The Photography of Dr. Jeff Harper

In mid-February 2015 I was back down in England for this year's UCAS Conference . . . in the 'New Town' of Telford.  There is absolutely nothing to see in Telford other than the International Conference Center outside of town.  So . . . we took the train back in to Birmingham on a nice Saturday before the conference.

I like Birmingham downtown.  It is a very good example of urban renewal.  Victoria Square is very charming.

There is a very nice collection of public art here and there throughout the walking street areas.

Even the commercial buildings from a long past era looked well scrubbed and pretty in the late morning light.

Victoria Square in the morning . . . beautiful light.

We took the reliable trains from Telford to Birmingham, and later to Shrewsbury.

Winter Train no.12.  I had my small Fuji and the pancake lens with me and took this secret shot of a woman sitting across from me.  This photo would make the perfect cover to a blues cd . . . any blues cd!

After my last session at the conference we raced to the train station to get West to Wales and the old town of Shrewsbury.  The late afternoon countryside was sumptuous.

The English countryside in Winter . . . from the train heading West.

We arrived at the old Shrewsbury Station with an hour of light left.

Shrewsbury old town was just around from the train station.  Shrewsbury dates from prehistoric times.

Such a beautiful old town.  We found the castle and looked a round before going through this gate to the old town center.

Shrewsbury Castle was shrouded by the bare branches and limbs of Winter.

I love the look of the old oxblood Tudor buildings.

Signs of the age, and the aging, of Shrewsbury could be found everywhere.

The sun went goes down very early this far North at this time of year . . . around 4:30pm.

We snooped around some shops on the high street.  Ye Olde Sweet Shoppe had a couple of fun young people getting ready to close.  They said they liked living in Shrewsbury.

We found a nice place to eat - French with a special of the day that included a bottle of wine . . . I think we drank to much.  When we stumbled out into the Medieval streets of Shrewsbury it was already dark.

The streets were quiet . . . and empty.

Such a pretty shop widow to be opening onto such an empty street.

You see very little of this beam and plaster construction in Scotland.

We walked back to the beautiful old station to catch our train back to Telford.

We enjoyed our4 hours in Shrewsbury and vowed to return to see more of it.

MORE POSTINGS FROM TELFORD . . . TO COME!