MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE!

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!

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

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



BELIEVE IT!

ITS BEEN A WHILE I'M SORRY!

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

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

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!

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'

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

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

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

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!

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

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.