MK Little Feet Photography

oh, so silly- i heart faces

2012-01-31T18:52:00.000-08:00

2012-01-31T17:44:00.000-08:00

by the book- i heart faces

2012-01-23T14:01:00.000-08:00

"The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more you learn, the more places you'll go."

— Dr. Seuss,

i heart faces is playing it by the book this week! All the photographs submitted will be all about books, books and more books!!

This is actually a favorite photo of mine. I adore the fact that my daughter is reading, but more so, I love the look on her face. She is completely enraptured in the world of "Olivia". The best part of reading is when you get a good book that you can completely lose yourself in. Immerse yourself into another world, time, dimension and in this case, animal! Click on the link below and read your way through all the fabulous bookish entries!

5/365

2011-01-12T19:14:00.000-08:00

Not fun being sick on a snow day :(

4/365

2011-01-12T19:13:00.000-08:00

Hot chocolate & snow.

4/365

2011-01-12T19:12:00.000-08:00

My brown-eyed boy.

3/365

2011-01-12T19:11:00.000-08:00

Saturday basketball game.

chocolate giveaway

2011-01-07T14:47:00.000-08:00

Check out this pretty sweet chocolate contest!

To celebrate the new year, Vita Dolce Chocolates is giving one lucky chocolaholic a free box of chocolates!!! Head over to "Happy Mouth, Sweet Life" blog & enter the giveaway!

2/365

2011-01-07T12:43:00.000-08:00

Looks like I have a beverage theme going here! Actually today it's snowing and my kids school had early dismissal. I made sure to have fresh cinnamon muffins out of the oven and very large mugs of hot chocolate waiting for them when they arrived home. Snow days are so much fun, and so much fun to think back upon. Hoping my kids will feel nostalgic for these days when they experience snow days as parents.... Now to go snuggle up on the couch and watch dvds with my three snow bunnies... xo

1/365

2011-01-07T11:59:00.000-08:00

First of the 365-project....!

worlds blur- a challenge

2011-01-06T20:09:00.000-08:00

"Worlds Blur at First Light.

All is real and imagined.

fantastical and true"

Angie Warren has created a challenge tonight based on a quote from an Anthropolgie catalog (my favorite store, by the way). She has asked people to demonstrate in picture form what that quote may mean to them. I have chosen two pictures that immediately came to mind. The quote makes me think of childhood in it's innocent, dreamy & yes, fantastical ways...

projects & playlists...

2011-01-05T19:09:00.000-08:00

Ok, so day 5 into 365-day project and haven't started yet... Probably not a good sign, at all. Determined not to throw in the towel I realized a 365-day project doesn't have to start January 1. Mine will start January 6th, 2011 and end January 6th, 2012. For no other reason than the fact that I totally slacked the first five days....

In the spirit of trying to blog more I thought I would share my current favorite gym playlist. The songs that are getting me through my workouts of the new year, which thankfully I have been better about completing than certain 365-projects....

1. Runaway- Kanye West (yes, the words are horrible, but something fun about toasting the d'bags on the elliptical)
2. Dog Day are Over- Florence and the Machine (I am not embarrassed to admit I actually have the Glee version as well & love it)
3. Coming Home- Diddy
4. Little Lion Man- Mumford & Sons
5. We R Who We R- Kesha
6. Radioactive- Kings of Leon
7. Forget You- still not embarrassed to admit I dig the Glee version
8. Modern Man- Arcade Fire
9. Magic- B.O.B
10. The Fixer- Pearl Jam
11. You Got Yr Cherry Bomb- Spoon
12. A-Punk- Vampire Weekend

i heart faces- "best face of 2010"

2010-12-31T11:16:00.001-08:00

"Keep your face always towards the sunshine- and shadows will fall behind you." - Walt Whitman

To ring in the new year, i heart faces is looking back at the last year in photos and asking for the best face photo of 2010. This was a difficult task as I think back to my year in photos. I have pictures of my children and other people that I think are fabulous and, really, how could I ever choose between those?

The more I thought about it, the more this one particular picture kept coming back to me. I fell in love with it back in July and I still am head over heels for this particular capture. I chose it, not just because of the handsome subject whom I love dearly. While I do love this picture because of the just out of the pool messy hair, the freckled nose, sparkly blue eyes, perfect lips and his beautiful soul shining through. I also love it because it represents the evolution of my photography. And that is why I chose it.

I had just completed two fabulous online photography workshops and was at a point where I was extremely comfortable shooting 100% in manual. I had finally grasped where I wanted my focus to be and was able to nail it, most of the time. This picture also represents how far I have come with my editing. This picture was actually a full-length view of my son that I cropped in for compositions sake. I edited it in Lightroom creating my own black and white conversion which I was thrilled with. Then to make the photo more interesting I added a Florabella texture. When I was done, I could not stop staring at this beautiful picture of my beautiful boy.

I am still trying to figure out what my "photographic vision" is. I know I want to capture people being who they are but in an artistic way that brings out their most beautiful, inherent self. I think I have always been working at that and if this picture represents anything, it represents the fact that I am on my way to that particular "photographic vision".

I look forward to the year ahead in pictures. Capturing life as we see it, live it and love it. xo

To view some beautiful faces of 2010, click on the link below!

new years resolutions...

2010-12-31T10:37:00.000-08:00

I am not one to make New Years resolutions. I don't necessarily like the idea of making promises to myself that I know I will eventually break. However, this year, I have a resolution and I hope to keep it going for as long as I possibly can. My resolution is to do a 365-photo project which will get me taking pictures daily and blogging more! Creatively, I am falling into a rut. I feel the creative juices flowing, but am not really releasing that energy as much as I would like. I know the only way to become a better photographer, writer, blogger, artist, whatever, is to get to it! So I shall!! Starting tomorrow, I resolve to be a more creative me and express it daily, no matter what!

Happy New Year to all. May this year be the year you become the person you have always wanted to be! xo

i heart faces- "orange"

2010-11-08T19:15:00.000-08:00

i heart faces is all about orange this week, head on over and check it out!

Happy Fall

2010-10-25T19:04:00.000-07:00

Yikes! I have neglected the blog far too long now... Last post we were languishing in the end of summer and now we are in the midst of fall!

sweet august...

2010-08-29T10:21:00.000-07:00

I love August. It is most definitely one of my favorite months of the year. I love the cool breezes, warm ocean and that faint smell of fall in the air. Our August has been beautiful, but not more so than the past few days. Maybe it is because we are all clinging a little tighter to our together time as we are all aware that it ends as soon as that big, yellow bus pulls up the street. I will miss the unproductive days, the late breakfasts, lunch by the pool, the smell of their sunscreen, their tan lines, their sun bleached hair and sun-kissed faces. I will miss the flip-flops, the sundresses and the bathing suits. The silly car games, the jokes, the summer songs they love. I will miss THEM as they load their backpacks and get on the bus. Longer days ahead filled with school, homework, activities and all the routines in-between. There are still a few days of August left, so for now we will be rushing to fit in that last bit of sun, ice cream, freedom and time together.

summer almost over

2010-08-21T19:16:00.000-07:00

We are so sad summer is coming to a close in less than two weeks. Now we are in a mad rush to squeeze in every last bit of summer we can!

Swim Team

2010-08-14T10:05:00.000-07:00

Because my boys are two years apart, there aren't any teams they can participate on together. This summer they finally play on the same team, swim team. Both boys are doing awesome and loving it.

the eyes have it

2010-08-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

When it comes to photographing eyes, these chocolate brown ones are my favorite. My other two children have beautiful eyes; my oldest has beautiful blue and my youngest has stunning green. But still, these are they eyes I live to photograph. The catchlights are always amazing on him. His dark eyelashes provide such a beautiful frame for those peepers. Beyond the camera, those eyes get me all the time. Not sure if it's the rich warmth in them or the glint of mischievious charm. As I see it, these eyes have it.

Photo Op

2010-08-14T08:53:00.000-07:00

The series of pictures I took for this photo op did not pan out as I expected. For weeks I had visions in my head of how I wanted these pictures to come out. The idea in my head did not translate well, so we improvised with other angles and lighting. I was pleasantly suprised with this shot, especially after cropping in. Just goes to show, we should always just keep experimenting with angles.

Had I stopped at what I thought would be a good shot, I would not have gotten this shot.

Miss You

2010-08-07T11:28:00.000-07:00

"In some motel room there'll be a radio playing,

And you'll hear me sing this song.

Well, if you do you'll know I'm thinking of you and all the miles in between.

And I'm just calling one last time, not to change your mind,

but to say I miss you..." -Bruce Springsteen

For me, the best and worst part of summer all occur all in one week. The best part is when my brother and sister-in-law arrive from Florida for their week-long stay. The worst part is when they leave.

My brother and I have not lived in the same state for nearly 18 years, but saying goodbye never gets easier. The week usually flies by and I am no more prepared for it to end than I was the last time. I will look forward to the next visit, but for now I am just writing to say, I miss you....

Summer Days...

2010-08-04T17:20:00.000-07:00

Too busy enjoying the summer to update the blog lately! Will try to post soon!

i heart faces- "Over My Head"

2010-07-20T14:25:00.000-07:00

Wow, two posts in one day! This is my entry for this week's "i heart faces" challenge, "over my head". For lack of creativity I chose this picture of my two boys with their heads over each others. Sometimes I do believe they share they same head/brain, so why not?

Go out of your head looking at awesome pictures at i heart faces!

Vanilla Ice Cream...

2010-07-20T14:13:00.000-07:00

The Reluctant 8-year old chef

The reluctant 8-year old chef and I embarked upon some ice cream making this afternoon. We chose to make Vanilla ice cream as a base and then added chocolate chips, because everything tastes better with some chocolate! We have made various ice cream recipes in the past, but this time we used one from the The Last Course: Desserts of Gramercy Tavern cookbook. Other than the fact that Gramercy Tavern (in New York City) is my absolute favorite restaurant, their desserts are incredible! So naturally, their ice cream should be! Added bonus: My kitchen smelled so wonderful from the vanilla bean cooking in the custard mixture.!

Vanilla Ice Cream
Yield: About 1 quart

3 cups of milk
1 1/4 cups sugar
1 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise, pulp scraped
12 large egg yolks
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Pinch of salt

1. In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, combine the milk, 1 cup of sugar, the heavy cream, and the vanilla pods and pulp and bring to simmer.

2. Meanwhile, whisk together the egg yolks and the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar. Remove the milk mixture from the heat and add a little to the egg yolk mixture to warm it, whisking constantly to keep the yolks from curdling. Pour the egg yolk mixture into the hot milk mixture, whisking the milk constantly as you pour.

3. Return the custard to the stove and cook it over low heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spoon., until it thickens enough to coat the back of the spoon, about five minutes. Remove the custard from the heat and pour it into a bowl. Let cool completely.

4. Strain the custard through a fine sieve, then stir in the vanilla extract and salt. Chill until thoroughly cold, at least four hours.

5. Freeze in an ice-cream maker according to the manufacturers directions. Four hours later, wouldn't you know we suddenly had helpers....

The finished product! SO good!!!!!!