Rome, Italia

   Rome…a place where color meets concrete! First, I have a confession to make. I may or may not have a ridiculous, over the top obsession with Rome. Second, this obsession may or may not have stemmed from watching a little movie starring Julia Roberts called Eat Pray Love. Cue the exasperated groans and subsequent eye rolls lol. I know…I know! I get that Rome is so much more than a place for single American girls to find themselves, but I just couldn’t help but fall in love with the city through the eyes of the main character, Elizabeth Gilbert. Eat Pray Love showed me that there is beauty and passion in this world far beyond the borders of my own country. I remember watching it for the first time in the theater and having this overwhelming feeling that I needed to get my butt to Italy. That energy, the feeling of desire and yearning to travel had nowhere to go for many years…until I finally fulfilled that dream this past summer. (Check out my other Roman adventures: Here!) When we arrived in Rome for the first time, you better believe that I was going to make the most of it. I ran around tirelessly photographing everything that I could get my hands on, architecture, alleyways, skylines and food! Ohhh…the food! God bless the Italian cuisine! These photos were shot with a Canon EOS 5D camera, accompanied by a 50mm & a 24-105mm lens. For this shoot, I was going for a crisp look with lots of vibrancy and definition. I ended up using the “Fearless” Lightroom Preset from The Blogger Collection to edit these shots. Stay tuned for a video later in the week where I will show you from start to finish how I edited these images. Now…cue the Eat Pray Love inspired photos, and don’t let your mouth water too much when you pass over those pizza/pasta shots! Ciao for now darling!