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Lao New Year 2025 TN Photos – Set 4 – RLCD
Wat Lao Buddharam 5214 Old Nashville Hwy, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 Sunday May 25, 2025 ︵‿︵‿❀‿︵‿︵ Part I is Here: Portraits and Color (Nikon) Part II is Here: Parade and People (Canon) Part III is Here: Partay Part IV: Royal Lao Classical Dancers www.instagram.com/rlcd_tnwww.tiktok.com/@rlcd_tn Royal Lao Classical Dancers www.instagram.com/rlcd_tnwww.tiktok.com/@rlcd_tn
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Wat Lao Buddharam 5214 Old Nashville Hwy, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 Sunday May 25, 2025 ︵‿︵‿❀‿︵‿︵ Part I is Here: Portraits and Color (Nikon) Part III is Here: Partay Part IV is Here: Royal Lao Classical Dancers Part II: Parade and People (Canon) Sabaidee everyone! Here are the photos of the parade festivities from my other […]
Continue reading11th Annual 2025 GAPABA Gala Photos
GAPABA 11th Gala Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Associationwww.gapaba.org May 21, 2025 | Oceans Ballroom GA Aquarium | Atlanta, GA >< >< >< >< >< >< >< >< >< >< Event coverage by Boon Vong + Donald Douglas Another great packed event for the Southeast’s premier Bar Association Please keep up with GAPABA’s social media […]
Continue readingLao / 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 […]
Continue readingLunar New Year 2025 – Stone Mountain Park – Finale
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 […]
Continue readingStone 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 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 readingSuwanee Fest 2024 Photos
Suwanee Fest and Parade 2024 Suwanee, GA | September 21, 2024 Man it sure was a blisteringly hot “fall” morning at this year’s Suwanee Fest Parade! Big thanks to everyone for participating in the totally awesome/radical 80’s themed event. Here are a selection of my photos from a really fun (half)day. It’s crazy, I remember […]
Continue readingAtlanta Greek Festival 2024 Photos
Atlanta Greek Festival 2024 Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral | Atlanta, GA | Sept 20, 2024 Had a great time at the Atlanta Greek Festival. Here are my photos from a Friday! I can only imagine how fun Saturday was. Thanks to everyone for posing, and being so welcoming to me. Such an amazing community. Friendship, […]
Continue readingDunwoody Latino Hispanic Heritage Celebration 2024 Photos
Dunwoody Latino Hispanic Heritage Celebration Ashford Lane | September 15, 2024www.dunwoodyga.gov | www.createdunwoody.org Featuring: Peruvian Cultural Association | Aklla Sumaq Dancers • Corners Outreach Singers • Games with Lisa Torres • Caló Gitano Dance Studio • Ballet Folklorico Alma Mexicana • Los Niños Primero • Teatro Ilegal Whole World Improv Theatre • Veronica Gleasson • […]
Continue readingAtlanta Dragon Boat Festival 2024 Photos
Hong Kong Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival (From the Lao perspective!) 🙂 Gainesville, GA | September 7, 2024 Another fun time at the Atlanta Dragon Boat festival up in Gainesville. We’ve been participating / competing / dancing at this great event for such a long time now. In fact, the “throwback” shirt that I’m wearing is […]
Continue readingCanon R8 Sample Photos + Portraits + Mini Review
I added a Canon EOS R8 for some work situations because it’s the only affordable mirrorless camera with a usable silent shutter. Yeah, that’s pretty much it. After all these years I still don’t have a Nikon FF mirrorless because the older Nikon DSLRs still produce top notch images, and their files work perfectly in […]
Continue readingTwo Fish Myanmar Cuisine – Clarkston, GA
Two Fish(In Clarkston Market)980 Rowland St Suite 4130Clarkston, GA 30021 Open Every day except Sundays | 404-980-1643 We tried the Burmese restaurant, Two Fish Myanmar Cuisine, in Clarkston for dinner. Clarkston, GA is one of the most diverse small towns in all of America, being the starting point for many refugees and immigrants. Lao people […]
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Hmong Day 2024 Hmong Women Resource Alliance Victor Lord Park | Winder, GA | July 27, 2024 What a great event for the Hmong community last Saturday. There were free snacks and lunch for guests, and most importantly, free school supplies and a focus on the importance of education. Almost all the vendors were small […]
Continue readingWorld Refugee Day – Clarkston, GA 2024
World Refugee Day – Clarkston, GA 2024 Clarkston Community Center | June 22, 2024 Coalition of Refugee Service Agencies (CRSA) ︶︶⊹︶︶⠀ꕤ⠀︶︶⊹︶︶ Featuring Atlanta Awesome Drummers (Korea) • Laotian American Society (LAS) • Eritrean Coffee Ceremony • Clarkston High School Orchestra • South Sudan Dance • GA Power Production Congolese Dance Group • International Fashion Show […]
Continue readingDunwoody AAPI Celebration 2024 Photos
Asian American & Pacific IslanderCultural Heritage Celebration April 28, 2024 | Ashford Lane City of Dunwoody GAwww.dunwoodyga.gov ✯¸.•´*¨`*•✿ ✿•*`¨*`•.¸✯Featuring Souliya Natasinh Laotian American Society • Asian Games – Hacky Sack and Chopsticks • FASCA • Korean Traditional Dance Academy • Karenni Dance • Japanese Flower Arranging – Ikenobo Ikebana • Karate Atlanta Dunwoody • Indian […]
Continue readingChin National Day 2024 – Event Photos – Set 1
Chin Community of Atlanta Georgia 76th Chin National Day February 24, 2024 | Gujarati Samaj of Atlanta Event Coverage by Boon Vong (and my remote cameras!). It takes time to go through and sort thousands of my photos from any event, plus the time to edit/color grade to my standards, and also posting to my […]
Continue readingLao / Thai / Cambodian New Year Dates 2024 – Atlanta, GA and SE US
Hello everyone, here’s a working list of some of the Lao / Thai / Khmer New Year Festival events this season (in the 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 the various social media sites to see […]
Continue readingVAC-GA – Lunar New Year Festival 2024 – Event Photos
Vietnamese American Community of Georgia VAC-GALunar New Year Tet Festival Sunday February 4, 2024 | Plaza las Americas | Duluth, GA
Continue readingVAC-GA – Mrs Vietnam Georgia 2024
Vietnamese American Community of Georgia VAC-GA Lunar New Year Festival / Mrs Vietnam Georgia Pageant Sunday February 4, 2024 | Plaza las Americas | Duluth, GA
Continue readingVAC-GA – Miss Vietnam Georgia 2024 – Photos Set 4
Vietnamese American Community of Georgia VAC-GA Lunar New Year Festival / Miss Vietnam Georgia Pageant Sunday February 4, 2024 | Plaza las Americas | Duluth, GA Photo Set #4 – Winners! Also here are my photos from the Mrs Vietnam Pageant: VAC-GA – Mrs Vietnam Georgia 2024
Continue readingAtlanta Dragon Boat Festival 2023 Photos
Hong Kong Atlanta Dragon Boat Festival September 9, 2023 | Gainesville, GA
Continue readingLao New Year 2023 – Wat Buddha Khanti – Sunday Photos
LAO NEW YEAR 2023Wat Lao Buddhakhanti | Snellville, GA | April 23, 2023 If you have loads of time, please check out my video recap of this past weekend. These are the clips I shot as well as photos. It’s 1hr and 24mins that shows the realness of our crazy/lovely/vibrant fun loving Lao culture. 🙂 […]
Continue readingChin National Day 2023 and Miss CND – Atlanta
75th Chin National Day February 18, 2023 | Gujarati Samaj | Tucker, GA Thanks again for the invite to CND! All Photos by Boon Vong, feel free share the post on your own accounts but with proper credit. Anyone needing photos in the future LMK! It was so nice seeing the traditional garb from […]
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