September in Sitges is my favourite time on the coast. The summer tourists have gone, the light has shifted from harsh midday white to something warmer and deeper, and the evenings last forever — that slow Mediterranean dusk that turns everything amber and then pink and then quiet.
Evgenia and Anthony are friends, and this session was never meant to be formal. We walked along the promenade as the sun dropped, found a stretch of coastline where the light was doing something extraordinary, and spent the last hour of the day there — barefoot, relaxed, the warm wind off the sea and nowhere to be.
Sitges is twenty minutes from Barcelona and a world away. The whitewashed church above the beach, the narrow streets climbing up the hill, the seafront that catches the sunset like nowhere else on this coast — I photograph here regularly and I never tire of it. On film, Sitges at this hour is pure warmth: Portra turns the stone to gold, the water to silk, and the sky to every shade of amber the eye can hold.
If you're visiting Barcelona and want a session somewhere quieter, somewhere that feels like the real Mediterranean coast — Sitges is one of the most beautiful places I know.
Olya Kobruseva is a fine art elopement photographer in Barcelona. She documents engagements and weddings internationally on film format and you could check the recent love stories right here.
