Sadly, this is the finale for Oxford England street photos, and for this UK trip. With the exception of a few from London, but I didn’t have as much time there. After leaving from Bath the day after our conference, I rode back to Oxfordshire with my good friends, Steve and Sam. They dropped me off in Oxford since that was the nearest city centre to where they lived. This way, I can take my time around Oxford and give it a fresh look when I’m more alert and awake, lol. Only things didn’t go exactly as planned at first, but it’s all good.

That old repurposed British phone booth distracted me from my original plan, go to the Ashmolean Museum, where Sam dropped me off. Somehow, she didn’t seem surprised that I deviated. But I did get back to there later in the day if that counts. I liked the side streets and alleyways and focused on those for a minute, with strategic angles.

After getting back to the main thoroughfare in the area, I saw what appeared to be a homeless woman walking a dog and screaming into the air. I thought, ok, time to go the other way. I found a pub a couple blocks over, and had fish and chips and a beer. Quite delicious, only now I can’t top that until going back, ugh. I left the pub for more exploring. One block over, same screaming woman, this time she was acting aggressively to a man she was with. Trouble in paradise it seems. So, I go the other way, and stop in a Tesco store to get my British friend living in the states some chocolate only sold there. One block over to the public toilets, there they were again. They were walking away from most civilization, so thankfully this was the last time I was blessed with their presence. Back to the streets.

I went inside this Christ Church property, there were school groups there so I figured I’d see what’s going on there. Lovely place with lots of character. It’s extremely rare that you’ll see me photograph something scenic like this garden, but the opportunity was there. My only exception is usually wedding venue features and grounds.  A bit of a contrast from my abandoned building work.

I seemed to be most inspired by shapes, alleyways and passageways, and overall dimension. So I ran with it. In the Bath conference, Patrick LaRoque and Kevin Mullins really helped provide extra vision and inspiration as far as adding depth to work, and making even the mundane interesting. 

I got between the bars of an iron fence and waited for passersby. Focus point was already locked,

I happened to notice this overgrown graveyard at the Magdelene church in city centre.

I had a little fun with slightly lower shutter speed at this busy intersection at rush hour time.

After leaving the museum, I sat at this statue to snag a wifi connection and send a couple emails, and relax a bit before catching the bus. It became a gathering place. I loved the energy of the city, the bicycles, people walking briskly. Lovely architecture too.

Barley, Steve and Sam’s yellow lab 🙂 I hope you’ve enjoyed this final round (for now) of Oxford England street photos!

One of the reasons for this trip was  Fujifilm photographers wedding photography conference in Bath, put on by my good friend, Kevin Mullins. I’ve known Kevin for three years, and was one of my earliest Fujifilm documentary wedding photographers who inspired me. We arrived in Bath the day before the conference so we could do some street photography and meet up with fellow conference goers. More pub time that day than I had been used to in a while, lol. But it was a blast! Steve and Sam took me on a scenic route to Bath. What a lovely historic city, and I hope you enjoy this Bath, England street photography!

I was sitting at an outdoor patio table with my friends at the Bath Brewhouse and noticed the way the sun and shadow hit this wall mounted lamp. Finally decided to take the photo.

This garage was across the alley from our Airbnb we stayed at on top of this steep hill. The view was so nice, more hilly than most of England that I’ve seen. I just grabbed a few on the way to the conference that morning. It’s a good thing Steve and Sam were there to keep me focused or I’d have wandered off. No worries though, I got to do that the next morning.

Inherently, my first instinct is to go black and white for this architecture. But as my friend said, color shows the patina and texture in these buildings.

Some slight shutter drag to emphasize the motion of this older man, and capture different dimensions.

The Abbey in Bath.

During the conference, I left site for the coffee break they provided, which was a good plan. Getting some exercise helped me stay better focused for the remaining speakers. This was the view by the hotel, of the Avon River.

After the conference. a group of us went back to the Brew House, which didn’t hurt my feelings at all. The sun was setting as we approached the Brew house!

One of my friends from the conference was on crutches from a knee injury. His unusual sense of humor would no doubt appreciate this.

The rest of the Bath, England street photography is from the next morning before going back to Oxford with Steve and Sam. It was interesting to see how the conference inspired my street photography, which in turn, inspires my wedding photography.

This theme was people working, and me documenting it. It wasn’t planned, just what was available. So, I took it.

This was the Roman Bath House, which is a major tourist attraction. Though it’s been a hundred years since used, there is a lot of history there.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this Bath, England street photography. Next up, more from Oxford, soon.

I just had an amazing UK getaway that included a Fujifilm wedding photography conference in Bath, and time with friends. Of course lots of time doing street photography and hitting pubs. After a multiple stop transatlantic flight with no sleep, I quickly got my second wind when my friend Steve was kind enough to collect me from Heathrow airport in London. Steve and his wife Sam have been good friends and fellow Fuji wedding photography group admins, this was the first time we all met. Of course they’re fellow Fujifilm wedding photographers! They were so nice to house me on my trip, it was so much fun! More on that soon, here is some Oxford, United Kingdom street photography! That was our first stop after breakfast and collecting myself.

I forgot how tired I was by the time we got to Oxford. Aer Lingus never dimmed the cabin lights, it was impossible to sleep, and there were a couple screaming toddlers. Not much anyone can do about that. My goal was just to make it through the day and have fun, and sleep well that night, which I did! I loved the energy of the streets on this perfect English Summer day. Like many British cities, Oxford is a university city, lots of affluence and shopping, pubs, everything that’s good!

Something about this man making his way through the open air market caught my eye. Street photography is not only about people and architecture. But also dimensions and depth, texture, reflections, contrast, multiple layers of the photo, etc. That’s why I tend to work close and wide. It helps me think about more of the frame.

I love the Fuji X100F, that was my only camera along. In a case like this, dragging the shutter is easy with the build in neutral density filter.

Reflections with color and contrast.

Afternoon cream tea and scones, my God those were amazing. Of course local friends admonished me for putting the cream on first, so I tried it their way the next time. LOL! Yes, it tasted the same, but was more visually appealing their way.

On our way from Oxford to Bicester, we stopped at a real authentic British village pub, was so amazing! I think it was built in the 1700’s.

This was the garden area in the back. There were kids and dogs, was like being at someone’s house party, I enjoyed the experience. I hope you’ve enjoyed round one of Oxford, United Kingdom street photography! More to come.