A white gannet bird with black-tipped wings and a black beak, perched on a rocky cliffside near water, with its wings partially spread.

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.

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Where the Gannets Fly: A Photographer’s Unexpected Love Story

This blog is what it looks like when someone’s drowning in their own emotional shit!

I struggle writing an emotional blogs, this year so far I’ve been through so much emotion it hard to contain it some times. Times like this always end up with my camera in my hand.

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