Catania Street Photography, Sicily — Khan Mini Market.

Street Photography, Catania, Sicily

We arrived into Catania on the cruise ship overnight. When we opened the curtains in the morning, the harbour was grey, damp and misty. Not exactly promising. A rainy day when you're hoping to shoot is one of my least favourite things about travel photography — the light is flat, people are heads-down, and everything feels like hard work.

We headed to the fish market anyway. A Piscaria is right in the centre of town and markets are almost always worth it regardless of the weather — noise, colour, movement, faces. I got some shots I was happy with. The problem was the thousand or so fellow passengers from our ship who'd had exactly the same idea, plus whatever passengers the other ships in port had contributed to the morning. Cruise ship tourism does that to a place.

So I peeled off down a side street looking for Catania street photography without tourists in itwithout tourists in it. And came across these three men outside the Khan Mini Market — deep in conversation, completely absorbed, not remotely interested in me or my camera.

No time to think. Just get the shot. This is it.