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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 11/08/2026

BTS of @conor_medlock in the studio today for some #actorheadshots. A very enjoyable shoot, with maybe one or two funny outtakes too :-) #Photography #headshot #actor #leeds

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 27/07/2026

Last week, my 10 year old daughter and I completed our collection of the Yorkshire 3 peaks, by hiking up Ingleborough. You can see more of the photographs on my blog (link in bio) #yorkshire3peaks #hiking #ukcountryside #sheep #photography

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 15/07/2026

It was a good opportunity to photograph mindfully. To be a ‘blank slate’ and just take photos of what I saw and liked. Also - 35k steps in a day is ok.

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 15/07/2026

I had several errands to run the other day. Unfortunately, the first one was dropping my van in for a service 3 miles away and walking back home, before heading into Leeds. 1/2 #photography #documentaryphotography #walking

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 12/07/2026

Between work and family, I’ve not really managed much time for anything else but I’m finally starting to get a grip on the #polaroidi2. I’m starting to get a bit nearer to what I wanted to achieve with it and 5 shots I like, out of a pack of 8 is my best hit rate so far !!. #filmphotography

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 10/06/2026

A few more photographs from my recent trip to the Isle of Man. The day before the wedding, I had the opportunity to have a guided tour of Peel on a lovely, sunny morning. Being somewhere new is always inspiring. #thephotohour #photography #isleofman

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 05/06/2026

Calf Sound in the Isle of Man is a beautifully desolate place. It also reminded me that I don’t use my Voigtlander 20mm lens enough

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 04/06/2026

A few photos of stormy evening sunlight hitting Peel in the Isle of Man a couple of weeks ago. #isleofman #travel #thephotohour

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 03/04/2026

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.

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 26/03/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 25/03/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 18/03/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 10/03/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 07/03/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 04/03/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 03/03/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 25/02/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 21/02/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 16/02/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 03/02/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 02/02/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 30/01/2026

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.

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 20/01/2026

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.

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 07/01/2026

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 26/12/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 15/12/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 14/12/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 10/12/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 04/12/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 04/12/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 04/12/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 02/12/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 01/12/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 13/11/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 11/11/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 03/11/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 02/11/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 01/11/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 31/10/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 30/10/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 29/10/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 21/10/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 18/10/2025

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…

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 14/10/2025

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.

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 09/10/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 25/09/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 06/09/2025

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

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Mark Hillyer @markhillyer.co.uk · 02/09/2025

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

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