grey day on lake garda

A warm welcome to my new blogites. May have just penned a new phrase there; its certainly important to be original. Just to get serious for a second, I will be working hard to get this photography thing going and I really do appreciate your support. As one very good friend put it to me the other day (over several glasses on wine and some cake) "this is your year of fabulous things".

Considering the unappreciated turn in the weather over the last couple of days I'm sticking with the grey theme. Lake Garda is a weird place, and I fell asleep at the side of the lake here for a while. It was nice.

Bright yellow Ferrari's are cool.
Bright orange Fiat Panda's are not. Fact.

isolation

Tuscan Vineyards

Italian travels...



There's nowhere quite like Italy.



Amalfi Coast







Obviously if you've been there I don't have to tell you that. In April 2008, just before my intrepid move to Australia (I was very brave), Matt and I travelled around Italy, from North to South, for about a month. 




Florence

   
   I honestly dont think we had a bad drop of wine the whole time we were there.



Travellers tip: if you're on a budget, instead of buying lunch or dinner, just go to a cafe or bar and buy a glass/bottle of wine and they'll bring you nibbles... and lots of them! Free. Olives, chips, pretzel things, and they'll just keep filling them up! Eat like a king, turn into a while. But it tastes so good!







The most awesome shop in Amalfi

 


Random fishing village we discovered on the Amalfi Coast

 

This little herbs & spices shop is a visual work of art! Be careful when taking photos though...you're not supposed to... shhhh!



 

 



Lake Como

  


Stay on Lake Como and go to Bellaggio for the day. You might see some A-list celebs... apparently George Clooney stays there. Just make sure you go 'in season'. Friends of ours (lets call them Vicky and Ken) made the mistake of going at the wrong time of year and the whole place was deserted!






Asleep on the job - Florence



 Florence has everything I could ever need in life... architecture, art,wine and as many cheap knock-off replica handbags as you can carry.

due caffè doppi per favore

prego.

every journey starts with a first step...

Someone once told me to follow my heart. I don't remember who that was, but I'm sure we've all been told the same thing from time to time.


Another good piece of advice I have been given over the wears is "wear sunscreen". I have Baz Luhrmann to thank for this, but it's sound advice none the less.

Even though photography has been my life for the best part of ten years, this is really still just the start. Images by Sophie is my way of sharing work, life and images with you all, so I hope you enjoy what you see, will comment from time to time and will feel a part of my journey, understanding that you are a part of the inspiration. So really, welcome to my world.

I've decided to start with a photograph from the place I love the most; Italy. Everything about this country is beautiful; the buildings, food, wine, art, people... what's not to love?