storm in early 2025. These were over the course of 3 days, and as I type this the sun is shining and the ice is melting. Hopefully just one more month of cold weather.
Continue readingFujifilm X100 Review – Wedding Photos from 10+ Years
Hello everyone, in thinking of my series of posts about all the lovely cameras and lenses I have, I forgot that like many of my tools, I buy them, use them and never really got around to “reviewing” them. That’s how much I love taking pictures and editing. Much better than arguing online with random […]
Continue readingNikon 18.5mm f/1.8 Samples + Review
Hello everyone Happy New Year. (The first of many if you cover enough different cultures as I do here in Atlanta!) In cleaning up work and old photos I think I’m going to start off with posting random camera gear thoughts and “reviews” that have been sitting on the back burner for so long. Again, […]
Continue readingOtaku Fashion – Charlie’s Collectible Show + Hanging Out!
Charlie’s Collectible Show | 6009 Memorial Dr | Stone Mountain, GA | IG | FB January 5, 2025 OTAKU RUNWAY ╔═══o(◕␣~)o═══╗ Pix by:Boon Vong &Friends ╚═══o(◕␣~)o═══╝ It was a fun hangout on Sunday with old friends. By old I mean really old, like older than the digicam pictured above! 🙂 For today’s gear loadout I remembered to […]
Continue readingMomocon Cosplayers on Ice 2025 Photos
Momocon Cosplayers on Ice January 4, 2025 | Atlantic Station | Atlanta, GA www.momocon.com | www.atlanticstation.com ❄❄❄❄❄❄❄❄ Thanks to everyone for braving the cold and posing for photos! The sunlight was very nice, making for some great backlit photos. (and yes even I snuck into some photos!) Here’s my photo story from a frigid/fun day […]
Continue readingNikon D700 + 200mm f/2 Practice Photos
Hello everyone, here are some photos from the last two weeks or so with my new favorite combo, the Nikon D700 “Classic” and 200mm f/2. Yes it’s a heavy beast of a setup, but man are the pictures sharp and colorful, with a contrast and punchiness that can be had straight out of camera. Nothing […]
Continue readingMy Favorite Sigma X3 Foveon Portraits
Hello everyone, this month has been about avoiding the cold temperatures and re visiting my old portraits. Some I’ve been re editing just to practice with some color grades that I don’t often use, and some are just a nice stroll down memory lane. I thought I would take a crazy left turn off that […]
Continue readingLast Christmas
Wow I shot these with Vivian (@imnotvee) last year and I don’t think I even posted more than a few. Well ’tis the season, so here are some more random portraits as I get back in the swing of things. 🙂 These are shots that I would probably print out as 4×6″s just to keep […]
Continue readingOld Portrait Re Edits – Earthy Tones
I shot these photos with Amanda in 2020, which seems like forever ago. Don’t know why I passed by these specific ones on the first pass. I think that’s the cool thing about digging thru the archives of old photoshoots. Even some of the off poses can have their own charm when they’ve had to […]
Continue readingOld Portrait Re Edits – Couch Vibes
It’s been many moons since I’ve done separate single posts of “model” shoots here. Those are still quite popular on the ol youtube and web of course, posed photos of pretty people with some new lens or latest camera involved. I think at some point I just enjoyed the randomness of the hang outs I […]
Continue readingKawaii Dreams Fest – Charlie’s Collectible Show
CCS | 6009 Memorial Dr | Stone Mountain, GA | IG | FB Dec 7, 2024 ˗ˏˋ ꒰ ♡ ꒱ ˎˊ˗ ♡ Kawaii Dreams Winter Fest ♡ ╔═══.··.☽✧♥︎𓆩♡𓆪♥︎✧☾.··.═══╗ 𝓟𝓱𝓸𝓽𝓸𝓼 𝓫𝔂: 𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓥𝓸𝓷𝓰 ╚═══.··.☽✧♥︎𓆩♡𓆪♥︎✧☾.··.═══╝ (Yes I’m trying to be fancy here) 🙂 That was a fun and cute event! Thanks to the CCS family+community for letting […]
Continue readingNikon 200mm f/2G VR Review…Finally 20 Years Later…
Nikon Nikkor 200mm f/2 G VR Sample Photos + Review It took about 20 years but I finally got one of the lenses that I’ve wanted for so long, the AF-S Nikon 200mm f/2G VR. It’s a heavy relic from the early days of DSLR imaging, announced in May of 2004, long before Nikon had […]
Continue readingQuinceañera Expo Atlanta Fotos
Quinceañera Expo Atlanta Espacio Ballroom | Norcross, GA | December 1, 2024 Featuring: Talento Latino, Coreografias Lupitas, Mis Quince Boutique, Sonido Latino, Ashly Barrerra Makeup, DJ Alex, Dulces Suenos, and many more super talented vendors! (more to be tagged when I have the time) ︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵‿︵‿୨♡୧‿︵ I visited the Quince Expo on Sunday, and it was […]
Continue readingDunwoody Holiday Lantern Festival Photos
Create Dunwoody Dunwoody Holiday Lantern Festival www.createdunwoody.org Dunwoody Village | Nov 24, 2024 ⋆꙳•❅*°⋆❆*:･*❆ ₊⋆
Continue readingMagical Girl Mini Con – Charlie’s Collectible Show
Charlie’s Collectible Show 6009 Memorial Dr | Stone Mountain, GA | IG | FB Stone Mountain, GA | Nov 16, 2024 ‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾ ♡ ☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙ Magical Girl Mini Con •☽────✧˖°˖☆˖°˖✧────☾• These are from the great VIP brunch with Linda and Katie! Normally I finish my food, but I was under the weather!
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