View of airport out the window of the plane - “Welcome to NY”

Jeff’s house in HDR

Jeff’s room when I first arrived

Jeff’s room, cleaned up and in HDR

We took lots of pictures while I was there:

Outside while taking pictures

Ready for his closeup ;)

Jeff’s car in HDR with horrible white balance :|

Bumble bee on a flower!

Flowers!

Jeff’s Backyard

Wasp on flower

This one’s pretty self-explanitory

More flowers!

We also went to NYC to take pictures and have lunch:

Getting our MetroCards for the train

Buildings in NYC

Seven World Trade

Statue of Liberty

Jersey City

Seven World Trade again

The future World Trade Centers

About to get on the Subway. Byebye City! It was fun….

Just got off the Subway

Waiting for a train

On the train.. bored!

Waiting for the ticket-puncher guy

Awwww <3

On the train on the way back

On the train on the way back from the city

Off the train and walking back to the car. This guy looks like he’s late for something important! Poor guy probably forgot his anniversary.

I had a bunch of annoying little camp kids on my flight

My plane had internets on it! (See previous blog post)

MORE PHOTOS HERE AND HERE

Yesterday, Jeff dropped me off at the airport and I checked in, went through security and sat at the gate until my plane arrived. I wasn’t exactly looking forward to the flight home, considering there were 30 or 40 little camp girls on my plane all going home. I wasn’t too happy about that. When we were called to board, I looked out the window and noticed that I was boarding the JetBlue BetaBlue aircraft, one of their planes that offers free email, shopping, and instant messaging services to it’s passengers above 10,000 feet. Maybe this trip won’t be so bad after all. I made my way to my seat and noticed a sticker on the seat in front of me that indicated there was a wireless signal.

We took off and before I knew it we were at cruising altitude. I turned on my iPod and opened Safari, where I was greeted with a page to log in to their network. I typed in my name, seat number, and email, and was directed to a page that said “Welcome to BetaBlue!”

I opened a new page in Safari and tried “mail.google.com/mail/”  for Gmail, which kept erroring for about 30 minutes and then finally decided to load. I also tried “mobile.live.com/hm/” for Hotmail which also loaded extremely slow. After another half hour of trying to send a message, I was able to send my mom an email on Hotmail, and one to Jeff on Gmail. Unfortunately, the service came to a screeching halt whenever we ventured over water, and I lost communication altogether.

It was fun to test out but, like anything in the Beta stage, it has a LONG way to go.

Click here for more information about BetaBlue.

It’s time to vote for the photos to be published in the next Issue of JPG Magazine (Issue 19: FAITH) and this is my submission:

“Heaven”

All you have to do to vote is signup by clicking here (just use a fake email) and VOTE HERE !! Voting closes on October 7th, which leaves 54 days left to vote! Get your votes in! I appreciate all the support, lets hope I get published!

Current Statistics: This photo has 638 Views and 9 Yeahs.

Sign up: http://www.jpgmag.com/signup/

Vote: http://www.jpgmag.com/photos/819820

I woke up this morning to find a huge spike in my page impressions for Perfectography. Intrigued by this, I opened my analytics page to see where they were coming from. I saw “calumetphoto.com” and immediately thought, “no way!”  So I headed over to the Photo of the Week page and freaked out when I saw that my photo “Heaven” was selected for the Photo of the Week!! I’m absolutely stunned and ecstatic! I can’t believe my photo was picked! I’ve gotten an overwhelming amount of pageviews because of this, which is excellent exposure for me! All thanks goes to usrbingeek who is the only reason I knew about Calumet Photo of the Week! Thanks Steve!

Calumet Homepage
Calumet Photo of the Week
My Submission (Heaven)

Also, I should be finding out the results of the Artists Wanted Contest any day now! So keep checking back for an update on that!

Artists Wanted : Exposure Homepage: http://www.artistswanted.org/exposure/

Last year I submitted this photo to be published in the Geometry issue of JPG Magazine. The Geometry theme has been scheduled for Issue 18 which closes in 31 days! Support me and my photography by signing up and voting for my photo “A New Perspective” to be published in the next issue of JPG Magazine!

Sign Up: http://jpgmag.com/signup/
Vote: http://jpgmag.com/photos/245606

Current statistics: This photo has 1342 Views and 35 Yeahs

My boyfriend Jeff and I were having a discussion lastnight during our “exclusive ev time” about what guys prefer to be called when complimented.  Being the sweet boyfriend that he is, he complimented me by telling me I was pretty! I replied, “aww, thanks ev!” and as I proceeded to compliment him in return, I realized I had absolutely no idea what guys liked to be called when complimented, so I asked him. He suggested “handsome,” but I wasn’t satisfied with that. I was looking for something more unique and uncommon and didn’t sound like something my grandmother would say. So I decided I’d get up and ask several of my guy friends for their opinions, and here is what they came up with:

Handsome (5)
Sexy (4)
Hot (3)
Suave (3)
Attractive (2)
Sexy Beast (2)
Beefcake (*shrug*)
Good-looking
Hunk
Stud

My personal favorites include “good-looking” and “attractive” because they seem to have the most class out of them all. What do YOU like to be called? If you’re a guy and you think of something that isn’t already listed, feel free to leave a comment and let me know :) Make sure you let your girlfriend know too, so she doesn’t make the same mistake I did and call her boyfriend pretty, haha.

I know you all have been dying to hear the results of the People’s Choice Award for the past four days! Well the votes have been tallied and the winner and nineteen finalists are featured on the front page of Artists Wanted. Unfortunately I did not win the People’s Choice Award, however, I received the title for the 5th most popular portfolio in the entire competition, with a total of 1,047 votes and an average rating of 4.9 stars. The Grand Prize winner will not be announced until after July 7th, due to the amount of submissions received. In addition, there will be a massive art party in Brooklyn, NY this Saturday where my photos will be displayed in front of several hundred people! If you’re interested in reading the email I received, or would like to attend the event please click here for more information. I would like to thank everyone who took the time to vote for me and helped promote my portfolio, because I could not have received 5th place without you! Without your support I would have not been recognized for my photography, and I am very thankful for all the exposure this contest has given me! I will give you all an update as soon as I hear more!

The deadline for submissions has passed and the call for entry is now CLOSED, which only means judging will begin soon! The only thing we can do now is vote like hell and wait!

“If you have a profile in competition, you have until midnight this Friday to collect votes for the People’s
Choice award … We will be announcing the People’s Choice winner next week and there will be a special showing of the top 20 highest voted portfolios Saturday, June 28th @ Dubai:Brooklyn,” according to an email I received in my Inbox around noon.

If you haven’t done so already, please vote!! And if you have been, KEEP VOTING!! Feel free to IM-Spam your friend or email it to your Mom & Dad or little sibling, but make sure everyone you know votes 5 stars!!! Lets set a record and get as many votes as we can by midnight Friday! Thanks so much to everyone has been promoting this with me! I really appreciate your enthusiasm!

Ready?! Set?! VOTE!

That’s right! It’s Eric’s 21st birthday! So don’t forget to head over to iPocalypse and wish him a good one!

Happy Birthday Eric!!!!!!