I've been updating my site a bit and started to add just a few posts with everyday stuff that I've been photographing, while I make plans for project work. #photography www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/lakesid...

Doing a bit more clearance at my mums house, I found a box of old stuff in the loft, which included a photo of my mum that I’d never seen before, and a book of state of the art (c1977/78) cars. Treasure from 6 year old me and for 56 yr old me.

March has been a really busy month, workwise. I’ve not had a lot of chance to make much project work, but carrying a camera everywhere has allowed me to get the occasional little bits… #leeds #thephotohour #everydaycarry

My dog, enjoying the sunshine coming through the window into the bedroom. She gives the best stinkeye. #photography #thephotohour #polaroid

A few images from around Leeds as I’ve been doing stuff. Carrying a small compact camera everywhere isn’t something I’ve done for quite a while - getting back into it again now though #leeds #yorkshire #thephotohour #photography

One of my Bonsai trees seems pretty sure that it isn’t fake Spring and it’s the real deal. #bonsai #tree #spring #blossom

I was doing a bit of work in Newcastle this week. On the quayside there’s a lovely cat cafe. I photographed this handsome dude in the window, eyeing up the pigeons. Have a good Caturday people. #cats #photography #streetphotography #newcastle #thephotohour

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up a Ricoh GRIV as an every day carry camera. I don’t think a camera has ever surpassed my expectations more!! These are just some low res jpeg transfers to my phone from a work overnight in Newcastle. #photography. #ricohgr4 #newcastle

Gizmo, taking a coffee break and contemplating life, between making picture frames. #portrait #coffee #ricohgr4

What a difference a bit of sunshine makes!! #leedsigers #summeriscoming

Hole in a fence. There’s not a lot more to say about it really, other than I think what drew me to it was the structured lines of the building against the chaotic lines of the hole torn in the wire fence. #leeds #documentary #photography

A couple of things that I saw last week. #photography #leeds

A bit more work featuring Tunstall beach on the Yorkshire Coast, as the Royal Observation Corps nuclear monitoring bunker, built in 1951, makes its final journey due to coastal erosion. There’s more ROC Tunstall work on my website (link in bio). #photography #documentary #yorkshire #coast

Tunstall ROC bunker fell into the sea last week. It was 100m inland when it was built in 1951. Parts of the Yorkshire coast are eroding at nearly 2m a year. #documentaryphotography #photography #environment #yorkshire

Finally starting to get on top of the work pile and the life issues that have been swallowing my time up for the last few months and getting back to some project work. Tunstall, on the Yorkshire coast is a perfect example of a settlement that’s struggling against the erosion of the coastline.

A little bit more from my Yorkshire Coastal project, please feel free to take a look - comments welcome (mostly). #documentary #photography #yorkshire #coastal #erosion #environment www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/tunstal...

The Foto App has the new profile links active now. If you’re on the Foto App, here’s mine (very flattering profile picture): Check out Mark's profile on Foto: the.fotoapp.co/markhillyer

A bit of project work today. It was good to get out of the house and put the last month into perspective after mums funeral yesterday.

Walking back from the station the other night, I saw this rather splendid beast. Petrolheads will be salivating :-) I've never actually been anywhere in one - do they feel as unstable as they look? #photography #3wheeler #car

Boxing Day walk in the woods - took the Polaroid camera. My home made pocket film warmer seems to be working well :-) #polaroid #film #instant #photography

It's that strange time of the year when work winds down for the holidays. I used the time this morning to post some photos of a dog walk. Probably not the most productive use of my newly discovered free time. www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/lost #photography #photographer #documentary

Big photo job in one of my favourite cities in the world today. #Newcastle #photography

Today’s adventures in #polaroid. Getting better at judging parallax on close up images. #instantfilm #filmphotography

I took two photos a second apart, that look like the untying of a fish knot. I could sit and watch fish for hours. #photography #fish #koi

I feel like my 10yr old daughter has buggered up my batting average here…

I think I’ve worked out a way of improving the results I’ve been getting with Polaroid film, by putting a hand warmer in the pocket of my bag that I put the exposed photos in - the green cast has gone!! #filmphotography #instantfilm #polaroid

The transformative power of sunlight. As a bit of golden hour sun hits this silver birch tree, it changes into a different scene altogether. Over winter, I feel like the tree! There was less than ten seconds between these images. #photography #goldenhour #trees

I’m using headshot clients from my day job as practice with #polaroid #instant #filmphotography

Now we’re getting a bit closer with this thing! I didn’t think Polaroid would be this much work 😀 #polaroid #instant #filmphotography

The same supermarket as before, but from higher up, because every photographer loves an aircon unit - here’s 6 of them!! #photography #bright #colour #leeds

Supermarket in Leeds - I think I took this the last time it wasn’t raining, which already feels like months ago. #photography #bright #colour

Hercules, aka Catmandude in a blurry Polaroid moment. #photography #polaroid #cats

Although it arrived yesterday, this afternoon was the first chance I’ve had to look at it - it is absolutely beautiful!! Great work @marcwilson.co.uk

You know you’re old when there’s elements of your childhood in a museum!! Not the TV - they’d moved on a bit by the time my memories started, but that wallpaper - I remember that stuff!! #1970’s #tv #wallpaper #photography #history

Riverside walk in York. The Foss is really overgrown this year. Going back in my memory, in the 80’s it always used to be more like a swamp than a river. It used to look like you could walk across it #york #photography #river #nature

From a recent trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park. Giraffes make me anxious. They always look like they’re one bad step away from a broken leg! #photography #yorkshire #wildlife #thephotohour

The woods where we walk the dog are quite photogenic. I’ve not had time to do project work in the last few months, so I’ve had to settle for carrying my camera wherever I go and grabbing what I can. There’s a whole blog post of October images on my website (link in bio) #photography #thephotohour

It's been a busy few months, both with work & with family & friends. I've not really had a great deal of time to go out & take photographs 'with intention', but here's a random selection of images representing the last month. #photography #life #everyday www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/october...

I have back to back headshot sessions today. I'm going to go for the 'Zen Lemur' mood. It won't last...

I picked up a #polaroid I-2 to have a play with, potentially for a project I was thinking about doing in the near future. It’s a love/hate relationship so far, but I think it’s more to do with me needing more practice and knowing what to expect from the film…

A couple of iPhone photos from this morning’s job out at Scarborough before heading down to Cayton to do a bit of my coastal project work.

August, September and the first week of October have been busy with work work. It’s been a bit of a struggle to keep all the plates spinning to be honest. My own work has been neglected for most of the summer. I need to get out and make some personal work! #photography #thephotohour

This pretty much encompasses the life of us ‘jobbing photographers’. Maybe one day a few of us will get on a raft and and break into photoland :-)

My daughters 10th birthday today. She celebrated in style with a Taylor Swift party. I celebrated by buying a Polaroid camera. #polaroid #instantfilm

It's hard to believe that it was sunny and still in the 25 degree + temperatures a month ago. Leicester, at Golden Hour, in August. #photography #goldenhour #city www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/leicester

@jodrellbank from a recent family trip there, to fuel my daughter’s interest in Astrophysics. She’s 9, and loves physics. :-)

The tower block view from our hotel room in Leicester, enjoying the last moments of golden hour #photography #leicester #goldenhour #thephotohour

Leicester Station towards the end of golden hour. #documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour

Evening Sunlight & Watermelons, Leicester. #documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour