Please feel free to contact me at lakita@simplylakita.com if you have any questions or inquiries.
Hello there! Nice to meet you. My name is LaKita, and welcome to Simply LaKita!
It all began in 2013 when one stay-at-home mom decided to take all of her handwritten recipes, some of which were tried and true family favorites, and document them online with a blog. What began as a place to keep those recipes and share my kitchen experiments quickly became Simply LaKita.
A lot has changed since 2013, I returned to working outside the home, relocated from the Atlanta area to the Northwest/Panhandle Florida, had special moments with my husband, watched my son grow into a high school graduate, and never had a dull moment with my ever-curious mini poodle named Shakespeare. Also along the way my house became home to a stray cat named Gabby, I decided at the end of 2016 to leave my job to pursue full-time entrepreneurship. I also grew my little blog and ate a ton of delicious food along the way.
Ok, tell us more!
I was raised in the south and grew up in the kitchen around great food. I learned how to bake by standing in the kitchen on a milk crate to reach the counter to help my grandmother make anything from cakes to pies to biscuits. As a young child, my mother taught me how to read a recipe and the proper way to measure ingredients, from this it wasn’t long before I was able to make recipes unassisted on my own.
My father, an Army veteran, purchased a Canon camera and learned how to take photographs as a way to document his travels. From this, my love of photography was born when he gave me my first camera for Christmas one year. I would take pictures of friends, buildings, trees, and anything else that I could get my hands on.
For a long time, I was navigating through life trying to figure out what I wanted to be when I ‘grew up’. But two constants remained in my life and that was food and photography. Naturally, Simply LaKita became a place that I could make delicious food and learn to take beautiful pictures.
What do you use to photograph?
I love the convenience of taking pictures with my iPhone, but I mainly shoot with a Canon EOS 6D with a 50mm 1.8 lens. I try to shoot in natural light whenever possible, and I use Photoshop and Lightroom to edit my photos.
What days do you post new content?
I publish one blog posts a week on Fridays, and almost daily, you can find me on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
Do you have any partnership opportunities?
I work with a variety of clients to suit their needs be it sponsored posts, recipe development, or food photography. If you are interested in working with me, please contact lakita@simplylakita.com. Media kits are available upon request.
Thanks for stopping by! Happy eating!
-LaKita