Jess & Alessio

Engagement session in Rome, Italy

The Colosseum at sunrise

We met near the Colosseum with the first sun. The light came low through the arches and the cypresses, Jess’s red dress kept catching the wind, and for a while we had the old paving almost to ourselves.

Jess and Alessio walking across the cobbles towards the arches of the Colosseum

Alessio kissing Jess’s cheek beneath the Colosseum at first light

Jess and Alessio embracing in the sunrise glow by the Colosseum and its cypress trees

Jess in her red dress posing on old Roman paving below the Colosseum

Jess and Alessio standing side by side by the cypresses below the Colosseum

Jess’s red dress caught by the wind as she and Alessio stand under the Colosseum

Jess laughing with her hand on Alessio’s chest beside the curve of the Colosseum

Jess touching Alessio’s face as they kiss against the Colosseum’s arches

Jess in her red dress posing on a wall against the Colosseum arches and blue sky

Jess standing on a low wall with her red dress blowing, the Colosseum behind her

Alessio watching Jess pose on the wall across from the Colosseum

Alessio and Jess facing each other on a brick wall in front of the Colosseum

Jess and Alessio embracing at a railing above an old street, in black and white

The old streets

From there we walked into the old, quiet streets: a railing in the sun, yellow and orange walls, scooters parked on the cobbles, a little yellow car and a stone fountain. A few frames went black and white, where the sun made hard shadows.

Black and white of Alessio sitting on a railing with Jess’s arms around him

Jess with her arm around Alessio by the railing, both looking away, in black and white

Jess resting her chin on Alessio’s shoulder, both looking at the camera, in black and white

Jess and Alessio small in the distance walking along a sunlit stone wall

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Jess with her hand in her hair against a yellow wall, Alessio beside her

Jess leaning into Alessio in a cobbled Roman side street

Jess posing against a wall behind Alessio in sharp shadow, in black and white

Black and white of Jess and Alessio laughing beside a scooter and potted plants

Jess and Alessio in a narrow street split by hard sun and shadow, in black and white

Jess and Alessio walking hand in hand down a narrow street of brick and orange walls

Jess and Alessio holding hands in a narrow street lined with parked cars

Alessio and Jess against an orange wall as a scooter passes in the street

Jess and Alessio leaning on a small yellow car in an old Rome street

Jess sitting on the steps of a stone fountain while Alessio leans on its rim

Coffee before eleven

And what is a Roman morning without coffee? Before eleven the Romans drink cappuccino with croissants, so we did the same at a small table on a square, after a last stop at a wooden door framed by pink flowers.