NIKIVA DIONNE

Since completing my first full time year in this business I am beginning to notice the Eb and flow of things.. What months are slow, which ones are a little more consistent in which areas, etc. However, one thing I've learned to do is, during those slow months when ur inventing new ways to create opportunities it’s also detrimental to celebrate what you’ve done. Whenever it’s slow I look for previously shot ads that I haven’t seen yet, Images from photogs that can complete something in my book, nail down some lose ends w/ a project that I still need to add finishing touches on, edit a marketing tool I currently have.. Basically try to perfect and bring together some of the lose ends that would typically remain lose if you didn’t have time to police the photogs, ad companies etc. .. Well what do you do when it seems like all of those things are stagnant as well? Damn! I thought Oct was suppose to pick up. Saturday I re-organized and updated my cork board and the fact that I’m ...

 Whenever I have a great experience shooting with a photog, I can't wait to blog about it. This shoot was FAST (no, I mean really fast) EFFICIENT and FUN.  Molly (the fab female photog) is extremely easy to work with, personable and has an amazing eye. I sent images over to my NEW commercial agents immediately upon receiving them and within 5min, I had a response and they LOVED the shots..  Here are a few of the images Molly and I created.. I'd love to hear your thoughts To see add'tl work from the photog or to contact her for pricing and add'tl info click either of the below links and tell her I sent you Photog: MOLLY  MM#2186807 http://lifestyle.mohaphoto.com/ Thanx 4 reading NIKIVA DIONNE LIKE my facebook page by clicking  HERE

Walking home from elementary school one day I saw a couple on the steps. The female was busting a bump on the males face. The guy said “Hey lil Tanya” He obviously knew my older sister.. However, my first thought was eeww, how does she know him.. Well, later that day, She and I walked past the same house and he was walking inside.. It was a friend of hers she grew up with that was now on drugs and so was his girlfriend, “the step estitician”. For some reason that vision is always in my head.  The idea of a couple who are both strung out on drugs. It forces me to think if it’s in fact the whole Adam and Eve dilemma.. For instance, did the drugs make her feel so good that she had to convince him to try and to prove his love for her or perhaps to protect his ego and not look like a coward, did he try em and now they are both among the falling society of drug addicts? Now, i’ve never been able to understand what makes someone say I’m going to try drugs for the first time . Howev...

 I could take a # of positions on this one but, I'd rather address the 'meat and potatoes'. You KNOW the nature of your man and men you KNOW your woman. You know from the door whether or not he/she has the proclivity to be inconsiderate. Therefore, instead of arguing yay or nay I’m gonna have fun and categorize types of mates and what is necessary to keep the social media dilemmas at bay in your relationships.  (This is gonna be fun) Comedian Joey Wells has a joke about women complimenting their men. I’m not going to mess it up but he basically says when a man isn’t use to hearing a compliment it does something to him. But, when he knows he’s celebrated at home, when a skank compliments him, he can brush it off and recognize her skankiness. POINT : keep in mind everything I am saying applies to both men and women Everyone enjoys attention, some more than others. The courting part of the relationship is very much when we fall in love. When you are already in the...

I use to think Actors were paid liars.. However, I couldn’t draw a direct correlation because I am the most honest person I know! Yet I’m an Actress. However in studying acting I’ve learned that Acting is actually the most vulnerable career anyone could pursue. You are expected to deal in fictional circumstances how you would deal in real life. Which requires honesty with yourself that not very many people can fathom and once u begin studying to break down certain emotional barriers it’s hard to segment them in other facets of life. For example: look in the mirror and ask yourself out loud. How do I feel? And the first thing that comes to your mind say it and keep asking your self how do I feel and answering. Don’t think about it, just feel and keep going with a constant stream of conscious. And after a few min. tell me if you didn’t bust out crying, lol.. It forces you to acknowledge YOUR truth. Ever have a feeling in the pit of your stomach but try to disregard the ...

  I started dating a 16. I was also living alone at 16. Not to mention School, Work and Fashion show practice. From early on I took on a great deal of responsibility. I started working at 11 for crying out loud, not because my mom made me, I just felt capable. Growing up it was nothing to walk in the house and see Diddy (that’s my mom) on a ladder, painting. I guess that’s why I’ve never been one to sit around and expect others to do something I knew I was competent enough to handle. In a casual conversation I think I learned something I’ve been trying to figure out since I started dating.. What gives someone (a woman) the natural ability to have faith in someone else’s ability( a man) ?  I mean total faith that this person will come thru and make decisions that are consistently mutually beneficial. Well, in that sentence lies the answer…  but I’ll get back to that ;-)  I’ve cohabitated but I’ve never moved in w/ someone else and I’ve noticed in relatio...

It’s 1:40am and the only way I can attempt to stop the tears is to pour this ‘revelation’, I just received, on to paper. This is definitely going to be my shortest, most honest blog entry. Dear God, I just realized that Last August you forced me away from something that once meant nearly everything to me and This past August again you forced me away from something that once meant nearly everything to me.. I don’t need another August to understand the message your sending. You’re a jealous God and you sent me the message loud and clear last Sunday and it hit me but didn’t sit in my spirit until just this very second Seek first God and his kingdom and he will give you the desires of your heart Or in the words of my Bishop    “If you chase God as you have chased that job, that man, that car, that woman, that house.. He will give you the job, man, car, woman, or house that you don’t have to chase” My God you are...