In 2007 I started creating a library of photos of the Huddersfield area — in particular, the upper Colne Valley, where I now live.
I produce greeting cards that feature my photos.
The photos are also available to businesses to use in their publications.
In the portfolio above, I have included photos that show the beauty and character of the area where I grew up and returned to in 1999. The first 2 photos were easy choices — Huddersfield's station and Castle Hill. The other choices were more difficult; to give me a starting point I listed what, for me at least, are the features of the upper Colne Valley and its surrounds:
 
• wonderful views
• local stone: buildings, dry-stone walls, rock faces, boulders
• water: a river, a canal, streams, reservoirs
• skies: often interesting and sometimes spectacular
• villages: Slaithwaite and Marsden in the valley bottom, Golcar clinging to the
valley side, and Scapegoat Hill perched above them all. Plus many more.
• hilly terrain: I certainly missed hills when I lived in Northamptonshire and Sussex
When the buildings and the landscape combine with the ever-changing light and the different seasons, there are endless opportunities to see unique moments of beauty and simplicity. And to capture them with a camera.
View my website http://www.malcolmbeaumont.co.uk/
My Location
Huddersfield
Email: mb@malcolmbeaumont.co.uk
Website: http://www.malcolmbeaumont.co.uk/


 Huddersfield station
Huddersfield station Victoria Tower, Castle Hill
Victoria Tower, Castle Hill Upper Colne Valley
Upper Colne Valley Wellhouse
Wellhouse Slaithwaite
Slaithwaite Golcar
Golcar Marsden
Marsden Cliffe Ash
Cliffe Ash Dry-stone walls
Dry-stone walls Holme Moor
Holme Moor Eastergate
Eastergate Lock
Lock Gatepost
Gatepost Flower meadow
Flower meadow Rockpool
Rockpool Wessenden Valley
Wessenden Valley West Nab
West Nab Buckstones
Buckstones