When I travel, I take pictures of "the sights." Often, I strive to capture them without people in the photo because the people are distractions. For a couple of years now, I have also tried to capture candid photos of the people who make up part of the texture of the places I visit. While I was in Florence, I hardly went anywhere without camera in hand. Here are the Italians.

I use a Digital SLR camera. It gives me the opportunity to switch lenses for different conditions and subjects. But it's big and heavy compared with today's small point and shoot cameras. As a result, it's hard to be unobtrusive shooting candid photos of people. With only one exception, none of the photos below are posed. Mostly, the people I was photographing were unaware I was taking their picture. You'll see a few where my subject was obviously aware, and sometimes you'll be able to tell how they felt about it.