Another year has gone by and you know what that means. Yes, that’s right, another whole week of hearing and reading resolutions from everyone on facebook. This will be my first year where I won’t be making these resolutions. Rather I’ll be DOING than planning on DOING because, essentially, that’s exactly what resolutions are, just plans to do. 2012 will be filled with sacrifices and risks. There will be crazy amounts of “living for myself” than “living for others.” You truly can not make someone happy unless you’re happy. When you want something in life so badly, you grab it by the damn horns and you take it. So listen here, 2012, you will be the year where I’ll DO. Where I’ll be making the most risks and sacrifices for ME. The Holstee Manifesto states it best:
December 2011 should’ve been my January 2012 simply because I was born again. My whole outlook on life changed. Taking in that family I’ve created on that Bahamas trip will be a high light of my life. Listening to those inspirational stories of success fueled my passion furthermore. You guys can read more on this experience here
I skimmed through my bahamas trip from my last entry so this will be a my 2nd of 3rd. Here are some high lights of the trip. Roughly 87% of these pictures were taken by the Michelle and Scott. Thanks guys for taking so many pictures! You both truly captured the life of this workshop!
Here’s the first night I was there in Miami. I met up with Scott, Michelle, and Gurm at restaurant Lario’s then headed to Ocean’s Ten, which is literally one block down, for happy hour. Lario’s is owned by Gloria and Emilio Estefan. We used a flash from another phone as an off camera flash to get these pictures. Only photo nerds go out of their way to do this. Serious bidness.
Here’s us in the Beacon Hotel lobby where we were all staying being silly. Fun fact: a scene from the movie Scarface was filmed at this hotel hence the art work of Tony Montana.
Scarface fans remember this building and stairs from the movie? It was the scene where Tony’s partner was mutilated with a chainsaw. BLOODY.
The next morning we met up with Tauran and Heather and walked literally one block from our hotel to get some Johnny Rocket’s burgers {side note: it’s amazing how we were close to everything!}. I had the rocket single with a side of an orea milkshake. Would’ve gotten the double or even the Houston burger but I’m a transitioning vegetarian so I don’t want to make it hard on myself if ya’ll know what I mean
. Our whole conversation at lunch was about Scott’s obsession with the #12 burger. On their website it’s called #12 because guests rated it #12 out of a 1-10 scale. LOL There you go Scott!
We all decided to book our group dinner reservation back at the Ocean’s Ten restaurant where 3 of us celebrated our birthdays. I have 2 birthdays. One in November and one apparently in December.
After dinner Lyssa, Gurm, Michelle, and I decided to split from the group and go salsa dancing. That’s right salsa dancing. Not chips and salsa but SALSA DANCING. The wonderful Marie Lyssa taught me how to salsa that night and I haven’t been the same since.!
The next day we boarded the Carnival Imagination bound for Nassau, Bahamas. If you guys haven’t read the almost unfortunate event of me not boarding the vessel, check it out here. Here’s a great photo of us right before we boarded the ship.
Scott teaching the basics of off camera lighting,
What comes in infinite amounts on cruises? The FOOD comes in infinite amounts on cruises! I wish I could’ve taken more food shots. Thanks guys for taking these!
Here’s the gist of the carnival sealife. Man did we have a blast.
I’ll be leaving a gap in this entry for next week. Next week’s post will contain the awesome imagery taken from 4 of the most awesome models I’ve worked with. I can’t thank you badass models enough.
I will end this entry with the farewell photos from the trip. It was both a happy and sad moment putting these photos together. Ahh, I miss every single of you guys dearly!
THANKS FOR READING!
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