Welcome to the Stu Brown Photography Blog, sharing stories and photography from Saltburn-by-the-Sea, the North Yorkshire coast, and the Cleveland Way.
Here you’ll find field notes from landscape and wildlife shoots, updates from my photography workshops, and insights into working along one of the most dramatic stretches of coastline in the North East of England.
I spend most of my time outdoors — watching the tides, the weather, and the changing light across the moors and cliffs. This blog is a place to share those moments: coastal landscapes at sunrise, wildlife encounters around Saltburn and the North Yorkshire Moors, and the quiet details that make this coastline so special.
Whether you’re here to discover new locations, improve your photography, join a workshop, or simply enjoy the view — I hope these stories bring you a little closer to the landscape.
Wildlife Photography? Come Along to My Beginners’ Workshop
There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes with wildlife photography. You’re out enjoying a walk, you spot a bird you’d love to photograph, and by the time you’ve worked out where your camera is focusing, it’s gone. If that sounds familiar, you’re exactly the sort of person I had in mind when I put together my new beginners’ wildlife photography workshop.
You don’t need to arrive knowing all the camera settings. Perhaps you’ve recently bought a camera and want to do more with it, or perhaps yours has been set to auto for years. You might already enjoy photographing wildlife but find that the results don’t quite match what you saw. That’s a perfectly good place to start.