https://www.oxfordphotomarathon.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-07-19 https://www.oxfordphotomarathon.com/blog/better-as-a-group monthly 0.5 2026-07-19 https://www.oxfordphotomarathon.com/blog/what-makes-a-good-photomarathon-topic monthly 0.5 2026-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68597a4d37abcd6d556588ec/2f660990-28d4-4b1e-8d48-b9ee06dbde08/june+oxford-13.jpg Our Blog - What makes a good photomarathon topic? - What do we mean by an “Oxford theme”? Think about what Oxford is known for. Places of education, bicycles, authors, car making, college sports, buses, tourists... Don’t be too literal though! https://www.oxfordphotomarathon.com/blog/thinking-about-a-career-in-photography monthly 0.5 2026-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68597a4d37abcd6d556588ec/c63d8c06-b90a-4085-9718-da2a9b048417/sam+wembley.jpg Our Blog - Thinking about a career in photography? Image: Sam Allard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68597a4d37abcd6d556588ec/ad2d2ba9-0706-4b96-ace9-31216a43cc08/FS+Logo+RGB.jpg Our Blog - Thinking about a career in photography? https://www.oxfordphotomarathon.com/blog/important-notice-for-photomarathon-participants monthly 0.5 2026-06-21 https://www.oxfordphotomarathon.com/blog/thinking-about-urban-landscapes monthly 0.5 2026-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68597a4d37abcd6d556588ec/a8205e63-d200-42a9-921b-4b18b4708a80/If+Adams+did+power+stations.jpg Our Blog - Thinking about Urban Landscapes? ‘If Adams did power stations’ (Please forgive the rather cheeky reference to one of landscape photography’s greats!) is a more conventional landscape photograph with a literal subject matter. The scene has been photographed in gorgeous low light, giving lovely shadows on the beautiful man-made (or natural?) forms of the cooling towers. The image is supported by a stunning sky that mimics steam from the now disused cooling towers (the clear patch of sky in the top left helps with this). There is a stark foreground of highlighted twiggy vegetation and patterned (man-made?) shadows, separated from the midground by a highlighted roadside kerb. The towers then give depth well into the background. Repeating man-made patterns (spot the fence posts?) occur amid the ordered chaos of nature which survives, but feels compromised. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/68597a4d37abcd6d556588ec/72cf9c4b-aed3-4f3d-8538-bc3d257ce273/Parking+nightmare.jpg Our Blog - Thinking about Urban Landscapes? ‘Parking nightmare’ I will say less about this, as it is intended to be more abstract to leave more for the viewer to engage with. I love the man-made shapes cut out by the deep blacks, distorted to give a welcome diagonal across the picture, and framed by concrete expressing a lovely tonal range of dirt. 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