Jon BrockPhotography

Days in the Field

A single photograph, and the day in the field that made it.

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2026
Into the Fireswamp
How I look out for images with narrative potential
20 May 2026 · Tasmania
No. 5
Colliding Worlds in Tasmania
How I went back to reshoot my compositions when the light came good
11 May 2026 · Workshop, West Coast, Tasmania
No. 13
Tasmanian Granite
On finding shade in the Bay of Fires
4 May 2026 · Workshop, Bay of Fires, Tasmania
No. 35
2025
Flamborough
On starting to see and work the chalk
October 2025 · Flamborough, East Yorkshire
No. 15
Torridonian Rock
On revisiting a beach with a goal in mind
February 2025 · Torridon, Scotland
No. 30
Lindisfarne Priory
How anticipating and predicting the light paid off
20 January 2025 · Holy Island, Northumberland
No. 8
Snails in Blue
On painting the shale blue
18 January 2025 · North Yorkshire Coast
No. 39
2024
A Dance of Ice and Fire
On remembering not to scout with the technical camera - yet again
November 2024 · Beinn Eighe, Torridon
No. 20
Repetition at Dawn
How the value of repetition won out again
November 2024 · Workshop in Northumberland
No. 4
The Processes of Time
How sometimes distance is needed to evaluate your images
November 2024 · Workshop in Northumberland
No. 3
A Thaw in Assynt
On handling a thaw and feeling like I was home again
21 January 2024 · Lochinver, Assynt
No. 23
Iced on Rannoch Moor
On making a good call to travel early
15 January 2024 · Rannoch Moor, Scotland
No. 33
2023
A New Phase
How a test shot convinced me I was on the right track
December 2023 · Skipwith Common, North Yorkshire
No. 31
Icelandic Sastrugi and Floating Ice
When awe and wonder are the only response to amazing sights in nature
February 2023 · Workshop in Iceland
No. 18
Snow and Ice in Iceland
When sometimes making a picture of the obvious subject is just right
February 2023 · Workshop in Iceland
No. 10
Colliding Worlds in Torridon
On photography as healing
January 2023 · Torridon, Scotland
No. 37
2022
Snowdonia
On how I kickstarted my photographic recovery with several unintended consequences
October 2022 · Workshop in Snowdonia
No. 26
Skipwith Lowland Heath
On the value of having somewhere local to play with the camera
February 2022 · Skipwith Common, North Yorkshire
No. 12
2020
Buttermere
On remembering a final walk
November 2020 · Buttermere, The Lake District
No. 22
2019
Borrowdale Quarry
On repetition and trusting that you have solved a composition without realising it
November 2019 · Borrowdale, The Lake District
No. 1
2018
Torridon
On enjoying my photography again
February 2018 · Torridon, Scotland
No. 27
2014
Pipes
On how the ideas of symbolic representation from Mulgrave bled into some pipes
January 2014 · Kinlochleven, Scotland
No. 34
2013
Fun in the Lakes
On a relaxing week in the Lakes and how I took a 10×8 to a beginners’ workshop
November 2013 · Workshop in Borrowdale, The Lake District
No. 32
2012
Millington
On finding the seeds for a project and rekindling a love for Black and White
December 2012 · The Yorkshire Wolds
No. 17
Painting at Mulgrave
How a first major theme for my Mulgrave work was born
January 2012 · North Yorkshire Coast
No. 36
2011
Shadow Line Developed
How I started to experience the value of flow state
2011 · Port Mulgrave
No. 2
2010
Let Sleeping Logs Lie
On making pictures when you should be recovering
December 2010 · Skipwith Common, North Yorkshire
No. 28
Langstrath
On looking back at a favourite day and memorable trip with my father
October 2010 · Borrowdale, The Lake District
No. 14
Wolds Hawthorn
On seeing a vision for interpreting the Wolds come to fruition
May 2010 · The Yorkshire Wolds
No. 24
Bubbles in a Puddle
On finding images in the most unlikely of places
March 2010 · The Yorkshire Wolds
No. 6
More Glencoe Ice
On remembering a seminal trip
February 2010 · Rannoch Moor, Scotland
No. 25
2009
Wolds Beginnings
On the origins of photographing the Yorkshire Wolds and how solutions can often present themselves given time
October 2009 · The Yorkshire Wolds
No. 21
Saltwick Bay
On setting up in a favourite place and just waiting for it to happen
June 2009 · Saltwick Bay, Yorkshire
No. 11
Snow in Glencoe
On how simple pleasures are sometimes best
4 February 2009 · Rannoch Moor, Scotland
No. 19
Inspiration
On the artistic dynamic of inspiration
1 February 2009 · Rannoch Moor, Scotland
No. 38
2008
Reflected Light
On staying behind after school to practise alchemy
2008 · Workshop in the Yorkshire Dales
No. 7
2007
Red Light at Dawn
On one of the most remarkable dawns I can remember
October 2007 · Workshop in Torridon
No. 29
More Beginnings
On remembering another origin story
January 2007 · Rannoch Moor, Scotland
No. 16
2006
Beginnings
On the beginnings of learning my craft
September 2006 · Workshop on Skye
No. 9