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Photographer & recovering corporate girlie.
Founder: @moodovermarketing
Usually somewhere with a silly little drink.
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You could pay a travel advisor $500 for a Rome itinerary, you could spend days combing the internet for the same five places everyone else is going, or you could get everything I actually did from a photographer who’s spent 20 years learning what makes a place worth remembering, for a fraction of the price.

No stock photos. No generic “top 10” lists pulled from other blogs. Just real recommendations from someone who’s been.

Inside:
→ Where to stay
→ Which airline to fly (and which cabin to skip)
→ A full Google maps list of what to do, see, and eat
→ The pro tips I wish someone told me before I landed

Built from firsthand experience, not a template. Link in bio.

#romeguide #travelguides #rometravel #romephotography taken in Roma, Italy by @itjeshappened
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News of today’s fire is absolutely devastating. 

I’ve watched countless episodes of f*ck that’s delicious in Paris making this a must go spot when I visited last month. 

If you didn’t know, I was solo tripping through Europe in September and the day I decided to go to the market I ended up running into one of my favorite wine makers leading me to have one of those ‘unexpected but truly magical’ days that you can only have when you let the day unfold the way it’s supposed to. 

Experiencing it alone was amazing, but knowing Ant & I will never be able to experience the original market together makes me so so sad. We watch all those shows together & have a bucket list full of places from Anthony Bourdain and Action Bronson that we want to visit. 

I can’t believe the market is no longer here. Sending love to everyone who called this place home. 🤍 taken in Les Enfants du Marché by @itjeshappened
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3 days ago
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The struggle of being Italian-American in LA is REAL. These cannolis from Le Nonne at today’s Festa Italiana filled my cup in ways I didn’t know I needed. taken in Little Italy Los Angeles-San Pedro by @itjeshappened
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5 days ago
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Making my reporter debut on Channel 4 Nosey News. Current flooding conditions in Long Beach near Alamitos & Junipero beaches. 

0/10 do not recommend checking it out. taken in Long Beach, California by @itjeshappened
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May the universe continue to protect me and show me how good it can get. ✨

🔌: Don’t forget to cast your daily vote. Link in bio. 

📸: @thepicsofdestiny taken in Salt Pans Xwejni by @itjeshappened
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10 days ago
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It’s a sign - Paris edition. by @itjeshappened
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15 days ago
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Just checking to see if my reflection is showing who I am inside. 

(At the cutest Barcelona hotel, @casacamper.) taken in Barcelona, Cataluña, España by @itjeshappened
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17 days ago
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Hey friends! 😃

I’m still in competition for Maxim’s next up-and-coming photographer & I fear we do have about three more weeks of this. 😅 I appreciate everyone’s commitment and voting. Thanks to you all, I’ve been in the first spot since I entered the competition and I don’t want that to change. 

A huge thank you to everyone who is kept up, who continues to vote, who set alarms, and who support my dreams. 

I know it’s probably annoying and redundant that I post every single day asking for your votes, but three weeks of daily voting truly doesn’t feel like all that much to ask for to change my entire life. This opportunity could propel me towards my dream at unfathomable speed. 

Please take the time to cast a vote for me, and if you really don’t want to, at least share the information with someone else. 🤝

Thank you, thank you, thank you. 🤍

🔗 Link in bio to vote.

#maximnext #maximcompetition #maximnextcommunity by @itjeshappened
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18 days ago
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Barcelona dumpski. 🇪🇸💋🍷 taken in Barcelona, Cataluña, España by @itjeshappened
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19 days ago
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Vacation oil hits different when the sun is actually doing its job.

I was hired to photograph a pool party, not a product. But when my friend pulled this out of her bag, I knew exactly what I was looking at. The oil, the light, the red bikini, the gold chain catching the drip. I gave her one direction and she nailed it. The rest was just waiting for the right second and pressing the shutter.

This is what brand photography looks like wouldn’t happen in real life, not a studio. No backdrop. No soft bugs. Just SPF and sunlight doing exactly what they were made to do. 

If your product belongs, somewhere warm, I know how to find that shot. Work with us. Link in bio. ✨

Model: @xojordanleigh 
Party: @finallyyofff 
Brand: @vacationinc 

#endofsummer #vacationinc #spf #brandphotography taken in West Hollywood, California by @itjeshappened
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23 days ago
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The photographer was photographed.

Thank you @smithfoto59 for this beautiful image. Quite rare that I step in front of anyone’s camera but my own, but I love that I left Malta with this souvenir. taken in Ir-Rabat Victoria, Gozo by @itjeshappened
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24 days ago
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TDLR: Asking for your daily vote. ✨

For the last 20 years, I’ve kept photography on the sidelines. I’ve built a career, taken care of responsibilities, and treated the thing I love most as something I could always come back to someday. Well, I’m finally choosing someday.

Maxim is looking for their next up-and-coming photographer, and I’m in the running. This is a genuinely life changing opportunity for me.

I know how easy it is to scroll past a post like this. I know everyone is busy, and I know asking people to vote every day can feel like a lot, but if you know me, you know there’s very little I wouldn’t do for the people I love. So today, I’m asking you to do something small for me: take a few seconds, click the link, and cast your daily vote. If you don’t want to vote, I completely understand. Sharing this post would mean just as much. Help me get this in front of as many people as possible.

I’m finally giving myself a chance. Thank you for voting. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for believing in me, cheering me on, and helping me chase something I probably should have chased a long time ago.

I’m so incredibly grateful. 

🔗 LIB

(Images from a 2019 shoot with the beautiful @thejordyjo.) taken in Los Angeles, California by @itjeshappened
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25 days ago
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