LITTLE RIVER CANYON IS SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL

Little River Canyon is ripe for POPTPOPs

These shots are being posted in mild mourning of fall, as I feel like it came and went. FORTUNATELY we got out to the out of doors before it all went away. Thanks IDA.

POPTACTIVATE!


My favorite part about this first one is THERE IS NOTHING OF INTEREST BEHIND THEM. Seriously.

MORE WEDDING OH MY GOD COVER YOUR FACE

Here's another from last week's wedding.

CHECK OUT THOSE GUNS.

And that cell phone snap.

Dude with a Blackberry taking a picture of a lady with huge guns and some wimpy guy at a wedding.

DWABTAPOALWHGASWGAAW!

WEDDING ACTION, HERE, NOW, FACE KICKING SNAPSHOT!

So sorry it has been a while! Here is a shot from a week ago's wedding (WELL TECHNICALLY IT WAS THE WEDDING OF MARY CLAIRE AND JOHN)

SEEN HERE; RIGHT NOW—Mary Claire and her Father, dacnin' it up!

Classic photo posture


ACTIVAAAAAATE!

Caleb's wedding POPTPOP EXTRAVAGANZA: a 4X5 First!

Oh man. History has been made!

The first 4x5 poptpop! Caleb got married to Laura this past Saturday and I shot a bunch of 4x5 for them, and so did Stephen DeVries. And he was responsible for the first, to my knowledge, large format Picture of [Me] taking a picture of [Caleb and his Groomsmen].

AND HOT DAMN IT ALL LOOKS GREAT!

By the by, Bryan is totally flipping Stephen off.

Also, there was a HUGE pre-and-post PopTpoP-off. More to come!

Here's the outcome...his shot them mine.

OOOOOOO Sunset! MY FREAKING MOM TOOK THIS SHOT

HOLY CRAP! Mom was down at the FREAKING BEACH and happened upon a gloriously cheesy sunset and all sorts of photo on photo action. We've got a POPTVOPTPOACS

Pictures of People taking Video of People taking Pictures of a Cheesy Sunset.



OH MY GOD! Just proof your mom is always thinking of you.

ALAN BARTON ALLS UP IN YOUR FACE!

Here are two winners from the ONE the ONLY the ALAN BARTON.


FIRST.....a POPtVOP from Burnside Park in Portland, Oregon.




And the second is a party I think.....8 X POPTPOP KICKING YOU IN THE CROTCH WITH SPIKEY SHOES. Okay, that was a bit much.

TAKAYAMA IN YOUR FACE OH MY GOD JAPANESE POPTPOP!

Get ready for more JApoptPANs. they're here. they're mushi mushi. get used to it.

ill LEAD OFF with the odd ball. its the odd ball because its in Tokyo and THERE IS A HUGE FRIGGEN sort of BALL looking THING. Notice the classic mushi mushi they have going on there. also note that i took a few of these, from long range, and eventually a man who i think was with the group eventually stepped in between myself and the girls. POPTPOP IS NOW STALKING JAPANESE SCHOOL GIRLS. really, though, that was bound too happen. i salute your sir for taking passive action against american perverts with cameras who are about 50 feet away. (nerd note: you can see the top of the mans head on the far left under the yellow sign thing. its literally just his hair)




NOW ON TO THE TAKAYAMA GOODNESS.

holy crap takayama is great. super pretty. an amazing ride to get there. sort of touristy. what does all that mean? good times, great oldies views, and touristy pOpTpOps galore.

First up is one to give a tiny sense of the setting. down on a river bank.


Next, MORE HOT RIVER ACTION. this is a woman LONG RANGE poptpopping a stranger who was spying on a crane in the river (with a mediocre lens and flash strapped to his camera. whaa?). i zoomed in on the crane FOR EVIDENCE.



Next is another classic MushPoptMushi.



And finally one from more in the city of Takayama. the dude shooting is shooting a rangefinder 6x7, btw.



thats ALL FOR NOW. tons more on film. enjoy.



any thoughts or requests?

JAPAN POPTPOP! HOLY NIPPON! SEX SEX SEX. er..wait.

International POPTPOP action!

so yesterday my sister and i went up the Tokyo Tower (which is like a huge orange version of the Eiffel tower) and up in the Special Observatory (the one you pay a little more for) we found this chick and this guy all snuggly looking at stuff. classic cheesy tourist poptpop goodness here. the bonus is she Barely looks 18 and speaks japanese and these two are clearly sexing it up, as given away by their body language. i have a whole backstory for them in my head but i wont bore you with that.

ive taken a good bit more poptpops with film, and grabbed a poptpoT (two people shooting tokyo) but it doesnt technically qualify for here.

anyway. PopTpoP 4 Lyfe.

POPTPreview

ALRIGHT!

Here is a PopTpoP from yesterday. REALLY this is a sort of preview-but-its-still-itself-technically-a-poptpop, but thats sort of a mouthful.

I'll post two shots of Bryan during our shoot (well, his, but I shot part of it too) for Portico Magazine.

They are "previews" because they are shot on my phone and are hardly high quality. But also I shot various frames of film during the shoot too.

SO LOOK OUT WORLD. IT'S COMING!


And yes the second photo is clearly the least flattering poptpop yet. Perhaps an award for bryan.

/Rob Culpepper Week | Thank you rob!

Thanks so much to Rob "the rob" Culpepper "The Culpepp", aka DJ Skullpepper.

He leaves us with this pithy description of this long-range, epic Poptpop.

At a campground north of Malibu, Cali.








Indeed, sir.

DANGEROUS! OVERLOOK! DOUBLE POPTPOP!

Remember this text?

Mentone, Ala. is the home of Alabama's only ski slope. There's also the show-stopping Desoto Falls not too far away. The fruit there is ripe for the picking, as I got a double (see the second person behind the tree) and a PoptVop (Pictures of people taking Videos of people), a near cousin. This could also be known as a Multimedia Poptpop or a PoptMpop (Pictures of people taking Motion pictures of people).



Here's the payoff.


ROB CULPEPPER ACTIVATE.


he's got a new website on the way.

A POPTPOP RUNS THROUGH IT?

Mentone Shots:
Mentone, Ala. is the home of Alabama's only ski slope. There's also the show-stopping Desoto Falls not too far away. The fruit there is ripe for the picking, as I got a double (see the second person behind the tree) [THIS IS A HINT FOR TOMORROW'S ROPTCULPEPP] and a PoptVop (Pictures of people taking Videos of people), a near cousin. This could also be known as a Multimedia Poptpop or a PoptMpop (Pictures of people taking Motion pictures of people).

SQUAT STANCE! ACTIVATE!

ROB CULPEPPER DAY TWO! Above, a Glorious, glorious Squat Stance. Below is Rob's description of just wtf a squat stance is.

My personal favorite part is the dude in the red shrit.

Squat Stance: One time Caleb and I were at a wedding and he made fun of my squat stance. That is, the posture my body makes when I need to get lower to shoot someone at the waist and keep the perspective right. Everyone has a squat stance and once you're aware of them, it's hilarious to watch photographers make pictures because you're aware of how funny they look. They, of course, are doing what seems natural and therefore have no idea how dumb they look. On a walk to Speakeasy one evening after work, we passed this photographer (and body guard in red) shooting a couple. Check out that Squat Stance!

ROB CULPEPPER WEEK! ALL CULPEPPER ALL THE TIME ALL WHERES RIGHT NOW!

So here it is. A SURPRISE WEEK FULL OF ALL ROB-CULPEPPER-BRAND POPTPOPs. whats with the all caps? IT'S ROB!

We are starting off easy here...gotta ease you in a little bit.

This is Rob's photo of Caleb photographing Matthew Mayfield (this shoot). This is up on the roof of the Phoenix Building with tiny tips of Birmingham peeking over the roof ledge thing.
(poctpom)

Rob describes this as "Caleb Working: Classic Poptpop^M - Poptpop (Musician)"


More tomorrow! Prepare.

PROFESSOR VERSUS!

Okay last one for today....there is a crazy WEDDING POPTPOP FEST ON THE WAY SOON!

SUMIT POPTPOPS TIL YOU POP!

So here is a PROFESSOR VERSUS!

I define that as a) Stephen smoking a pipe and b) Paul wearing a swanky jacket AND pantaloons.

It is a classic Vs. shot. I can't tell, but that may well be my car in the background creeping up on them. I was clearly using my 6th sense—the poptpop sense.

Obama Rally in Chicago by Michael Hunter FEATURING A FREAKING LAMBORGHINI

Alright! Seen here is a DOUBLE POPTPOP, with bonus points for über patriotism!

I don't have much of the story here for this one, but it is apparently in Chicago and or near an Obama Rally, taken by MICHAEL HUNTER. It was sent toward the end of November of last year (sorry it has taken me so long to get to it!) so I think we are witnessing an Obamagasm shot from his victory day.

POTPTPOAGHUAAF

picture of two people taking pictures of a girl holding up an american flag


THERE IS A LAMBORGHINI IN THE BACKGROUND SUPER TINY.

crazy triple versus

So a few days ago I got a twitter barrage of twitpics from Caleb & Trevor & Corey. It is like being crammed between two mirrors. But there are three. It is like a triangle of photo nonsense.

its A looking at B looking at C looking at A looking at B, etc.

The only way to make it more crazy would be to have be A looking at BlookingatC, B looking at ClookingatA, C looking at AlookingatB. This will happen at some point.

For now...here is a tiny iPhone collage of recording studio goodness.

RETRO STYLEE POPTPOPin! HOT OLD CAMERA ACTION

HERE! NOW! Old school only poptpop'in.

Seen here is Caleb Chancey photographing (with a Rolleiflex) Alan Barton photographing (with a 4x5) Braxton Schell. And of course I am shooting them (with a Lomo) photographing. I was shooting the newest camera and it was designed around when I was born.

RETRO. STYLEE!

so this is kind of a double poptpop, it its also sort of a PoptpoptpoP.


Oh yeah...See also THE PHOTO ALAN TOOK OF BRAXTON as well as THE PHOTO CALEB TOOK OF ALAN SHOOTING BRAXTON

ALAN + T4 == VANDAL * CALEB / POP {t} pop

On a day like today! Not long ago!

I took photographs of Caleb + Vandal to celebrate them being all engaged and what not.


ALL AT ONCE WE WERE ATTACKED BY A RABID ALAN BARTON, infected with the T4 virus.

I took this photo as I fled the scene.

Does anyone else see a creepy face? HIDDEN CREEPY FACE POPTPOP

Featured here! now! and smoking! is the Rob Culpepper, being photographed by the legendary Alan Barton!

Featuring for the first time ever on film*, two kids playing fake soccer in the background. Thank YOU Rushton park!

*this is possibly true, what with living in the digital age and all, though, i cannot verify the veracity of this claim (that i, myself, am making)

IT IS CONTEST TIME AGAIN!

Hidden somewhere in this photo is a creepy face! I didn't hide it...it just exists by itself. FIRST PERSON TO POINT IT OUT WINS A MILLION!

of something. Possibly more arbitrary points, POSSIBLY A PRINT OF THE POPTPOP OF THEIR CHOICE?

You'll have to enter the damn contest to find out! Comment to give it a go.

Once a winner has been crowned, I'll post a zoomy-iny thing and possibly one with an illustrated bob ross to solidify what I see.


[ed]

Well hot damn! Only moments after this PoPtPoP was posted (on facebook and here), we had a winner!

Ashley Moynihan! All the way from the pacific coast!

As promised, here is a ghetto illustration of where this little smoke martian is.

The illusive IMAGINARY VERSUS poptpop

So what you see here, ladies and gentlemen!, is the illusive African Imaginary PoptpoP. Seen in the while in Uganda, this kid is mimicking me taking his photo. I have no idea what he is holding but its not a camera. Another example how kids' imaginations are the best thing since torn bread.

Here is a detail of Imaginary Versus Kid (IVK):





Don't forget to send in your shots! I'm working on new stuff with the great news of that being that I am working in conjunction with The Inkling Network's Jamie and Tammy Harper to create a really freaking weird world. The magical world of Poptpop. I don't know when it will all be ready, but I have the highest of hopes. When it is all done there will be a place for you all to upload your images so you can do everything from one place!

Cheers for now

GO TAKE SOME FREAKING POPTPOPS AND SEND THEM TO ME OH MY GOD POPTPOPTPOPTPOPTPOP

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Happy X-mas Chapati Stand in Jinja, Uganda POPTPOP!

A PoptpoP revolution is on the way! Prepare!

Until then, here is what I consider a pretty awesome poptpop. I'll tell you why:

• It's in friggen Africa


• It's at a friggen Chapati stand


• That lens she's using friggen ridiculous and friggen long


• That jumpsuit is friggen sweet


• THE NAME OF THE CHAPATI STAND...is friggen...HAPPY X-MAS (the bujagali chapati stand)

A chapati, for your knowledge, is a flatbread (like a super thick, doughy crêpe, at least in size, and the fact that they have Nutella as an option), on which is placed all manner of delicious things. The one I ate every time was Chapati, Egg, Tomatoes, Cabbage, and topped off with Avocada....then it is rolled up and wrapped in like newspaper. At least out at Bujagali Falls.

This place was right outside of where I stayed in Bujagali (which is right outside of Jinja) and it was right on the Nile. Here is a picture from a few hundred meters from this place: (shot is over at Electric Lion).


So how's it going everyone? Lemme know! Send me your POPTPOPs TOO! (a better way to do that is coming, but for now EMAIL THEM TO ME.