Taking stunning photographs in Rome is easy. I’m completely amateur and somehow I have a really good keep/delete ratio going on ever since I moved here. It helps that I have a really excellent camera, but the scenery is so marvelous that the pictures almost take themselves. I’m happy to take credit though.

Night photography is tough without a tripod. I use the same technique I learned in summer camp as a child. Take a deep breath, let out 75% of it, and hold it there. Then pull the trigger.

It was a riflery class, but I guess the same principle applies. Here you go folks, the first ever RomeIfYouWantTo all-photo post.

 

 

Column of Marcus Aurelius, at dusk, Rome

Column of Marcus Aurelius, at dusk.

Just before dusk, from Piazza Navona towards the Supreme Court building.

Just before dusk, from Piazza Navona towards the Supreme Court building. The sky swarming with birds on their way to Africa for winter.

The Roman Forum, Sunset

The Roman Forum, Sunset

A little square off of Via dei Coronari, and right next to my favorite gelateria of all time.

A little square off of Via dei Coronari, and right next to my favorite gelateria of all time.

The same little square.

The same little square.

The Bridge of Angels

The Bridge of Angels

Castel Sant'Angelo at night.

Castel Sant’Angelo at night.

The Tiber River, from the Bridge of Angels towards St. Peter's Basilica

The Tiber River, from the Bridge of Angels towards St. Peter’s Basilica

 

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