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Hi! I’m Lili and I’m so happy to welcome you on my blog!

First things first. Why Travelling oven you’re wondering? Well, this blog was created in 2015 while I was living as an expat in Switzerland and before that spent 8 years living in beautiful countries like Scotland, Kazakhstan and Turkey. I was born in one of the most beautiful places in Croatia, Dubrovnik on Adriatic coast but I’ve always loved travelling and learning about different cultures, meeting people from different countries and discovering magical places where the road would take me. Tasting good food too of course, I am a foodie after all! 🙂

I have so many wonderful memories from beautiful green Scotland where the nature and castles are like something from the postcards, from fascinating Kazakhstan in Central Asia where I lived for three years and learned how it’s like to live in the middle of the Kazakh steppe where the temperatures in winter drop to -45 C, from beautiful south of Turkey that stole my heart and where I fell in love with its people, sea, culture, food and so much more… The last country was picture-perfect Switzerland, I lived in a tiny little town in Swiss Alps where you would meet cows and goats with pretty bells around their necks on you daily walks and the beauty of nature would literally take your breath away every single day.  As of May 2016 I am now living in Zagreb, Croatia. At least for now…

Of course, being an expat and moving so often brings its difficulties and challenges too and it hasn’t been always easy.

All the experiences I had, good and difficult, enriched my soul and made me appreciate all the beautiful things that life has to offer. My life changed over and over again but two things were always there with me, my love for photography and a feeling of home I get whenever I feel that beautiful smell of freshly baked cookies or bread or whenever I create delicious food to share with somebody I love. That’s why I decided to change my life and start doing what I love, I decided that never is too late to pursue your dreams! I combined those two things I love so much, started shooting food and after a while blog was a natural next step to take. On Travelling oven I’m posting photos of food I find inspiring and beautiful, recipes for healthy and delicious food (sweet treats too of course!) but also I share stories and photos from my travels. I hope you’ll join me on my journey!

If you have any questions, comments or collaboration ideas, feel free to write to me at lilibcphotography@gmail.com or leaving a comment here on the blog.

I work as a freelance food, travel & lifestyle photographer and a full-time blogger and I love collaborating with creative artists, small and large companies & brands. To find out more, see ‘Work with me‘ (under ‘Contact’) section on my blog!

FAQ: I shoot with Canon 5D mkII Canon 5D mkIII (updated 2017), 50mm f/1.4 50mm f/1.2 (updated 2020), 100mm f/2.8L Macro, 85mm f/1.2L and 24-105mm f/4 24-70mm f/2.8 (updated 2018) + SIRUI tripod for travels. I shoot using only natural light and occasionally use reflectors and Manfrotto 055 tripod in my studio.

 

In 2014 I completed an online ‘The photography institute‘ professional photography course that gave me good starting point for developing my photography skills and after that I dived into food photography and started learning  by practicing, practicing and some more practicing.

I am very active on my social media too so I hope we will stay in touch! You can find me here:

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Thank you for visiting! 🙂






Note: this last photo is cake made by Linda Lomelino at the Food photography workshop in UK 2016, to see more photos and stories from that workshop that was a turning point in building my photography/blogging business, see this blog post here…
Most of other photos here were taken at First We Eat Food Photography & Styling workshop hosted by Eva Kosmas Flores in Istria, Croatia 2017. You can find that blog post here…

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  1. AvatarMiriam says

    March 6, 2015 at 7:13 pm

    Brilliant, Lili! Loving your blog already, bright and refreshing, absolutely love the food & travel combination!
    Good luck with all your following posts, I surely will be one of the readers!

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    • travellingoventravellingoven says

      March 7, 2015 at 9:50 pm

      Thank you so much Miriam, it really means a lot to me that you like how I started this blog journey!

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  2. AvatarKristin Campbell McCullough (kristincita) says

    June 8, 2015 at 12:39 pm

    Hi Lili
    I’m a long time fan of your work from the food photography challenge group and a follower on IG but sadly, until today I had never opened up your blog!!! First of all I LOVE the name and logo “Travelling Oven” and love how you have incorporated baking into your travels and travels in your baking. Seeing full posts about a recipe is great. And since we could only post one photo in our challenges, which more often than not was the final result, I find Your process photos beautiful and so illustrative of the process and the “art of preparing”. Lovely lovely work and I really want to try the date/ chocolate cups!

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    • travellingoventravellingoven says

      June 8, 2015 at 3:14 pm

      Thank you so much dear Kristin, your comment made my day! I am so so happy you like what I do and glad you discovered my Travelling oven! The blog is less than 3 months old and I am full of ideas and creative energy, can’t wait to share it with all of you… <3

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  3. AvatarAleksandra @ Vanilla & Staubzucker says

    July 23, 2015 at 11:33 am

    Hi Croatian girl!
    I’m also a Croatian girl married to an Italian guy, but….living in Italy! What a coincidence…For us Croatian food is very important, but for Italians it is even more, right?! I’m happy I’ve met you , hope to see&read you around.
    Bye, bye

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    • travellingoventravellingoven says

      July 23, 2015 at 5:08 pm

      Hi Aleksandra! I am so happy you’ve found me and I hope we will stay in touch! Thank you for visiting my blog and you are absolutely right, food is veeeeery important for Italians but also quite important for us Croatians! 🙂

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  4. AvatarLorena says

    October 8, 2016 at 11:21 pm

    Napokon sam nasla vremena da otvorim i blog i moram reci: pa di sam gledala do sada?! Predivne fotografije i divna putovanja! <3

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    • travellingoventravellingoven says

      October 9, 2016 at 7:16 am

      Hvala Lorena, bas mi je drago da si ‘otkrila’ moj blog i da ti se svidaju fotografije! <3

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  5. AvatarAga says

    June 28, 2017 at 9:59 am

    Beautiful and inspirational story i Must say. I am almost 28 and currently living in scotland, my passions are the same plus fitness and i was always wondering if it makes sense, if it’s not too late to start something like that. What to pursue, etc.
    What were you doing before being a blogger?
    Thank yoy for motivation, i will follow for sure! Take care!

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    • travellingoventravellingoven says

      June 28, 2017 at 1:56 pm

      Thank you so much dear Aga for your sweet comment! First of all, 28 is NOT too late to pursue anything you want! The same as 38 or 48…as long as we have passion and love for something, we can decide anytime to do something new that feels right to us. The most difficult is always taking that first step, after that it gets easier! I have a bachelor degree in Sociology but before starting photography + blogging professionally I have had various jobs, from PR and PA in a 5* hotel, Admin job in the hospital for a team of doctors to Marketing, Admin and more… I have never been happy on any of those jobs and now at 36 I know that this is what I want to do. It feels right… 🙂 I wish you good luck in pursuing your dreams! <3

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  6. Avatardalida hadžić-tulić says

    November 2, 2019 at 9:05 am

    Draga Lili,tako mi se dopala vasa prezentacija kazahstana,a i ostali sadržaji koje ugledah nakon što sam otvorila vašu stranicu. na zalost ,ja ne govorim engleksi i ne mogu ravnopravno sa ostalima na postu učestvovati u komunikaciiji,pa rekoh,da vas upitam,možete li ,makar ponekad, svoja obraćanja pisati na hrvatskom jeziku? U svakom slučaju,lijepo je imati priliku pročitati i vidjeti mlade,svestrane ljude koji svoje impresije ( i recepte) dijele sa drugima!

    Svako dobro i još mnogo ugodnih putovanja i druženja!

    A poštovanjem

    Dalida Hadžić-Tulić, Sarajevo, Bosna i Hercegoivina

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    • travellingoventravellingoven says

      November 6, 2019 at 9:46 am

      Draga Dalida, puno vam hvala na javljanju i lijepim rijecima! Ja sam od pocetka krenula i s blogom i ostalom komunikacijom na svojim drustvenim mrezama na engleskom jeziku jer sam okrenuta i domacoj, a i medjunarodnoj publici pa je to najbolje rjesenje. Trudim se u objavama na blogu, kad je rijec o receptu, da recept bude u obje varijante, na engleskom i na hrvatskom jeziku. Tako da je dosta recepata na blogu u toj dvojezicnoj varijanti. A sto se tice putopisa, tu i tako moje fotografije govore vise od rijeci. Nadam se da cete svakako i dalje uzivati u mojim objavama, saljem vam lijepe pozdrave! Lili

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  7. AvatarDiane Dusseau says

    August 6, 2020 at 7:22 pm

    I am writing because i don’t want to infringe on copyright laws. I was browsing through images of Edinburgh scotland and came across a photo that you had shot. I wanted to see if i could paint the image. So i did. I didn’t know that I could be illegal. So that is why i am writing to you. I don’t plan on selling it. It is for me to practice. Learning to paint on my own.

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    • travellingoventravellingoven says

      August 7, 2020 at 4:28 pm

      Hi, thank you for getting in touch! Of course you can paint the image, I would love to see it! 🙂

      Reply

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The last few days since I came back to Zagreb I mo The last few days since I came back to Zagreb I mostly spent doing admin stuff and buying groceries (my fridge was totally empty!) and for breaks I did yoga and re-edited some older photos. So here’s one of them from beautiful winter @plitvicelakesnp, hope you like it...🦆❄️
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After three weeks in Dubrovnik, the time has come After three weeks in Dubrovnik, the time has come for me to return to Zagreb. Besides the pandemic reality, in these weeks we had horrible earthquake in Croatia that took lives, destroyed homes and left the whole country in the state of shock. On a personal level we had to face death in the family due to Covid and if somebody tells me ever again that 'they would have died anyway because they were old" I will really lose it!! My little niece and nephew lost their grandmother and we all lost a person we loved. So, it was and still is a difficult time but life taught me many times before that we are stronger than we think and that the most important thing is to find peace within yourself. I still wake up every morning grateful for life, for my people, for photography, for all the little things that make life beautiful. And I dream about all the good things that will come our way... 
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I know it's not the most colourful and bright phot I know it's not the most colourful and bright photo for this occasion but it represents what this year has been like for me personally. Difficult, lonely, at times very dark but at the same time with its sweet moments that I get to keep forever in my heart, beauty found in 'ordinary' and sparkles of light that give hope and comfort. I wish that 2021 will bring more freedom, health and happiness for all of us! Thank you for being here with me... ❤️
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My favourite moments in these last two days since My favourite moments in these last two days since I came to Dubrovnik are baking ‘orahnjaca’ (Croatian) or ‘potica’ (Slovenian), traditional walnut cake with my mum, harvesting mandarins in our garden with my dad, soaking up the sun that I missed so much after about a month of dark and gloomy days, reading a book on the terrace and stopping every few moments to just look at the sea... All the little things that bring me much needed calm and joy. Hope you are all well and finding your little moments too...☺️❤️
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I miss mountains, snow and travelling so here are I miss mountains, snow and travelling so here are few details from the Swiss Alps, a place I called home few years ago... It’s so strange, I am from Dubrovnik, born by the sea and of course I love it but I would choose mountains and forests anytime! It's where my soul is at peace and happiest.☺️❄️How about you?
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This photo pretty much sums up how I'm spending th This photo pretty much sums up how I'm spending this winter and by that I don't mean literally that I'm just sitting on my sofa eating cookies! 😅 It's more about staying warm and cozy, focusing as much as I can on the positive, little pleasures, daily rituals, making myself feel good and safe, daydreaming about all the beautiful things that are yet to come...☺ 
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Drinking hot chocolate and eating gingerbread cook Drinking hot chocolate and eating gingerbread cookies like I don't have a worry on my mind! Yeah right...😅
By the way, only when I started editing I noticed that the bubbles in my hot chocolate formed a shape of heart too. That's kind of sweet..☺️ So I'm sending some love to all of you too! ❤️
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Comfort food is just the best! I have few that ins Comfort food is just the best! I have few that instantly make me feel better like semolina porridge or spaghetti with fresh tomatoes and basil... Crepes with apricot jam are high up on that list too! 😉 I'm curious, what is your favourite comfort food? 
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If our coffee shops and bars are closed, that does If our coffee shops and bars are closed, that doesn't mean we can't have our coffee in style at home, right? 😉
Story behind this image: because of all the festive photos on social media these days, I felt pressured to create some in Christmas mood too. But nothing was going as I imagined and I simply was not feeling it. So I decided to put all that away and create something that reflects more of me and what and how I feel at the moment. So this is one of the images from that series. In the end what matters the most is that we create from our heart.✨
Feed your body with delicious, healthy, nutritious Feed your body with delicious, healthy, nutritious food and feed your soul with beauty. Whatever that means to you...✨
My purple bowl: frozen blueberries + oat milk + banana + cinnamon 💜
The most vibrant Autumn colours are already long g The most vibrant Autumn colours are already long gone but late November can be really beautiful too! ☺️ This shot is from my last weekend trip to @trakoscan and the first sunny day in a really long time... Hope you like it! 🍂
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