Nikon 200mm f/2 VR Portraits – Set 1

A collection of my portraits (from late Nov ’24 to Apr ’25) created with the Nikon 200mm f/2 VR.  This lens was designed for sports photography, but seriously, it’s one of the best portrait lenses due to its clarity and rendering of backgrounds.

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Canon SX100 IS Digicam Sample Photos

Canon SX100 IS Digicam | Shot with a Nikon D4, edited with my “anime preset” 😉 I bought this camera a few years back for something like $15? I forget exactly, just like how I forgot to do a dedicated post on it.  I like this camera a lot.  It’s small, takes 2 AA batteries […]

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Everything Out West in the Desert Reminded Me of a Videogame

Hello everyone, I just got back from a trip out in the American West and I couldn’t help but compare it to the video games I’ve played in my life. This amazing ancient land was first held by the indigenous peoples (Navajo, Hopi, Zuni and others), and then came Spanish conquerors, and then the Atomic […]

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Hanging Out – Asian Festival Hopping!

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 […]

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Lao New Year 2025 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Snellville, GA – Sunday Photos – Part 1

~ 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 […]

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Hanging Out – Random Wednesday Adventure

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 […]

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Atlanta International Night Market – Suwanee 2025 Fri Highlights

AINM Suwanee + Be: Max Concert and Cultural Performances (I was there at the tail end of Saturday, and yep this festival brought in tens of thousands of people!)

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Lao New Year Practice 2025 – Stone Mnt GA

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 […]

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Nikon 200mm f/2G VR – Spring Blossoms and Portraits

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 […]

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Random Thrifting Haul – Olympus C-3000 for $10!

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 […]

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Lao Heritage Flag Raising Event – State Capitol – Atlanta, GA – March 24, 2025

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 […]

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Help Our Veterans Event – March 23, 2025

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 […]

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LAS + CCS Adventure

LAS + CCS Adventure March 22, 2025 | Stone Mountain, GA Throwback Thursday and catching up on my photos from earlier this year! Check out these masterpieces by the kids. ˗ˏˋ ꒰ ♡ ꒱ ˎˊ˗

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Conyers Cherry Blossom 2025

Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival 2025 March 22, 2025 | Conyers, GA Catching up on my photos from earlier this year! Here are some photos from LAS’s performance and our photo shoot afterwards. ⊹︵︵︵ ❀ ︵︵︵ ⊹

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Conyers Cherry Blossom Festival + Clarkston + CCS Adventure!

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.  […]

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Holi Color Festival – Dunwoody 2025

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 […]

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Barbie Con – Charlie’s Collectible Show

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 […]

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“Spring” in Georgia 2025

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 […]

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Lao / Thai / Cambodian New Year Dates 2025 – Atlanta, GA and SE US

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 […]

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Chin National Day 2025 – Atlanta Photos

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 […]

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Shoujo Mini Con – CCS – Event Vibes!

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!

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Shoujo Mini Con – CCS – 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 […]

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Shoujo Mini Con – CCS – Pop the Balloon!

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!

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Canon R8 + Nikon 105mm f/1.4E vs Nikon D700 + 200mm f/2G

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 […]

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