Nikon 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 Nikon 200mm f/2 VR. It’s a heavy relic from the early days of DSLR imaging, announced in May of 2004, long before Nikon had a full […]
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 […]
Laotian American Societywww.lasga.org Clark’s Bridge Olympic Venue | Gainesville, GA | Nov 9, 2024 *~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~* I was only there for about 2 hours at the beginning but still managed to get about 200 keepers. Here they are in random order! Hopefully everyone had fun at the inaugural Atlanta Lantern Boat Festival, a multicultural event at […]
Dia de los Muertos Fotos / Day of the Dead Photos Oakland Cemetery | Atlanta, GA | Nov 3, 2024 What a lovely day at Oakland Cemetery. Another great turnout for this insanely new popular festival in Atlanta. Here is my photo story from a short stay! If you like the pics and want to […]
Hello everyone, now is the time of year where I try to head out as much as I can, get some air and exercise and admire the lovely trees and colorful leaves. I think I’ll treat this as a rolling post that I’ll update every couple of days or so. This year I was going […]
17th Annual Atlanta Arab Festival Sunday Photos | Oct 6, 2024 Alif Institute | Atlanta, GA ⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅∙∘☽❈☾∘∙•⋅⋅⋅•⋅⋅⊰⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅⋅•⋅ After working an event earlier in the day I was wondering if I should return to the Korean Festival, or stop by the Arab Festival. Since it was on the way I stopped by the Arab fest and […]
Atlanta Korean Festival 2024 Sugarloaf Mills | Lawrenceville, GA | Oct 5, 2024 After sweating in the hot sun at the Arab Festival, I ran home and showered real quick before checking out the new Korean/KPop festival down the street. So glad there are plenty of events nearby now. Here are some photos and short […]
Diversity in Action USPAACC-SE Gas South Convention Center | Duluth, GA | Oct 10, 2024 Event Photography by Boon Vong and Phalatda Taysavang Backdrop / Awards Photos are in the Next Post •·················•·················• Backdrop / Awards Photos are Here:
Peachtree Corners Town Center | Sept 29, 2024 Pretty cool way to start my Sunday morning at an informal exotic car meet in P’tree Corners, which fun trivia is Gwinnett’s newest and biggest city. 🤔 Dusted off the GFX since I hadn’t used it in a while, and it’s definitely still the dynamic range king. […]
Cultura Fiesta Latina Fotos Lawrenceville, GA | Sept 27, 2024 Feat: El Kartel Latina Band | Felicita | Obsession Lowrider Car Club Atlanta ︵‿︵‿︵‿︵︵‿︵‿︵‿︵︵‿︵‿︵‿︵ The big hurricane that rolled through the southeast was wild! Seems like those things happen quite often nowadays. Awful to see all the flooding in western North Carolina, Asheville and the […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 • […]
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 […]
Big thanks to Vivian and Sean for coming over to hang out! Showing some of the images we got on the adventure in reverse, because at the end of the day we were blessed with a pretty great sunset at the new Suwanee Park. It took a late evening rain storm, but that’s usually how […]
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 […]
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 […]
The other day I stopped by a cruise in before heading out to grab some Chinese food for dinner. Lots of nice cars and bikes! It was great chatting with everyone. I’ll plan on coming back, since during the summer it seems like folks disappear or have other plans–but there’s always a car meet somewhere, […]
∼ LAO NEW YEAR ∽ Wat Lao Buddha Khanti ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Snellville / Stone Mountain GA | Saturday April 20, 2024 Hello everyone, I’ve freely shared my photos with our amazing community for many years now. There are no ads on my website. I don’t make money on page views. I do this thing solo. It […]
∽ Lao New Year ∼ Wat Lao PothisaramConley, GA | April 27, 2024 •───────•°•❀•°•───────• I was only able to attend on Saturday, but here are a few images. Thanks to all the ladies volunteering your valuable time, everyone looked great. Also thanks to my “assistants” for helping take photos! 🙂 ‿︵‿︵‿୨ ୧‿︵‿︵‿ The following extra […]
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 […]
Really nice weather and start for the year’s first Tucker Cruise In. If you’re looking for something to do every second Saturday of the month, please come out between 10am and 1pm. And come early to get some grilled burgers and hot dogs for cheap! For this show I wasn’t too focused on a specific […]
It was super cold and raining in the morning, and that threw off the flow of the events for Sunday, but it still turned out nice and festive at the end! Here’s a photo story from my perspective. Wanted to shoot film and other things, but that weather was a bummer. Great performances and display […]
Hello everyone, I’ve freely shared my photos with our amazing community for many years now. There are no ads on my website. I don’t make money on page views. I do this thing solo. It costs me time and resources for web hosting. My site is an archive of the cool and lovely things that […]
Villa Christina | April 19, 2024 Congrats to all the students, everyone looked great! I randomized the picture order to simulate the fun/chaos of being at this prom supershoot! Feel free to use the photos however you want, with photo credit please! Thanks to everyone for posing, and sorry if I missed a few. There’s […]
~ Lao New Year ∽ Wat Lao Buddhamoongcoon ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Riverdale, GA | Sunday, April 14, 2024 That was a fun “low key” Lao New Year/Boun Pimay at Wat Riverdale on Sunday. Thanks to Aaliyah and Brianna for being the first models of the day! 😉 Great performances by the LDA Lao Dance Association, it was […]
Hello everyone, I just realized something today while going through photos. I’ve been taking pictures at the various Lao New Year festivals for 20 years now(!). Yes, that is truly insane to think about. The above photo is from Stone Mountain on April 18 of 2004 and the bottom photo was this past Sunday at […]
Last week I thought I would give this combo another try–a now “vintage” Nikon 85mm 1.4D adapted to the GFX with the simple dummy adapter. Last year I wasn’t too keen on the 67mm “equivalent” focal length when mounted on the medium format GFX sensor, but for this colorful spring I thought it would be […]