Mark Hillyer
@markhillyer.co.uk
Studio Photographer for work, documentary photographer the rest of the time, Harmonica Player, Bonsai Grower, cyclist & Coffee Lover
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Mark Hillyer
@markhillyer.co.uk
· Aug 9
Port Mulgrave: The Fisherman’s Huts. — Mark Hillyer
Documentary Photography Project: Port Mulgrave started it’s life in the mid 19th century as an Ironstone mine. The Ironstone was then shipped up to Jarrow on Tyneside to be used for shipbuilding. Th...
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A little bit more work from my project documenting the Yorkshire Coast.
The ironstone harbour at Port Mulgrave & the fishermen’s huts is today’s blog post.
#photography #documentary #yorkshire #coast
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The ironstone harbour at Port Mulgrave & the fishermen’s huts is today’s blog post.
#photography #documentary #yorkshire #coast
www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/port-mu...
Supermarket in Leeds - I think I took this the last time it wasn’t raining, which already feels like months ago.
#photography #bright #colour
#photography #bright #colour
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Supermarket in Leeds - I think I took this the last time it wasn’t raining, which already feels like months ago.
#photography #bright #colour
#photography #bright #colour
November 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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
Great work @marcwilson.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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
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
#1970’s #tv #wallpaper #photography #history
November 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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
#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
#york #photography #river #nature
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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
#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
#photography #yorkshire #wildlife #thephotohour
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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
#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
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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
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#photography #life #everyday
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October Diary | Excerpts From a Busy Month — Mark Hillyer
Photographic diary of the last couple of months from Leeds, York, Yorkshire Wildlife Park, National Space Museum and a friend's daughter's 30th birthday party, as well as just general family stuff
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October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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...
#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...
October 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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…
October 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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.
October 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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
I need to get out and make some personal work!
#photography #thephotohour
October 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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
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 :-)
Maybe one day a few of us will get on a raft and and break into photoland :-)
October 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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 :-)
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
I celebrated by buying a Polaroid camera. #polaroid #instantfilm
September 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
My daughters 10th birthday today. She celebrated in style with a Taylor Swift party.
I celebrated by buying a Polaroid camera. #polaroid #instantfilm
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
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www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/leicester
Golden Hour in Leicester — Mark Hillyer
Some photographs of an evening walk, capturing the atmosphere of late summer in Leicester centre at Golden Hour. Yorkshire documentary photographer
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September 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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
www.markhillyer.co.uk/blog/leicester
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Shameless plug here, as this is my wife, who wrote, illustrated and published these herself. The story was in today’s ‘Perthshire Advertiser’. She’s also written crime fiction, ‘The Glens of Carnegie’, which I read every draft of for about ten years prior to publication!
#booksky #childrensbook
#booksky #childrensbook
September 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Shameless plug here, as this is my wife, who wrote, illustrated and published these herself. The story was in today’s ‘Perthshire Advertiser’. She’s also written crime fiction, ‘The Glens of Carnegie’, which I read every draft of for about ten years prior to publication!
#booksky #childrensbook
#booksky #childrensbook
@jodrellbank from a recent family trip there, to fuel my daughter’s interest in Astrophysics. She’s 9, and loves physics. :-)
September 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
@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
#photography #leicester #goldenhour #thephotohour
September 2, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The tower block view from our hotel room in Leicester, enjoying the last moments of golden hour
#photography #leicester #goldenhour #thephotohour
#photography #leicester #goldenhour #thephotohour
Leicester Station towards the end of golden hour.
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
August 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Leicester Station towards the end of golden hour.
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
Evening Sunlight & Watermelons, Leicester.
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
August 28, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Evening Sunlight & Watermelons, Leicester.
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
Golden hour changes even the most mundane scenes. I loved the evening light on my walk around Leicester.
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
August 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Golden hour changes even the most mundane scenes. I loved the evening light on my walk around Leicester.
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour #goldenhour
Another couple of photos from Golden Hour in Leicester.
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour
August 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Another couple of photos from Golden Hour in Leicester.
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour
#documentary #photography #leicester #thephotohour
An evening walk around Leicester town centre a couple of weeks ago. It was a beautiful warm evening.
#photography #documentary #thephotohour
#photography #documentary #thephotohour
August 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
An evening walk around Leicester town centre a couple of weeks ago. It was a beautiful warm evening.
#photography #documentary #thephotohour
#photography #documentary #thephotohour
We were staying in Dorset and on our way back from a trip out to the Isle of Wight, so took a small detour to take some photographs of the wild horses & ponies on Dartmoor.
#horse #equine #dartmoor #photography #thephotohour
#horse #equine #dartmoor #photography #thephotohour
August 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We were staying in Dorset and on our way back from a trip out to the Isle of Wight, so took a small detour to take some photographs of the wild horses & ponies on Dartmoor.
#horse #equine #dartmoor #photography #thephotohour
#horse #equine #dartmoor #photography #thephotohour
Reposted by Mark Hillyer
Deadline alert ⏰
Entries for the RPS Documentary Photography Awards (DPA) close 1 Sept! Winning projects tour the UK, get RPS support, publication, and talk opportunities. Details & entry: https://rps.org/groups/documentary/dpa
📸 Gerard Saitner - supplied courtesy of the DPA
Entries for the RPS Documentary Photography Awards (DPA) close 1 Sept! Winning projects tour the UK, get RPS support, publication, and talk opportunities. Details & entry: https://rps.org/groups/documentary/dpa
📸 Gerard Saitner - supplied courtesy of the DPA
August 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Deadline alert ⏰
Entries for the RPS Documentary Photography Awards (DPA) close 1 Sept! Winning projects tour the UK, get RPS support, publication, and talk opportunities. Details & entry: https://rps.org/groups/documentary/dpa
📸 Gerard Saitner - supplied courtesy of the DPA
Entries for the RPS Documentary Photography Awards (DPA) close 1 Sept! Winning projects tour the UK, get RPS support, publication, and talk opportunities. Details & entry: https://rps.org/groups/documentary/dpa
📸 Gerard Saitner - supplied courtesy of the DPA