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Pictures of People Taking Pictures of People

Recent POPTPOPs

So I’ve been slacking big time with posting Poptpops (which, for the unaware, are “pictures of people taking pictures of people”), and for this I truly apologize. The recent post about Richard Photo Lab’s Still Love Film blog featuring a poptpop reminded that I really need to be posting them way more often.

And so here are two recent shots…from this weekend in fact. My cousin was in town getting married. They had their nuptials at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens which is a popular place for photo shoots. The above lounging female is being photographed by the photographer on the right (with his off-camera ring flash, which is interesting by itself) and her backup staff with changes of clothes look on, and probably sweat.

Below is my cousin Kendra and her new husband Scott with their cupcake-based cake (complete with LEGO bride and groom (which are tiny in front of the huge cupcake on top of the stand)).

More poptpops to come. I’ve got a few my recent trip to New York just bursting to get out. Soon!

Christmas Skiing Extravaganza POPTOP!

Jamie poptpoping James and Kent. Ridiculous.

As previously addressed, our family had a Super classy christmas at the farm by skiing through cow pies and having a 4×4 truck as the ski lift. The brochure is still forthcoming, but here’s a taste of some of the Ski Hurric’n Valley action. In this case, it’s my cousin Jamie POPTPOPin’ James (her dad) and Kent (her husband) on their way to the second…er…slope.

Jon Canlas

I was looking forward to a quiet weekend until my buddy Jon (above, Left) mentioned he was coming in town, and bringing hoodlums with him. Now I have to put up with a Filipino doppelgänger of myself, have fun, and eat good foods. Thanks a lot, jerk.

But seriously…this should be fun.

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

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!

Alexis & Andrew (being shot by Deb) POPTPOP

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.

Weird family poptpop

stephs family poptpop

This is a very strange and lovely poptpop. And I love it.

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.