The Watermelon Radish

Every other week, my household gets an organic produce delivery (www.palmettoorganics.com if anyone is interested in giving it a try). Each delivery is a big bag filled with different fruits and veggies, some of which I am very familiar, and some... not so much. This passed delivery was one of those "not so much" times; contained within my big bag were six "watermelon radishes." I like to think of these surprises as an opportunity to try to cook something I've never tasted before and hope that it turns out pretty good. I figured it would be pretty similar to a regular radish, and I had some bok choy and several other veggies that I had no real plans for, so when in doubt- I STIR FRY. I began the most difficult part of the veggie stir fry process (Chopping everything) and I was pleasantly surprised at how pretty these little radishes were, and how the name watermelon radish probably came to be (DUH!)

Their vibrant pink insides were too lovely not to photograph.

Carrot Cake of Love

Friends, Nate and Caroline, got hitched yesterday! It was a wonderful wedding accompanied by the best idea ever: instead of having a big ol' expensive wedding cake, they had all of their guests make whatever dessert they wanted and ended up having a ridiculous amount of different sweet dishes at their reception. Ranging from cupcakes, ginger snaps, moon pies, cobblers, cakes, etc...

Anyway, I made a carrot cake with maple cream cheese frosting, a recipe that I borrowed from an amazing food blogger, smitten kitchen. It ended up being super delicious and will definitely be something I will make again, accompanied with more pictures from beginning to end (like grating 3 cups of carrots and preparing the other 20 ingredients that went into making this dessert!) But here is the finished product, with a heart of walnuts on top. Mazel Tov to the newlywed Mr & Mrs Edwards!

Courtney- Frankensteined

It's weird that I took 3 pictures of different segments of her body at completely different times on this roll film. I had to piece her together to see what it would look like...

Everyone, this is Courtney. She enjoys drinking Blue moons while texting her friends.

Farewell Alex Davis party at secret vilano hide out

OH yea, Happy birthday Nicky Collins

Plum Jam

By the way, Jam is SO easy to make. 4 ingredients: plums, sugar, H20, cinnamon.

Simmer for 1 hour on the stove. Wish I had a prettier jar to put it in though.

More pictures on 35mm and 120 film coming soon! Thanks for looking!

Rolled oat, dried fruit, & nut bars

This little scoundrel ended up eating 4 or 5 of these when I wasn't looking!

Animal tested and approved.

A new direction

There comes a time in one's life when one must realize what it is that they love to do and then figure out how to apply that into a potential career (in hopes that one will not hate their job for their entire life). You might be thinking, 'Wait, aren't you a photographer who, therefore, loves taking photos?' The answer to that question is yes and NO. There are many types of photography that I hate doing. So in an attempt to be proactive and figure out what part of the photographic world I can see myself fitting into, I've been doing some serious pondering, AND COOKING. I absolutely love food; I love to eat food, buy food, look at food, cook food, etc you get the idea. Therefore, I am going to give food photography a shot, no pun intended. So a description has been added to my blog title and it reads : Blogging by kelly C, an exploration in photography and culinary experimentation. Yes, culinary experimentation, because I am not in any way trained in any sort of culinary techniques, or food styling for that matter, which happens to be a HUGE part of photographing food. So here's my blog, doing what I love and getting down and dirty in my kitchen. Bon appetit!