Looking west at sunset

An English churchyard

Getting the wheels moving again

Lobster Pots, Dorset (click image to enlarge)

Spring in Somerset

Beating lockdown

Dramatic landscape

Deserted Somerset

Just Seeing

Happier days…

Sign o' the times…

Disruptive weather in the UK

Lived-in sculpture

Beauty in the eye of the beholder…

Specialising…

Elegant classical architecture with a bit of modern electric light

Quietly spoken creativity

Visibly visible

Season’s Greetings

New photos and information

present ideas...

Making things visible...

One day my prints will come…

Photographic wall art…

The Menin Gate

Digging the scene…

Ideas for commercial photographers…

Climbing to the top…

Faith in Fakes

Getting it right…

Getting the balance right

Photography meets Fine Art...

Commercial Photography in Frome

Photographing less famous features

Ethereal Cathedral precincts…

Commercial and Architectural Photographer, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and International!

More architectural photography…

Capturing structures...

Adding style

City of contrasts…

Making the most of interiors…

Glorious Gothic

Taking to the street…

Fabulous engineering...

Latest from my photography studio…

Making the most of spaces…

Capturing the essence of buildings…

Architectural Photography

Commercial Photography in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset…

History etched into the architecture

Walking to who knows where...

Classical grandeur…

On tour…

Working in Wiltshire this week...

Photography, for property, real estate, advertising and more…

Images for commerce and industry in the South West

Leisure Industry Photography, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire

Jolly boating weather

Keeping busy all across the county...

Keeping busy all across the county...

Figure atop a gravestone..

American Muscle Car

The ancient stone rings of Avebury in Wiltshire

Winter in the capital

Commercial Photography, Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset

Stephen Riley Photography featured in the local parish magazine

Gables in Bruges

Flight of fancy

sometimes words aren't really necessary

Definitely not Somerset this time…

Maritime architecture

Vernacular architecture in coastal England

The hyperreal Somerset countryside

Celebrating 100 years of Stonehenge in public ownership

Ah, the romance…

Wells, Somerset

An adorable door

Have camera will travel

The Beautiful South

Pic of the week - sunny Somerset

Paying too much for your architectural photography? Read on…

Keeping things straight...

Architecture and Photography

Capturing the light in Somerset

Based in Somerset covering three counties...

Cards, prints, stickers, T Shirts and more...

Watery Wells

Getting things straight

Somerset AND Dorset AND Wiltshire

Latest from my photo studio

A vantage point over Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire

Off the road, on the road

Atmospheric architectural photography

Beach, pier and a concrete wave

A picture speaks a thousand words

Things you see...

Ancient architecture

Photos in the Western Gazette

Home turf obliterated by the white stuff

Food and product photography in and around Somerset

The beauty of the Bristol Channel

Hinkley C making Somerset a busy place...

A Somerset photographer on tour

A Somerset Photographer out and about…

Commercial Photography Somerset

Moody, romantic seascape

Selling your products

Commercial Photography in and around Blackmore Vale

Selfie-free zone: photographs of people, places and things in the beautiful South-West.

Top quality commercial photography in the Mendip area

The Somerset Coast

Flowers as metaphors

English Medieval Architecture

Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium

…in a Somerset churchyard

Frome wasn’t built in a day

The trained eye...

On how things are...

Coastal Dorset

Photographing local life in Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire.

Beautiful old restaurant in Ghent

Free referrals

Shimmering beads of light

Cool Modernist gem on the warm Mediterranean.

Ruined castle in Somerset

Street scene in Bath St.

Sometimes the old media are useful too

Taking Flight in Florida

Work amongst the tourists

There are many sorts of cladding systems

Wild – well, a bit – in the country

A Somerset Photographer out in the big wide world

Gather ye bunting while ye may

A Somerset photographer out and about

A hidden gem in the heart of Somerset

A dark March sky alight with torches and fireworks

Wide angle lens does the trick

Night time, the right time…

Accolades…

Interiors, architecture and details

Apocalyptic architecture

A bit of fun travel photography

Architecture and Interiors in the South West

Somerset’s misty coastline

Wide-angle lens, for architectural, property and interior photography

Property / Architectural Photography in Wiltshire

Not just photography and not just Somerset

Architectural and Property Photography in and around Somerset

Have your photographs scanned and made into a montage

Last of the day’s light

Come to the source

Season's good cheer...

On the up…

B&Bs in the mist

On fake reviews...

Look out - he's got a camera!

Water frozen, but not ice…

Hello, I'm here!

The fine art of surfacing...

A friendly city

Looking good

Things you see….

A photographer’s travels

Light piercing the dark…

Lazy days

Photographer out and about in Somerset

Out and about with my camera in Somerset

Photography in Somerset

Recent Projects

Polite anarchy

My other job...

Limited Edition

But this isn’t it…

Need to sell your property?

On top o’ the Tor

in defiance of good taste

Product photography where and when you need it

Photography in the studio

Photographing architecture in Somerset

My other job again….

Burnham’s quaint old lighthouse

Building things up…

My other job…

Every picture tells a story... or part thereof

Cool peppers....

Light and architecture

How was the dance-floor scrum?

White? Not quite

I do more than just take photographs!

Things you see…

Current (November 2015) exhibition at Hauser and Wirth

A less obvious one

In happier times…

Endless opportunities to photograph the old, the new and the characterful...

Taking to Somerset’s streets with my camera

Coming together of art forms…

That gorgeous gilded foliage

A change of mood

Adding the finishing touches

Just how bad is the food in there?!

Before and After

Write on? Right on!

A dog's life doesn't seem so bad...

For once, sound is the medium, not vision…

Close-up and personal

When in Frome…

Word, photographs and design...

Focusing on an old Ford

‘That’ hill in Shaftesbury

A moment from the Fair

Viewed from between Shepton Mallet and West Compton

An instant captured

Capturing character and the moment

Writing for the South West...

A walk and photography on the Somerset / Wiltshire border

Gothic glory in England's South West…

What is in the dark comes to light

Enjoying the thrilling Gothic architecture of the South West

Photography in the South West of England

Photographic and Copywriting Services now fully available in Wiltshire and Somerset

Professional images make a difference

For photographs of your property that do it justice

Photographic services and copywriting for the South West

The charming, different North

Parys Mountain, Anglesey

The cold comfort of strange places

Looked at in a different way...

What we see on our travels

Standing on a beach...

Flags of St George fluttering in the breeze

Canal Boat Society recognition

In demand in Manchester media!

Band pic makes the news

Historic stone architecture in Castle Cary

Hampshire: Winchester after dark

Photographic reverie at the Theatre of Dreams

Architectural gem undergoing restoration

A walk in the hills in the snow

Warm light on a frosty evening

The beauty just off the beaten track…

Prestigious award for Chris Leah

Frank visual commentary from towns and cities

Hidden gems...

Was that much loved northern music scene fairly depicted??

A shadow falls across Paris

Doors and perception...

They don't mean... do they?

Romantic photography in the winter sunshine...

Magnificent architecture, gardens and landscape

Photography and words on the home of the Bronte family

Beautifully lit buildings and their reflections in Belgium

Photography for business

Word up…

... something just appeals

Travel photography - a Manchester photographer on tour in Europe

A touch of graphic design applied to a photo of city centre architecture

Photographs for commerce and industry

What you find just around the corner…

speaks for itself

A silent spell in a busy place

Found object....

Manchester's Castlefield Canal Basin

Beauty in the everyday....

a neo-classical tour de force

Black and white shot of this English Gothic masterpiece

A colourful design solution...

Vestige of Victorian art and architecture

Elaborate fence creates a kind of sentinel for the street

Veracity in photography

Image used in esteemed architectural journal

The ever buzzing nightlife of Asia's cities

Another city that never sleeps…

What is it about showers?

Domestic bliss: strange things lurking in the English shires....

The industrial heritage of what was South Lancashire and North Cheshire, now the eastern periphery of Greater Manchester

Product photography...

A reference…?

In the news at the moment, but fires are not a new feature of this arid landscape

Beautifully revamped social housing tower block

Making the most of space

Volunteering for exploitation...

The city transformed by night

Photographic and creative influences...

So show me the back streets....

Turn again Dick Whittington - you got it wrong last time!

The unmissable Beetham Tower

Messages of love left on the edge of the Mersey

Modernist Marvel in Manchester

The origins of the term 'Spam' to describe the over-use of keyword in website copy

Graphics and Photography by Stephen Riley

Digital effects: foreshortening. Real and unreal photographic space.

Architectural Photography: a ruined castle

Flag Day - getting the bunting out

Photography of the civic, industrial and vernacular buildings of the North West

Close-up of Canal Boat ropes

Architectural Photography. Striking contemporary architecture, featuring buff bricks and multi-coloured aluminum architectural components.

Photography for industry

Stephen Riley: travelling freelance photographer

Photos of the mighty maritime city by Stephen Riley

Editorial Photography - street events - by Stephen Riley

Editorial Photography by Stephen Riley

Connection made between the style of the work of the great 20th century photographer and that of Stephen Riley

Stephen Riley is photographer for the Wooden Canal Boat Society

Latest stories from Stephen Riley Photography

City centre shots by Stephen Riley

Space Shuttle Photography by Stephen Riley

Canals and industrial photography by Stephen Riley

Lecture on Romanticism and exhibition by Stephen Riley

New studio for Stephen Riley Photography

Stephen Riley Photography moves to Stalybridge in Tameside in Greater Manchester

Hotel interior shots by Stephen Riley Photography

Interior and Exterior Architectural Photography by Stephen Riley

Stephen Riley's photographs included in publicity material for college banners, brochures, flyers etc

Photojournalism by Stephen Riley at the historic Lancashire Hotel

Portraits of Northern Soul fans

Stephen Riley's photos selected for the conceptual art and photography online magazine Soanyway

Collaborative photography project in Hampshire's busiest city

Item for Dorset Life with photographs

Jane and Louise Wilson - Nature Abhors a Vacuum, Hansard Gallery, Southampton. 16 July - 10 September 2011
A review by Dr Stephen Riley

Taking part in a group photography collaboration based on Lomo photography or 'Lomography'

I am contributing to a photography exhibition in Southampton