our hobby, our job.

for all of you who don't know it yet,- we love photography. we really do. every little bit of it.

what makes this hobby even more fantastic is ... when you actually get paid for what you love to do. to be more precise: esther's greatest passion is cooking (and photography). my greatest passion is photography (and collecting the crocheted hats on innocent smoothies. -but that's a whole nother chapture).  however, we've been able to combine both of our talents and eventually got to work for a publishing company in vienna that produces nutrition books. we've been collaborating with them for almost a year now and the results have so far been satisfying. what do you think?

and that's how we do it:
we mostly do our photoshoots on weekends, (esther's pre-cooking the food in her house on saturday and sunday, I photograph the different courses on sunday and later retouch them with photoshop, of course.

there was one time when we had to do a totally spontaneous and quick photoshooting of a mint-mango dressing, so we improvised a little bit..

since we mostly do our food-photography in esther's house on the countryside, we had no other choice than to shoot it in her apartment in vienna. on her makeup stand to be exact.

and this was the ultimate end-result:
 

 not too shabby, right? :)

cuddling with ... sore throat.

understandably, this title is in need of an explanation. let's start with this question: have you ever heard of GIANTmicrobes before? if not, you're in for a treat. a few days ago, after esther had been batteling a terrible cold, I thought to myself: what could possibly cheer her up? maybe a new book? no. maybe a necklace with a moustache pendant on it? no. some macaroons? no. (well yes, actually, so I bought them too) but THE FOLLOWING thing had to make her happy. a plushy microbe in the form of a streptococcus bacteria!! (for the nonscientific people among us: also known as 'sore throat'- bacteria) isn't that genius? I loved the idea of giving someone their own illness represented by a fluffy, cute and seemingly harmless little fella. 

here's a pic of sore throat cuddling with bobo the frog (another one of esther's plushy friends).

for the record: bobo's not wearing a tutu (he's a boy after all), that's just part of his ensemble as a bath scrub. as you can see, the two of them are deeply in love and pretty inseparable till this day. 

bobo and sore throat. a love story.

for more information on GIANTmicrobes go to:

http://www.giantmicrobes.com

winter wonderland.

hot cocoa, fluffy coats, fireplaces, snowflakes. winter has finally arrived here in austria! after having experienced a balmy christmas and an almost tropical new year's eve, the snow, ice and crispness that comes with freezing temperatures have made their way to us.

after our long absence we would like say one thing first:

and furthermore, we would like to share some impressions with you. winter wonderland. enjoy!

the eleventh month.

time really shoots right by. especially the last three months of the year. there's so much to, and not much time to do it in. wasn't it just end of summer, when we were taking long walks in the park, ate strawberry ice cream and wore floral dresses? now it's already the eleventh month of the year. leafs have already started to fall, the air is getting crisp and you can almost hear the christmas bells ringing. but before that happens, we'd still like to appreciate and enjoy the third season of the year. we present to you-

autumn. the year's last, loveliest smile.

new clothes.

it's time for a new wardrobe! we found some nice fall fashion items we would like to share with you. many thanks to our great model, ELLA the torso. 

MNG:    oversized cotton cardigan            € 39,99. 

MNG:    contrast inserts blouse              € 29,99.

MNG:    taupe scarf                          € 16,99. 

F21:    sheer longline shirt                 € 19,95. 

pasta.

buonasera a tutti!

today we've decided to make some spinach noodles, our favourite meal! actually it's esthers favourite meal, I just love cooking it. what followed was a range of desserts, of course. the end of the evening was characterized by us lying around and esther filming exactly that. we ended up watching soundtracks of old childhood tv-series and were pretty emotional. mainly because we were drinking a slightly alcoholic drink called 'sturm', I guess, which is a typical austrian beverage. you'll see it in the pictures below! :) so, enjoy!

video . esthoria . pasta