poptpop

MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE!

2010-08-05T11:19:00.000-07:00

This photo....THIS PHOTO....I completely love. Fully. The previous image on this here blog was a recent favorite for being a poptpop. THIS shot is an OVERALL favorite that HAPPENS to BE A FREAKING PICTURE OF PEOPLE TAKING A FREAKING PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE FREAKING GOONIES ROCKS AT CANNON BEACH OREGON (poptafpifotfgracbo).

And I love it.

EXPLOSIONS!

I want this printed HUGE.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES EVER!

2010-08-03T19:52:00.000-07:00

Oh man, this is one of my favorite POPTPOPs EVER.

Steph and I went out to PORTLAND OREGON and visited GARRETT AND HELEN who are awesome and took us to the COLUMBIA RIVER FREAKING GORGE which was fantastically beautiful.

So beautiful, in fact, that YOUNG HORNY TEENS can't keep their tongues in their MOUTHS. SO BEAUTIFUL AND HORNY, IN FACT, that they have PERVY little BROTHER document their unbridled youth on a DIGITAL CAMERA. I can only imagine with that sweet hat and her ~~non~~ shorts they went to the lookout tower and shortly after to do it.

Jon Canlas shooting the Nortons at Balboa Park in San Diego

2010-07-24T21:13:00.000-07:00

OH MY GOD JON CANLAS IS A BADASS AND FILM IS COMPLETELY NOT DEAD.

BELIEVE IT!

ITS BEEN A WHILE I'M SORRY!

2010-07-24T20:21:00.001-07:00

Find HERE, NOW, Andrew and Alexis being photographed by Deb in SAN DIFREAKINGEGO as part of my time with Jonathan Canlas's FILM IS NOT DEAD workshop.

SO MUCH MORE TO COME HOLY CRAP.

I don't have enough time in the day.

Farm times are great times. for POPTPOPSsssssss

2010-04-13T10:12:00.001-07:00

On a recent trip to my GRANDPARENTS FREAKING FARM I took some photos. A bunch of those were poptpops. HERE...Here is my favorite. IT IS in fact a Versus PoptopP but I do not have their photo yet...I'll post it when I get it.

SEEN ABOVE:

Stephanie's Mom, backwards Dad, family dog (the super cute weiner), and my mom's (MOSTLY STUPID) scottie.

ALSO: Fence made by my granddad and uncle (decades ago ago ago), some awesome grass and trees, and a tiny mountain style thing.

UPDATED!

Finally got the other side of this poptpop!

SO I LIED GET OVER IT

2010-04-08T08:16:00.000-07:00

I said last time I wouldn't post any OF myself for a while but I got an email from an old friend CONTAINING A VINTAGE FUCKING POPTPOP OF YOURS TRULY AND HERS TRULY.

This was sent in by my old school buddy Liz and its a new category of POPtPOP'in. I briefly proposed the name INIFINIPOP™ but I think we'd need another mirror in the shot. So this one is SORT of a Versus™, but its also of herself. Self-vs-self, in a way.

I think the new term is MetaPop™! MEEEEETTAAAAPOP (i say mehta-pop, but you can say meatah-pop if you WANT TO)

Here is what Liz had to say about the image:

So I was going through photographs the other day while cleaning out the office and I found (this) (... below, obviously). And I remembered your thing about pictures of people taking...... so I wondered...
Does it count if it's self-reflective? ( and does it count if you are in the picture?) (and if it is self-reflective-as in literally- does that make it an infinite poptpop?)
Anyway, this was a classic. Love the shirts.

And I have to say: This was at a hotel in Birmingham when she came to see me (from knoxville) when I was in college. The shirt I am wearing is from the Sturgis bike rally my dad took me to in 1998, though neither of us really rode at that point.

I ALSO have to say: i promise, the next poptop is AWESOME. in fact, IT IS MY FAVORITE OF ALL OF TIME.

Brace yourself, grab some Depends®, and hold on.

ps POLTAPOLAM!

pps yes thats really me.

EGO POSTING HOLY CRAP CRAP CRAP!

2010-03-12T16:18:00.000-08:00

I found this one, also residual from whiskerino*, of David shooting me shooting HIM.

I PROMISE NOT TO POST ONE OF MYSELF FOR A LONG TIME.

Which means I either need to dig up other shots, OR YOU NEED TO SEND SOME IN

A rare semi-glimpse at me POPTPOPPPPPPPPIN'

2010-03-12T06:44:00.000-08:00

I feel weird writing in ALL CAPS and super enthusiastically about MYSELF shooting POPtPOps.

Backstory: Whiskerino, bowling day, bowling alley, LARGE FORMAT fest.

Now, technically, I'm focusing here, but that to me falls squarely in the POPTPOP qualifications. Other parts that are more rare, but that I love, are photos of the SET UP and photos of the post-shot REVIEW.

BEARD, Alcohol, PopTpoP, and THE WIRE

2010-03-11T14:12:00.000-08:00

The Wire is one of the best shows ever. I'm not sure this one is even up for debate. While watching it at Bottletree, ALAN BARTON grabbed this shot of
WES FRAZER shooting a girl DECIDEDLY NOT LOOKING AT HIM at the bar.

But who is she looking at? I DO NOT KNOW.

GO WATCH THE WIRE!

Whiskerino shenanigans

2010-03-05T17:18:00.000-08:00

There isn't much to say. No all caps can sum up the nonsense that was the Whiskerino Throwdown.

I blew through all my Type 72 4x5 Polaroid and it was totally worth it.

Above is a versus between me and Nathan, aka wondermade.

DO NOT BOWL YOUR BABYCHILD! Tammy Harper, loyal rePOPTPOPer, and her BITHDAY SURPRISE

2010-02-09T07:24:00.000-08:00

Good friend and wonderful contributor to this here bloglog (blahGlog?) BRINGS YOU THIS MIND SHATTERING poptpop from a BOWLING ALLEY HOLY CRAP.

You'll see in the front of the frame (HUGE THING ON THE FLOOR??) that its a birthday party at BRUNSWICK bowling alley style product place. I CANNOT CONFIRM ITS BIRTHDAY PARTYNESS.

What I CAN confirm is that you're looking at the talented Jamie Harper holding a BABYCHILD and as far as I can he is NOT throwing this childperson down the BOWLING LANE. I cannot imagine a small, weak person being a very good bowling ball anyway.

THANK YOU HARPERS FOR BEING AWESOME.

LONG LOST BLOG RETURNS. AHHHHH! Me, EVEN!

2010-01-20T22:52:00.000-08:00

So, I KNOW ITS BEEN A DAMN WHILE. I'll work on it, I promise.

For now, here's a shot taken by CALEB CHANCY of ME shooting my friend ALLISON on the day of her wedding here in town.

POPTPOOOOMGOOOOP

CTPOMTPOA (not Cyrillic type!)

LITTLE RIVER CANYON IS SO DAMN BEAUTIFUL

2009-11-11T19:26:00.000-08:00

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

2009-10-24T08:12:00.001-07:00

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!

2009-10-24T08:04:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-09-08T12:27:00.000-07:00

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

2009-07-12T11:06:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-06-28T20:03:00.001-07:00

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!

2009-06-04T15:30:00.000-07:00

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.

2009-06-01T14:45:00.000-07:00

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

2009-04-15T13:24:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-04-10T10:00:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-04-09T20:08:00.000-07:00

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?

2009-04-08T23:58:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-04-07T16:34:00.000-07:00

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!

2009-04-06T11:40:00.001-07:00

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!

2009-03-25T17:30:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-25T17:19:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-25T16:48:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-25T15:44:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-11T13:21:00.000-07:00

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

2009-03-03T22:55:00.000-08:00

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

2009-02-26T15:00:00.000-08:00

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

Help! Vote!

2009-02-26T14:08:00.000-08:00

non-photo related post in try to pimp my sister's non-profit

Click HERE

Register. Vote. Help those in need. All in under 3 minutes.

Please, Help.

thanks to Caleb for helping me get the word out.

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

2009-02-11T18:40:00.000-08:00

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.

guest poptpop! caleb chancey!

2008-12-01T11:51:00.000-08:00

this new poptpop gem comes courtesy of caleb chancey

below please find a delightful serendipitous moment during a photo session with musician matthew perryman jones

behold, bob miller and branden lower working their magic as caleb looks on.

pobabtapompj!

the eye of sauron belgrade

2008-11-25T20:55:00.000-08:00

So.....

one of my goals with PoptpoP (yes, there are goals, apparently (said like dr zoidberg)) is to fully delve into the whole idea of a poptpop. its not just photographs of people taking photographs that so fascinates me. its the whole process. the awkward looking at the back of the camera (thank YOU technology), the scooting people around in the frame, the SUPER intense postures people take to frame the shot just right, its the chimping the photo after, the re-shoots, and in THIS case, the "oh shit, Alexandra, I totally fucking nailed that posed next to fucking Saurons eye. Do you still have that palantír in your purse?" look of satisfaction right AFTER a POPTPOP.

poplsahtpt
(pictures of people looking satisfied after having their picture taken)

this is in belgrade, serbia (written "beograd" at the bottom of sauron's ...er..iris)

Bhate

2008-11-18T11:49:00.001-08:00

I've never understood just what the hell Bhate is. anyone know? I got nothin'.

featured here is YET ANOTHER GLORIOUS GUEST POPTPOP.

Sir Brandon Ballard, ESQ again sends in magic.

below you'll see a picture of kevin "k-bone" "chostagev" wilder photographing j-rod allen photographing a weird bhate building.
pokkcwpjapawbb

note that this is a cropped version of this image to attempt to stick to the "width" of this blog without making a single image ungodlyily hugegantic.

if you want to see the larger version, navigate to this URL

©Brandon Ballard

who doesn't love a botanical garden? its a great place for a photo

2008-11-18T11:35:00.000-08:00

who doesn't love a botanical garden? its a great place for a photo. its practically a fact. you can take blurry photos of flowers. you can take pictures of different....things that are...growing. you can take bad portraits of friends costumed as faeries, kids in matching outfits, or i guess kids it matching flowers.

this is a place in monroe, la that has nickel cokes which is why we went there. NICKEL FRIGGEN COKES. in 2008. its the former home, i think, of the local area old school bottling plant duder who was the coke guy way back in the day. now this place is a museum of boring but b'god they have some cheap ass coke. in a bottle. delish.

an odd poptpop

2008-11-16T18:50:00.001-08:00

So we've been on such a roll lately with submissions and interactions and what have yous I thought I'd throw in an odd ball.

this is me taking a picture of me (or Cary; portrait of a grey beard hair) but its Also john shooting Boris and Trevor (Boris is hidden behind my melon).

this was at the end of our euro trip in vienna, were we were having a relaxing time at the park watching people.

picture of me taking a picture of me taking a picture of john taking a picture of trevor and boris
pomtapomtapojtapotab

WE HAVE A WINNER (and a runner upper!)

2008-11-15T21:40:00.001-08:00

Okay so competition was fierce. There were blog guesses and facebook guesses.

THE RESULTS ARE IN:

the winner is the lovely TAMMY HARPER! I hereby award this part-inkling person the arbitrarily numbered bonus points!
her answer:

ah! i finally found it.

there is totally a dude squatting down in front of the stairs taking a picture of the dude with his hands in the air.

Now! That said, the multi-talented ANNA CARRIGAN answered here on poptpop TWO minutes faster than Tammy, howEVER she seemed to throw in the towel. She got the man on the stairs with his hands up but didn't find the photographer and reinforced this by ending with "i have no idea". SO CLOSE!

As a consolation prize, and because she was wonderful enough to SEND IN HER OWN POPTPOP (thank you), she gets today's post!

Background story from Anna:

in Edinburgh, Calton Hill, Lindsay Blount taking a picture of Alison in front of the National Monument aka the Parthenon aka Edinburgh's Folly because it never got finished.

The Photo:

©Lindsay Blount [or Anna Carrigan]

other notes:

since those were basically two winners, the "official" runner up is Meg "is that meg posing by the pool on portico?" Rymer McClung!

and i think we all agree the women are American. They are dirty, rotten, and from Florida or from the Midwest. It is clear they say things like "warsh" as well. You can tell by the pants.

More poptpop to come!

I think I smell another Mr Brandon on the way.

SEND ME YOUR DAMN POPTPOPs!

ps, my favorite part of anna's poptpop is the couple of people perched on monoment.

viewer contributed poptpop! brandon ballard!

2008-11-13T22:15:00.000-08:00

So here is another contributor photo that is LOVELY (and how!). Thanks to reader Brandon Ballard for sending this one in! (I took some liberties with the post..I hope thats okay)

what a great Picture of a person taking a picture of a group of people at the st louis arch (poaptapoagopatsla)

thanks mister brandon!

©Brandon Ballard

SEND IN YOURS!

poptpop@gmail.com

(soon there will be a more elegant way to submit, but for now, email me them!)

more dubrovnik croatia

2008-11-13T22:04:00.000-08:00

Hey!

So here is another one from a recent trip to Croatia. This gem is technically a double poptpop. 19.7 bonus points to the first person to point it out!

extra bonus points for attempting to guess where these ladies are from. guess guess guess. i dont know, i just want to read your funny guesses.

ALSO! I just now realized that I didn't have blogger sending me emails when people comment so I have not as yet replied to you all! I WILL! KEEP COMMENTING! YOUR COMMENTS FEED STARVING CHILDREN (im told)! YOUR POPTPOP™ COMMENTS CAN SAVE THE WORLD (apparently)!

So here are the ladies at some place in the old fortress in Dubrovnik.

Holla, Ladies!

dubrovnik wall

2008-11-11T11:22:00.000-08:00

the city center wall in Dubrovnik is a bit attraction (costs like 10 bucks just to walk around. whatever to that). these people (blurry) were waving.

The Original!

2008-11-07T22:16:00.001-08:00

SO I PRESENT TO YOU!

The original shot from many years ago taken by my good friend John Yam (seen many times on electric lion, and maybe once so far on here..more to come..don't fret).

This shot, to me, is just so epic. The man taking the shot's posture is one of the best things I've ever seen.

John was in Washington DC across from the National Gallery (I think) and saw this nonsense.

©John Yam

This image stuck with me for years and it was only this year that I realized that I have been taking shots of the same kind of subject ever since then (and decided to make a blog about it).

Who out there has a POPTPOP to share? Have a Double? A triple? THE ILLUSIVE QUADRUPLE?

Send it my way!

Send in your PopTpoP's with a little background info and it may well end up here!

GET INVOLVED! SEND THEM IN!

first night of the 3 day walk

2008-10-23T20:04:00.000-07:00

my sister is doing the whole 3 day walk (Susan Komen) here in atlanta and i'm here to shoot the whole thing. here's a poptpop from the night. a double even.

fifth head

2008-10-13T19:15:00.000-07:00

who says you can't have fun in serbia? i mean other than NATO.

triple poptpop!

2008-10-13T07:48:00.001-07:00

just in case

is that good? er...take one more..im blinking.

2008-10-13T07:32:00.000-07:00

one of my favorite parts of the whole idea of a POPTPOP is the before and after. this is an "after" shot that details a bit of glory / lameness of digital cameras. there wouldn't be an "after" without digital (except polaroid of course, but its been out of the vogue a la mode for a good while) but i feel like there are more classically awful random photos of people standing next to stuff.

anyway...this the aftermath of a picture taken of someone.

dubrovnik

2008-10-12T20:48:00.000-07:00

a rare night time poptpop

john yam in vienna

2008-10-12T15:53:00.000-07:00

brilliant.

poptpomtpoh

2008-10-07T20:03:00.000-07:00

picture of person taking picture of me taking picture of him

[i consulted the board and it passed unanimously that this counts as a poptpop as its a picture of him taking a picture of someone [me], though its a bit less like the other photos.]

i will balance this one with the photo he actually took of me.

vs

pomtpoptpom
picture of me taking picture of person taking picture of me

taj seated

2008-10-07T19:50:00.000-07:00

taj squat!

2008-10-07T19:44:00.000-07:00

india gate monk

2008-10-07T18:33:00.000-07:00

india gate guys. sweet yellow shirt right?

2008-10-07T18:27:00.000-07:00

goa beach guys

2008-10-07T18:03:00.000-07:00

this one makes me pretty happy.

guest post: from world war II

2008-10-01T21:22:00.000-07:00

so, i guess i have decided that others' work is okay, but i also think i've decided it'd need to be solicited. that is...they need to offer it...i don't want to have to grab it.

so..i bring you the following from an email from caleb

I offer this to you has the first ever guest spot on poptpop:

J Wades Grandpa taking a picture in WWII of another soldier taking a picture of a soldier:

jwgtapiwwiioastapoas

(not quite the same ring, but i'll go with it)

couples at the taj

2008-09-02T22:02:00.001-07:00

taj blue

2008-09-02T21:55:00.000-07:00

ballerina

2008-09-02T21:52:00.000-07:00

taj mahal + danseur. its so weird pose like Everyone does there.

virtual cod piece

2008-09-02T21:46:00.000-07:00

india gate again. check out his junk. i'm sure you already did.

india gate + karnataka

2008-09-02T21:41:00.000-07:00

cuz im classy

2008-09-02T21:36:00.000-07:00

taj photo guy

2008-09-02T21:31:00.000-07:00

this one is pushing it a bit as no photo is being taken, but its a local taj dude setting people up for photos. sort of like the cameras they have on roller coasters.

taj mahal + orange shirted goodness

2008-09-02T21:14:00.000-07:00

taj mahal monk (among other people)

2008-09-02T20:44:00.000-07:00

awesome guys at the taj mahal

2008-09-02T20:16:00.000-07:00

delhi, ghandi's house

2008-09-02T20:11:00.000-07:00

india gate

2008-08-29T15:32:00.000-07:00

alan and caleb

2008-08-25T22:29:00.000-07:00

new york again

2008-08-25T22:19:00.000-07:00

new york

2008-08-25T22:18:00.001-07:00

monroe birthday

2008-08-25T22:09:00.000-07:00

in the park

2008-08-25T22:01:00.001-07:00

oregon coast

2008-08-25T21:42:00.000-07:00