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Stu Byrnes

Stu first took up photography as a hobby in 2014 because he thought it would be a stress reliever, although he admits that it hasn’t quite worked!

Self-taught, and learning via YouTube videos, Stu’s professional career started when he took photos at Walk the Wight and, after the Hospice uploaded his photos, one of the walkers asked him to cover her wedding. Photography became his full-time career after being made redundant from his former job in April 2020. He admits that he needs to find more time to do landscape photography. Stu now shoots on a Fuji XT3.

Opposite: Chicane, October 2020.

I was a bit of a fan boy and agreed to do the stills when Chicane was making a video at Brook Beach for ‘All We Had To Leave Behind’. He later asked me to do his wedding. @nickchicane

Above: Nomadic, May 2021.

Nomadic is my friend and he asked if I could do him a favour in October 2021 – he now calls me his ‘Official Press Photographer’. He’s DJing on the Electro Love stage at the IW Festival this year. @nomadicstudioproductions

Above: Sandown Pier February 2021.

It was very cold, in February 2021, and I could see it was a lovely clear morning when I woke up so I knew it would be a nice clear sunrise.

Right: Groyne at Sandown, September 2019 .

I was testing a new camera, trying out a long exposure in the late afternoon.

Above: Groyne at Yaverland, September 2019 .

This one was taken the same morning, further down the beach toward Yaverland with my new camera, again a long exposure.

Left: Pigeons on the Pier, November 2019 .

I was waiting for the boat in the early morning, and I really liked the pigeons. They looked as if they were waiting too.