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.

Stuart Brown 27/03/2023 Stuart Brown 27/03/2023

Clithroe Beck, North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire Landscape Photographer.

Clitherbeck is just off the Danby road, thousands of locals, tourist even farmer’s will pass over this little bridge a day. They probably have no idea there is such a quite and quaint little beck running down from the moors and into the woodland.

Stuart Brown 27/03/2023 Stuart Brown 27/03/2023

Blea Hill Waterfall | North Yorkshire Landscape Photographer

A difficult one to find this, but with a little guess work and tramping and there it was. There wasn’t too much water running the day I went and the scrambling over the rock I think would be bad with lots of water. However they did offer a great frame for the waterfall.

Stuart Brown 27/03/2023 Stuart Brown 27/03/2023

Nelly Ayres Foss Waterfall | North Yorkshire Landscape Photographer

On my many waterfall hunting sessions, This one was a little difficult. To grab this image meant walking through the slippery rocks of West Beck, which later turns in of the River Esk. To the other side then a precarious climb down the rock at the waterfall level.

Stuart Brown 27/03/2023 Stuart Brown 27/03/2023

Thomason Foss Waterfall | North Yorkshire Landscape Photographer

This one was a little difficult to capture. I’ve tried serval times but each time the pool in front was full of children and adults alike swimming.