I guess sometimes during a leap year we all feel more determined, more focused, we have more goals and we shoot for so many stars! :)  I am no exception!!  Here I am again I know vying for a spot in the live audience for Creativelive & Bambi Cantrell’s Posing Masterclass.  Oh it would be so divine to be there laughing with Bambi, learning, posing, understanding the light with certain poses, etc.  I swoon at the thought.  That’s just it, a thought at the moment!! :D
Romonia Isaac’s Submission for Creativelive/Bambi Cantrell’s Posing Masterclass
I have faith and with my legal birthday being tomorrow, I am optimistic that things will work out for the best and I wish every photographer that submitted the best of luck.  If you do not know who Bambi Cantrell is or Creativelive, please crawl out of your whole and do a search on Google and you will quickly know who they both are!  I am so excited to learn more things, learn more about posing and light and how to form the body so it is absolutely flattering!  Creativelive streams the workshop live so you do not have to be in the live studio audience to learn from Bambi.  Just go to their website and enroll in the course and/or go ahead and purchase it for $99 while the promotion is still running!  It is worth the investment.  Okay I ramble when I am nervous!!!  Wish me luck!  Until then, I hope that everyone has a wonderful week and Happy Birthday to all of my Pisces!!  It has been a great month!  XoRo

“You have to learn the rules of the game; and then you have to play better than anyone else.” ~Albert Einstein~

Romonia Isaac’s Creative Live Submission – Zach & Jody Gray Wedding Weekend Extravaganza

Well most of my friends now that I am a leap year baby and with being said...I am taking a huge leap!!  I am putting myself out there and hoping to be one of the six finalists chosen to attend the Zach and Jody Gray’s Wedding Weekend creativeLIVE EVENT!!! Yes I am super excited that they will be on creativeLIVE and that we will all get to stream and watch this for free–yes free–but I would SO LOVE to be there!!  I have wanted to learn off camera flash from these two for almost two years and it is SO hard getting into their workshops.  Not all of them fit with my work schedule and when one does, BOOM, sold out.   Seriously, there plus class sold out instantly at WPPI 2011.  I was bummed.  They are amazingly talented, humble and down right awesome.  I enjoyed meeting them while I was in Vegas but I would love the opportunity to learn from them with a hands-on experience like this!  Wish me luck guys!  2012 is a big year for me, as I am developing and finalizing a new brand, new website and so much more.  My fingers are crossed and I would love some of Zach’s coffee but if it’s not meant to be me, I truly hope those six individuals realize how AMAZING of an opportunity this is and are truly grateful!! I had trouble getting my video to show here on via YouTube, so here is the link to my video submission, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx7-fkSY40Y&feature=youtu.be. I would like to give a huge THANK YOU to Nancy Dodich for her wonderful graphic skills! She made this cool coffee photo for me and I love how it turned out! She is a woman of many talents! :) Thank you again creativeLIVE, as well as Zach and Jody!  XoRo

“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.” ~William Lyon Phelps~

My creativeLIVE Zach & Jody Gray Submission Video

I must say as I sit here and type this I’m sweating!! Sounds real attractive I know but it comes with the territory! If you are going to live in Texas, you have got to suck it up, grin and bear it. So with that in mind, I’ve been spending a lot of time indoors and outdoors as well. Counting down the days when I can stare at the beach and listen to the surf has turned into a daily ritual–especially when I have an app for that!!

I haven’t blogged in quite some time. Honestly I would open the computer, go to “New Post” and yet I was always left with nothing to type. I knew I had something to say but yet writer’s block prevented me from saying it. I have been dealing with a lot of ups and downs but I know that God does not give us more than we can bear but my heart goes out to several individuals and families. Sometimes I don’t think that I can put my vulnerability out on the world wide web, especially when I don’t do it with my close friend’s. I’m always the listener and that does not bother me at all. I am lucky to have best friend’s that I can confide in and let it all out. I have found that some “friend’s” aren’t in turn my friend as much as I was theirs. We all know that type: you are constantly supporting them, providing a sounding ear with no judgment and always there to deliver a hug. It’s the little things that people no longer reciprocate.

Speaking of friend’s, I’ll be posting a blog post soon about my very good friend Ryane. We go WAY back!! Haha! I spent the holidays relaxing with her, her husband and their family. It was great! Completely laid back, food galore and happiness and positive vibes coming from all angles! Here are a few pictures from me fishing for the first time (I caught a lot but we released them as well). I love this girl and her in-laws. They are special people; truly loving, honest, dependable and genuine. Thanks again for having me over guys!

Well until next time, I promise I am getting out of this funk and I am coming back stronger than ever. Granted I am in the process of moving so we shall see how many blog posts arise from that situation…I may not hit the publish button on a few of those!! :)

XoRo

“A woman is like a tea bag, you can not tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” ~Nancy Reagan~

I am feeling really down and in the dumps so to speak. I did something to a friend that I never thought I would do. Something that is considered unforgivable, but if he does forgive me I am truly grateful. I never want to hurt anyone, much less someone who means the world to me. Someone who is there for me, walks with me through my troubles and hardships and gives me the best advice one could ever imagine. I need to stay true to who I am as an individual, because that person would have never done what I did. I am not looking for sympathy or empathy, just looking for direction because I have gotten off course. Somewhere I jumped trains and I do not know where my destination is headed at the moment. I need to find the hub…the hub that will take me back to the road that I was walking on. The correct path that has light and hope. The path that I saw future goals, dreams and happiness happening. This ride is dark, painful and my heart aches. More than it has ached before. I am asking for guidance, asking that you continue to walk with me through the good and the bad. That you will trust in me and have faith in me. To know that I am a better person, a good person. To know that I am truly sorry for my actions.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.
{Reinhold Niebuhr}

I should be asleep but duty calls when you are editing photos. I am preparing for a life changing experience, or so I have been told but we shall see. Dane Sanders is a writer, photographer and speaker [and a wonderful individual] and I am looking forward to opening up and sharing the next few days with him and several other talented photographers. I am nervous, excited, scared but READY. I am a creative individual, if you could not tell by my blog, but I am ready to really dig deeper and get into the guts of the photography business. To see what lies ahead for me, my photography career and life as I know it. This week has gotten off on a good note and I only hope that it continues to get better.
I apologize in the delay in my blogging but WPPI was amazing but six days in Vegas kind of kicked me in the rear!! I will definitely blog about that soon :D I got home, got sick, celebrated a birthday and was still sick! I am finally in the stages of getting over all of this but my voice is still not 100%. At times I sound like a 70 year old smoker but most of the time I sound like Romonia. :) That is a good thing!
I hope that everyone has a great Tuesday! And oh yes, this is a lovely self portrait from Vegas courtesy of the Snapshot Studio from the [b] School Party. ;-) I titled it, “Me…finding Nemo.” When things seem like they are getting me down, I always tell myself to “Just keep swimming!” ®
“Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.”
{Bo Bennett}