Fine Art Photography of coastlines and fishing communities in Cleveland and North Yorkshire.

Including photographs of: Teesmouth, Redcar, Marske-by-the-Sea, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Hunt Cliff, Skinningrove, Hummersea, Cowbar, Staithes, Port Mulgave, Runswick Bay, Kettleness and the Cleveland Way.

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CY2 - Sunrise on Kettleness Beach, North Yorkshire. The low light begins to illuminate the view giving the foreground rocks a strong sense of form and structure.

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CY3 - Paddy's Hole Teesmouth not exactly your quintissential fishing harbour. However there is always a warm welcome here even early on a morning.

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CY4 - Burning skies at Paddy's Hole Teesmouth. The concrete slipway and boats point towards the harbour entrance. The boats appear eager to leave.

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CY5 - Burning skies at Paddy's Hole Teesmouth. The boats point towards the harbour entrance eager to leave.

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CY6 - Paddy's Hole Teesmouth not exactly your quintissential fishing harbour at the foot of some steep hill. However there is always something happening here even before 6am on a Sunday morning.

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CY7 - Deeply crevised, flat smoothed rock. The barnacles pick up the colour from the rising sun in the background the headland at Kettleness.

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CY8 - Rock pedestal at Runswick Bay. This hard rock has withstood the erosive power of the sea and has aquired a shape to allow the in-coming sea to slip around it.

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CY9 - Red roofs at Runswick Bay. As the sky lightens the strong colours are awakened by the rising sun.

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CY25 - A cobble slowly begins to float on the ebbing tide at Paddy's Hole Teesmouth.

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CY26 - Sunrise on Kettleness Beach, North Yorkshire. The low light begins to illuminate the view giving the foreground rocks a strong sense of form and structure. Sea welks are common on this beach colonising the larger boulders.

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CY27 - Sunrise on Kettleness Beach, North Yorkshire. The low light begins to illuminate the view the calm sea hosting an almost perfect reflection.

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CY29 - A colourful mix of ropes and netting on lobster pot waiting to go to sea. From the boat yard at Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire.

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CY30 - A meandering golden glow leads the eye from the foreground into the view. The golden rippled sand of Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire.

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CY31 - The minimal morning light illuminates a colourful foreground full of form and texture. The soft contrasting colours provide depth to the background.

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CY32 - As the North Sea ebbs at Runswick Bay the sun rises over the crocodile's head on the Kettleness peninsular. My interest was in the foreground pool which was constantly filling and draining this motion is depicted using a slow exposure.

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CY36 - Sunrise on Kettleness Beach, North Yorkshire. As the tide recedes a large pool drains into a deep gully. Using a slow exposure I was able to capture the movement of the water.

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CY37 - Sunrise at Hummersea beach just off the Cleveland Way. The North Sea swirls around the shoreline stones as the tide advances.

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CY38 - Sea smoothed stones glisten in the breaking light on Hummersea beach near Loftus on the Cleveland way.

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CY39 - Sunrise at Hummersea beach just off the Cleveland Way. The North Sea swirls around a huge boulder resembling a whale skull.

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CY40 - An array of coloured boulders on the beach at Hummersea. The morning light illuminates the sky above the hidden town of Skinningrove.

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CY41 - As the North Sea crashes onto the rocky shore at Runswick Bay the sun rises over the Kettleness peninsular.

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CY42 - As the North Sea ebbs at Runswick Bay the sun rises over the crocodile's head on the Kettleness peninsular.

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CY43 - One of my earlier pieces of Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire. A one minute exposure has created that mystical mecury effect allowing the sea to reflect the colours in the sunrise.

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CY45 - A heavy November sky over Redcar beach, Cleveland. The ebbing tide flows and recedes to reveal a subtle swirling patterns over the smooth sand. The rising sun adds a tinge of colour to the dull sky.

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CY46 - A grim November sky over Redcar beach, Cleveland. The sea pounds the shingle and recedes to reveal a subtle range of contrasting colours. The rising sun adds a tinge of colour to the sky.

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CY47 - A grim November sky over Redcar beach, Cleveland. The sea pounds the shingle and recedes to reveal a subtle range of contrasting colours.

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CY51 - Corus steel plant at Teesmouth prior to mothballing. Intricate patterns and pools in contrasting colours with the powerful steelworks dominating the horizon.

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CY52 - Sunrise over Barn Sands on the Teesmouth esturay. The receding ripples and cloud patterns complement one another and lead the eye into the image.

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CY53 - Strange substances leach from the rocks at the foot of Huntcliffe at Saltburn. The crimson red fluid stains the vivid green moss.

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CY55 - Sunrise over Huntcliffe south of Saltburn. The high cliffs obscure a fierce sunrise diffusing into the eastern sky.

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CY56 - Multicoloured plastic lobster pots, mesh and rope add a splash of colour to foreground. Boats lie grounded on the silt at Paddy's Hole, Teesmouth.

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CY57 - Unable to make Staithes due to snow stranded vehicles so called into Skinningrove. This was not the quintessential fishing harbour I had set my mind on but I did manage a number of images of the warm sandy beach contrasting with the cold stormy hills.

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CY58 - Unable to make Staithes due to snow stranded vehicles so called into Skinningrove. This was not the quintessential fishing harbour I had set my mind on but I did manage a number of images of patterns in the warm sand contrasting with the stormy hills.

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CY59 - An allotment at Skinningrove. In typical north eastern sytle any and every material has been used to coble together this small enclosure. The door is the ornamental adornment of the structure offering mailing facilities to this garden owner.

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CY60 - Unable to make Staithes due to snow stranded vehicles so called into Skinningrove. This was not the quintessential fishing harbour I had set my mind on but I did manage a number of images of the warm sandy beach contrasting with the cold stormy hills.

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CY61 - No fishing today. At the beginning of the November storms an unusual sight of a fishing boat covered in snow. Skinningrove, North East England.

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CY62 - Over looking Staithes, North Yorkshire from an elevated vantage point. The quintessential fishing harbour full of charm even on harsh winter's day.

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CY63 - Staithes harbour front, North Yorkshire from the northern jetty. The quintessential fishing harbour full of charm viewed over the lobster pots waiting to go to sea..

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CY64 - Over looking Staithes, North Yorkshire from an elevated vantage point. The quintessential fishing harbour full of charm even on harsh winter's day.

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CY65 - Staithes, North Yorkshire from the harbour slipway. The quintessential fishing harbour at low water with the Nab in the background.

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CY66 - Fishing coble on the river at Staithes, North Yorkshire. The quintessential fishing harbour full of vivid colour even on harsh winter's day.

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CY67 - Fishing coble on the river at Staithes, North Yorkshire. The quintessential fishing harbour full of vivid colour even on harsh winter's day.

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CY68 - Fishing coble on the river at Staithes, North Yorkshire. The quintessential fishing harbour full of vivid colour even on harsh winter's day.

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CY69 - Fishing coble on the river at Staithes, North Yorkshire. The quintessential fishing harbour full of vivid colour even on harsh winter's day.

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CY70 - Staithes, North Yorkshire from the harbour slipway. The quintessential fishing harbour at low water with the Nab in the background.

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CY71 - Staithes harbour front, North Yorkshire from the northern jetty. The quintessential fishing harbour full of charm viewed over the lobster pots and marker buoys waiting to go to sea..

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CY72 - Over looking Staithes, North Yorkshire from an elevated vantage point. The quintessential fishing harbour full of charm even on harsh winter's day.

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CY74 - No fishing today. At the beginning of the November the NE coastal storms created the unusual sight of fishing boats covered in snow. Skinningrove, North East England.

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CY75 - Port Mulgrave, North Yorkshire on the Cleveland Way. At the top of the steep decent overlooking the bay at low tide.

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CY76 - An extremely colourful fishing boat sits on the silt in Staithes Harbour. The calm conditions were ideal to capture the reflection. The town nestles below the Nab in the distance.

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CY77 - An extremely colourful fishing boat sits on the silt in Staithes Harbour. The calm conditions were ideal to capture the reflection. The town nestles below the Nab in the distance.

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CY79 - Fisherman's retreat on the beach at Port Mulgrave, North Yorkshire. An extraordinary cabin constructed from a range of material including drift wood adornments.

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CY80 - Fisherman's retreat on the beach at Port Mulgrave, North Yorkshire. An extraordinary cabin constructed from a range of material including an upturned boat acting as a sun trap. An image of a fish is carved into the stone slab..

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CY44s - The raging sea pounds the angular defensive boulders at Runswick Bay, North Yorks. In the distance the sun rises over the crocodile's head at Kettleness.

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CY48s - As the sun rises over Barn Sands, Teesmouth the red sky mingles with the artificial light casting a warm glow over the estuary.

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CY49s - The hours before sunrise on Barn Sands reveal a fascinating contrast of colour, wildlife and heavy industry. The steelworks spew out steam at regular intervals not unlike a geyser. The steely prussian blue foreground water contrasts with warm reflections

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CY63BW - Staithes harbour front in black and white, North Yorkshire from the northern jetty. The quintessential fishing harbour full of charm viewed over the lobster pots waiting to go to sea..

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CY73BW - Over looking Staithes, North Yorkshire from an elevated vantage point. The quintessential fishing harbour full of charm even on harsh winter's day.

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CY76B&W - An fishing boat sits on the silt in Staithes Harbour. The calm conditions were ideal to capture the reflection. The town nestles below the Nab in the distance.

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CY80B&W - Fisherman's retreat on the beach at Port Mulgrave, North Yorkshire. An extraordinary cabin constructed from a range of material including an upturned boat acting as a sun trap. An image of a fish is carved into the stone slab..

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