A Photoshoot for Three at the Colosseum, the Forum and the Capitol

A summer morning, three people and one rule: be done before the heat. We met by the Colosseum at 7:36 on 14 June and finished on the leafy steps below the Capitoline Hill at 8:49.

The session

SessionPortraits and group photos for three
When14 June 2026, 7:35am start
LengthAbout an hour and a quarter
RouteThe Colosseum, the terrace above the Roman Forum, the Capitoline Hill
WeatherClear and sunny

The route

The road beside the Colosseum was almost empty when we started, so each of the three got a walk of their own towards the camera, with the arches filling the frame behind them.

At 8:16 we were under the Arch of Septimius Severus, on the terrace that looks over the Roman Forum. Then up to the Capitoline Hill: an orange wall with a green door, the stairs of the museum courtyard, and the shade of the portico at 8:42, before heading down the leafy steps behind the hill.

Walking down the empty road beside the Colosseum at 7:40 on a June morning
Portrait in a black slip dress on the road by the Colosseum, June morning
Twirling in a flowing skirt under the Arch of Septimius Severus above the Roman Forum
Portrait under the Arch of Septimius Severus in morning sun
Portrait by a green door in an orange wall near the Capitoline Hill
A boy laughing and holding hands on the walk up to the Capitoline Hill
Three travellers walking below the Capitoline stairs and the Marforio statue
Walking through the portico of the Capitoline Museums, June morning
Group photo on the steps of the Capitoline colonnade
Walking down leafy steps from the Capitoline Hill

Why June sessions start before 8

In mid-June the sun rises before 6am in Rome, and by nine it is already hot on the stone. Starting at 7:30 gave us soft, low light at the Colosseum and shade by the time we reached the Capitol.

The Colosseum opens at 8:30, so until then the road and the terraces around it belong to early walkers and photographers.

A summer morning in Rome

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