CCS – Free Comic Book Day! 2025

Charlie’s Collectible Show | 6009 Memorial Dr | Stone Mountain, GA | IG | FB May 3, 2025 My hit points still weren’t re charged from my trip but I stopped by the shop on Sat for a couple of free comic books!  Great catching up with everyone.  Thanks for my pristine white Mint/Ex+++ official CCS hoodie!

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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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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 2025 – Riverdale, GA

~ Lao New Year ∽ Wat Lao Buddhamoongcoon ︵‿︵‿୨❀୧‿︵‿︵ Riverdale, GA  |  Sunday, April 13, 2025 It was a fun day in Riverdale.  Thanks to Bre, Thomas, and others for the collab photo coverage.  Today I brought the big 200mm lens, and some other ancient camera technology!! Sadly the 1 Megapixel Sony floppy disk camera […]

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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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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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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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Lunar 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 […]

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Decatur Lunar New Year Festival 2025 Photos

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 […]

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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 […]

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ZNO 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 […]

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Vivitar 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. […]

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Videogame + 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! […]

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Fujifilm 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 […]

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Otaku 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 […]

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Momocon 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 […]

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My 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 […]

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