Photography from places that stay with you

Stuart Leach Photography

Landscapes, waterfalls and northern skies.

Images from Yorkshire, Scandinavia, Kefalonia and beyond.


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Notes from behind the pictures

Some posts are about photography, some are about place, and some follow the odd thread that starts tugging at a memory.

Original ticket for Spike Island, 27 May 1990

June 2026 · Music / Reflections

Following the Wires Backwards

Tracing the connections between music, memory and Manchester.

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Kefalonian Conversations taverna image

June 2025 · Photography / Travel

Kefalonian Conversations

Colour and monochrome image pairs from familiar Kefalonian corners.

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Lapland aurora photographed on iPhone

February 2026 · Photography / Travel

Lapland Aurora (Akaslompolo)

Waiting in the snow while the sky moved quietly above us.

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About this site

A photography site with a slightly unusual beginning

This place started on an iPhone, early in the morning, from a sun lounger in the hills above Agia Effimia in Kefalonia. The AI-assisted origin story is still part of it — but the reason for keeping it going is simpler: photographs, places, family memories, and curiosity.

I hope the site feels personal rather than polished to perfection: a home for landscapes, waterfalls, northern skies and the stories that gather around them.

Read how the site evolved