Lake Garda Bound

Eeeeeek!

Janine and I head to Lake Garda in the very ridiculous hours of a very early Sunday morning.

It's been a hectic week and only now it's really hitting me that I'm about to photograph a wedding in Malcesine in Lake Garda. It's blowing me away!!

I return late Wednesday to a busy week of more weddings but I will reply to all emails when I can.

See you soon!! xx

The morning I didn't regret

The one thing you may not know is the amount of hours a photographer will spend working at a computer on their own. There are many times I have wished that I had a desk job in an office that was surrounded by people just so it wouldn't feel half as lonely. In my rose tinted view of office life I would have the best conversations while still keeping up with my workload. I'd be surrounded by an amazing group of people that I would enjoying sharing my airspace with and we would share malteasers and giggle about our love lives while all being amazing at our jobs. Not to mention that the office would be the coolest looking office on the planet as well. Retro, with big windows, chalkboard walls and creative and fun. 

Does that sound like your office? Probably not. But in my head that's where I'd be when I feel lonely at my computer working into the late hours of the night.

This morning I woke up silly early after a crap nights sleep. My first thought was, I might as well do some work seeing as I'm up and I went down to my computer desk. The room was dark, gloomy and lonely. Without even thinking I switched the light back off, went back up stairs to the spare bedroom (the one room in the house you can get wifi from bed) and I got under two big double duvets. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep but I decided in my wisdom to watch a movie on netflix on my phone. And I have to say never have I been more grateful that I didn't have to be getting up silly early every day to commute in grey rainy weather to an office. Instead I spent a lovely 2hrs under a cosy cosy duvet and watched a beautiful film with quite a gorgeous Italian lead actor in it. (Mostly Martha - check it out!) And I resurfaced happy and ready to start my day and not minding so much that I would spend it on my own at my computer. Doing work that I love.

Lauren and Scott whose wedding I am doing 2 days after I return from Lake Garda reminded me that I had to come home and to not fall in love with some hunky Italian man and elope. Dear Lauren, if I come across a hunky man in Italy and fall madly in love with him and elope, I PROMISE I will still return in time for your wedding ;)

P.S Above image taken of said cosy bed with VSCO CAM - loving this camera app!

Dreaming of Italy

I feel like I've done a disappearing act on my blog lately! I'd love to say it was because I was so run off my feet with work but in reality I was hit with a bug and then just as I began to feel more human I pulled a muscle at the top of my back. I'm still trying to get rid of the smell of tiger balm and biofreeze out of my clothes but I am on the mend! Never have I been more grateful to have a massage therapist as a twin!

Anyway! If you follow my Carly Rodgers Photography page on facebook you'll know this already but in less than two weeks I am heading to photograph a wedding in Lake Garda! And even better Janine is joining me. When the wedding enquiry came through a few weeks ago I didn't believe it until I read it again the next day! Then I refused to believe it until it was official but now with less than two weeks to go it's feeling more real than ever. We fly to Milan, train it to Verona and then we head to our hotel to rest up before photographing Kenny and Heather's wedding in Malcesine Castle in Lake Garda the next day.

I have always wanted to go to Lake Garda but never in my wildest dreams did I believe that work would take me there. Ever. Cobbled streets, castles, beautiful harbours and to top it off italian sunlight and romance...

I CANNOT WAIT.

Now I just have to get fit to scale the Malcesine Castle steps ;)

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