About Me – The Whitby Photographer Born in Whitby. Raised in Whitby. Still wandering Whitby. I’ve lived my entire life on this stretch of Yorkshire coast a place where the sea is never just scenery, but a constant presence. I’ve walked beside it, worked beside it, kayaked across it, swam through it, sailed on it and angled in it for most of my life. A lifelong sea angler with a deep, maybe slightly obsessive passion for everything that moves through these waters: whales, dolphins, storms, floods, colours, sunsets, The Aurora Borealis, and the hidden stories tucked away in remote bays and forgotten corners of the coast. But it’s not just the sea that shaped me. The moors did too. I grew up roaming the North York Moors following the tracks over Blakey and Danby, watching the seasons turn the heather from deep purple to winter grey, learning where the wildlife hides when the weather turns foul. And among all the creatures up there, I’ve always had a particular love for birds of prey. I’ve spent years years and years learning the ways of barn owls, tawny owls, little owls, and the wild, fierce elegance of peregrine falcons. Knowing their routes, their habits, the quiet fields they hunt over at dusk, the cliff ledges they return to, the moments when you only get one chance to capture them on camera if you’re lucky. Those passions the sea, the moors, the wildlife, the storms, and the stories are what led me here. Over the years, my photography and videography have taken on a life of their own. I’ve freelanced for Barbour Clothing, been featured on BBC Countryfile three times, appeared on BBC Coast (where the presenters said my secret trip to Boulby Cliffs was one of their favourite stories of the entire series), contributed to a Channel 4 documentary, and filmed for Channel 5’s Walks by the Sea. My photographs have appeared in every major national newspaper in the UK, and my portraits of Daniel Day‑Lewis found their way into Harper’s Bazaar and The New York Times. I’ve self‑published photography books, and my video work has been broadcast across UK television including BBC Saving Lives At Sea, a Channel 4 weather documentary, and storm and snow coverage picked up by BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, and Sky News. Even my Whitby Goth Weekend footage has travelled, purchased by German and Japanese TV for tourism features. Along the way, I was also taught time‑lapse photography by the BBC specifically the Natural History Unit, including members of the award‑winning teams behind Planet Earth and Blue Planet. Learning from the very best in the world shaped the way I approach light, motion, and storytelling. The list goes on and still surprises me. These days, I make films on YouTube about life in Whitby and the Yorkshire coast: the weather, the people, the history, the wildlife, the humour, the chaos, and the beauty of living in a place that’s equal parts brutal and breathtaking. Sometimes serious, sometimes dry, sometimes narrated by Gary Bender (who insists on being the star), but always honest. If you enjoy the videos, photos, humour, or storytelling a coffee helps me keep going. It keeps me out on the cliffs at sunrise, down on the scars at low tide, up on the moors at dusk watching owls drift across the fields, and occasionally out of trouble. Thanks for being here. Glenn, The Whitby Photographer