I wasn’t planning on doing anything the rest of my Saturday, but ended up hanging out and running into friends (old and new) at the various Asian festivals! Tonight I thought I would unveil my DV camcorder plus iPhone capturing the back LCD screen to record vertical bts shots! (The setup isn’t too complicated I […]
~ LAO NEW YEAR ∽ Wat Lao Buddha Khanti ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Snellville / Stone Mountain GA | Sunday April 20, 2025 -ˋˏ ༻❁༺ ˎˊ- Sabaidee everyone, here are 100 photo highlights while I work on the rest. I’ve been really behind on things, and normally I post photo recaps with waaay more images, but hopefully these […]
Late post, but it was a fun random hangout the other day. Sorry I’ve been bouncing around with the short posts, I’ve been really behind on event recaps! I. But first…using vintage cameras in my ancient technology room! The photos with the timestamp are from the Nikon Coolpix 3700. For this one I dusted off […]
Lao New Year Practice -ˋˏ ༻❁༺ ˎˊ- Wat Lao Buddhakhanti | Stone Mountain, GA I was in the neighborhood this past Sunday so I thought I would stop by! Here are my photos without meddling too much in the LNY Practice for the upcoming event on April 19-20th. So crazy how I’ve been here this […]
What an outrageous combo the D700 and 200mm f/2 is! I’ve been having fun with it on my morning walks this spring and the occasional portrait session when I have my STR/STAMINA points maxed out for the day. From a beauty and technical level this might be the best lens I have, since it draws […]
So I got this camera while thrifting the other day–an Olympus C-3000 Zoom from the year 2000! I think I will forever leave the price tag on the body. Sadly though the memory card (a smart media) was like $30 for 32MB! One dollar per Megabyte. Yes kids, 1 MB won’t even store a full […]
A RESOLUTION Commending the Laotian American community of Georgia and honoring the Airavata flag; and for other purposes… WHEREAS, the State of Georgia extended a warm welcome to these Laotian refugees, with vibrant communities forming in cities such as Atlanta, Cornelia, Chickamauga, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Riverdale, and Macon, where they have worked diligently to integrate into […]
75th Royal Lao Armed Forces Day Celebration Vet for Life | March 23, 2025 | Canton House | Duluth, GA A ceremony honoring the 50,000 fallen soldiers of the Kingdom of Laos, 700 U.S. Service members, 3,000 Thai troops and 5,000 South Vietnamese troops that fell in Laos; and recognizing all the heroes of every […]
A short recap post since I haven’t had time to fully edit all my raw files! Here’s what we all did today on a fun adventure: Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival + Lunch at Two Fish Myanmar Cuisine and a quick stop by Charlies Collectible Show. Here are some photos taken by various folks as well. […]
Holi Color Festival Dunwoody Photos Brook Run Park | March 9, 2025 www.worldmusicusa.com www.createdunwoody.org Well that cold rain was an absolute bummer, but so glad folks stuck around for the dance/color party! Here are my photos, please check out my other work on my site of all the other community events I cover professionally around […]
Barbie Con Charlie’s Collectible Show | 6009 Memorial Dr | Stone Mountain, GA | IG | FB March 9, 2025 Hi Barbies! 🙂 Here are my photos in Random Select Order! Too bad I couldn’t stay the whole time as I had to run off to cover another event. Also, it must seem like I only attend […]
It’s been a crazy long winter down here in Georgia (some of the okame cherry tree photos were shot on a 32 degree morning on Feb 22!), here’s hoping the warm weather will fully return soon so I can get some more photo shoots done! As of this week, the peach blossoms have started (the […]
Sabaidee everyone, as is now tradition, here’s a working list of some of the Lao / Thai / Khmer New Year Festival events this season (in the Atlanta area and SE US at least!). As of this posting, the dates are correct to the best of my knowledge, but always do your own checking of […]
Chin Community of Atlanta Georgia 77th Chin National Day February 22, 2025 | Gujarati Samaj of Atlanta Event Coverage by Boon Vong I didn’t get to stay the whole time as I had to run off to work another event, but here’s a pretty fun showing of culture, dancing, and screaming! 🙂 What a lovely […]
Shoujo Mini Con Photo Set 1 – Event Vibes and People! Charlie’s Collectible Show | 6009 Memorial Dr | Stone Mountain, GA | IG | FB Feb 15, 2025 My photos in Random Select Order! Thanks to everyone for posing and smiling! Next Set: Cosplay Showcase!
Shoujo Mini Con Photo Set 2 – Cosplay Showcase! Charlie’s Collectible Show | 6009 Memorial Dr | Stone Mountain, GA | IG | FB Feb 15, 2025 Next Set: Beltline Cosplay Pop the Balloon Dating Show! Shoujo Mini Con – CCS – Pop the Balloon! Previous Set: Event Vibes! Shoujo Mini Con – CCS – Event […]
Shoujo Mini Con Photo Set 3 – Pop the Balloon Dating Show! Charlie’s Collectible Show | 6009 Memorial Dr | Stone Mountain, GA | IG | FB Feb 15, 2025 Beltline Cosplay Shoujo Mini Con – CCS – Event Vibes! Shoujo Mini Con – CCS – Cosplay Showcase!
I have enough material from work level stuff to post this quick comparison. Not to show which one is “better,” but to just simply show the image rendering and bokeh that one can get with these two setups. The idea for this came from the Lunar New Year at Stone Mountain, as I wanted to […]
Sunday Feb 9, 2025 | Stone Mountain, GA Hey I made it out to the last day of the Lunar New Year Festival at Stone Mountain park. (First Set of Photos Here if you missed that post) The weather was great and there was even a cherry tree in bloom! Thanks to the Chinese Cultural […]
GAPABA Lunar New Year Banquet New Canton House, Duluth, GA | Feb 8, 2025 www.gapaba.org Event coverage by Boon Vong Hello everyone here are some of my photos from GAPABA’s annual Lunar New Year banquet and leadership installation at the new Canton House in Duluth. Over 300 guests this year! For the rest of the […]
Was driving around this morning location scouting and saw these amazing flowering apricot trees. In the dead Rite Aid across from Atlanta Toyota on Pleasant Hill! These trees have seen better days, but still so pretty. It’s crazy how there’s not a single leaf on those branches and are just pure blossoms. From my recon, […]
4th Annual Decatur Pan-AsianLunar New Year Festival www.decaturlny.com Looks like I have competition everyone!! He’s got the photographer stance down! 🙂 Feb 2, 2025 | Decatur, GA Event Coverage by Boon Vong (yes the guy with lots of cameras, including an ancient digicam, passed down from the elders!! 😉 Gong Xi Fa Cai + Chuc […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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! […]