Category Archives: Photographs: England

Woman In Orange Skirt

Woman In Orange Skirt
A woman stands on a London corner next to a pub

Woman In Orange Skirt. © Copyright 2018 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A woman stands on a London corner next to a pub

We were only in London for a short time on this trip. We’ve visited there several times in the past, and with the last two visits adding up to about two weeks we wanted to save our time for other places later in the trip that were going to be new to us. If that was the case, why stop there at all? The reasons were mostly practical — less expensive flights to London, an easy place to catch a train to our next stop in the Netherlands. But we also wanted to do a couple of specific things while we were there — catch one of the Proms concerts and visit a particular pub.

I don’t recall at the moment precisely where I made this photograph. I suppose I could figure it out by reviewing the photographs before and after and then consulting a map. But I’m not sure it matters too much. The surrounds look fairly typical of central London, aside from the momentary lack of lots of other people. It was the woman’s orange skirt that first caught my attention — it stood out in this scene that otherwise mostly consists of somewhat muted tones.


See top of this page for Articles, Sales and Licensing, my Sierra Nevada Fall Color book, Contact Information and more.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
Blog | About | Flickr | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Email


All media © Copyright G Dan Mitchell and others as indicated. Any use requires advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

Pedestrians, London

Pedestrians, London
People walk across a large expanse of concrete reflecting blue sky

Pedestrians, London. © Copyright 2018 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

People walk across a large expanse of concrete reflecting blue sky

It has been a couple of years since I made this photograph, so I may have forgotten portions of the story about its creation. We had been in London for several days (perhaps a week?) and were, as I recall, on our last day before heading on to our next destination. We had some free time, so we headed to the Tate Modern, not really knowing specifically what was showing. We arrived to find that there was a gigantic exhibit of Georgia O’Keeffe’s paintings. We are O’Keeffe fans and we’ve seen a lot of her work, so we were surprised to find such an extensive showing of this American artist… in London. Unfortunately, we had not left enough time to fully appreciate the show, not realizing how big it was, and we ended up hurrying through.

At some point – perhaps while waiting to enter the O’Keeffe show? — we had some free time so we headed to a snack bar, and nearby there was an overlook of the area in front of the museum. Most people probably enjoy the view across the River Thames here (and we did, too) but I was interested in what was happening in the large open area directly below. It was in shade, so the illumination was from the giant blue light panel of the sky. Some very small leaves had fallen and they produced a fine galaxy-like pattern on the surface. People stood about or walked past. I waited for them to arrive in interesting conjunctions and made a few photographs.


See top of this page for Articles, Sales and Licensing, my Sierra Nevada Fall Color book, Contact Information and more.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
Blog | About | Flickr | Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Email


All media © Copyright G Dan Mitchell and others as indicated. Any use requires advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

Colchester Baptist Church

Colchester Baptist Church
Baptist Church, Colchester, England

Colchester Baptist Church. Colchester, England. August 4, 2016. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Baptist Church, Colchester, England

This is another photograph from our brief summer 2016 one-day visit to the town of Colchester, England — a short train trip from London, where we were staying for about a week. We weren’t really sure what we would find in this town, so when we arrived on the train we simply got off and started wandering. Of course, breakfast was near the top of our agenda. After that we walked through the large park near and in back of the town castle.

Eventually we left the park and spent a few hours slowly wandering the narrow streets of the town. Much of it was, frankly, somewhat nondescript. But every so often something interesting would turn up: the ruins of an old church, and outdoor restaurant along a narrow street, and this very business-like and foursquare Baptist church with its striking blue door.


G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
Blog | About | Flickr | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ | LinkedIn | Email


All media © Copyright G Dan Mitchell and others as indicated. Any use requires advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.

Children and Duck-Boat Man

Children and Duck-Boat Man
The duck-boat man yells to children in the pond

Children and Duck-Boat Man. Colchester, United Kingdom. August 4, 2016. © Copyright 2016 G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

The duck-boat man yells to children in the pond

OK, I think that they are actually probably supposed to be swan boats. We came across this scene on a day trip from London to Colchester, a smaller town at the end of a railway line. We picked the place more or less at random, thinking that we simply wanted to visit some town outside of London that we could get to and from in a day. The town felt a bit like a combination of regular town, distance commuter town, and slightly seedy resort area.

The town features one large castle in very good shape and the ruins of another very old stone structure. The former is in a very large public park, and quite a nice park it is. It has extensive lawns, areas of well-kept and very beautiful flowers. And off in a “corner” there is this pond. Something about this scene struck me as being both banal and a bit strange, with the group of children sitting in the boat and looking back at the fellow in the waders and orange shirt, who appears to be just a bit upset.


G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books and Amazon.
Blog | About | Flickr | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ | LinkedIn | Email


All media © Copyright G Dan Mitchell and others as indicated. Any use requires advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.