Rochdale & South Pennines Landscape Photographer | Ste Walton
Moorland Photography & Storytelling from North England
Exploring the South Pennines: creating written & visual stories
Welcome to Ste Walton Photography.
Ste is a Rochdale-based landscape photographer drawn to the quiet power, shifting light, and raw beauty of the South Pennines.
Working across Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and the wider North of England.
Ste walton’s photography captures iconic local landscapes — from the windswept expanse of Scout Moor, and the quiet reflections of Naden Valley, to the rugged gritstone edges of Blackstone Edge, Rooley Moor, and the Rossendale Valley.
His landscape photography and writing ground themselves in stillness, honesty, and emotional connection.
They are both shaped through a deeply personal journey through addiction recovery and late-diagnosed autism and ADHD.
If you would like to read more about Ste Walton, you can do so by visiting his About/My story page.
You can browse his landscape photography from the South Pennines in the Gallery,
and read his stories and poetry in Landscape Stories.
If you head over to landscape stories to have a read, thank you, and please feel free to leave a comment at the bottom.
For any other enquiries you may have, please use the Contact form.
Discover the intersection of neurodivergence and mental health. I share my journey of self-medicating undiagnosed Autism and ADHD, hitting rock bottom, and how a late-in-life diagnosis and landscape photography became the foundation of my addiction recovery.
Living with late-diagnosed autism and ADHD is a constant tug-of-war between rigid structure and chaotic discovery. 'Fuck the Trail' is an original piece of AuDHD poetry about what happens when the neurodivergent mind meets the wild moorlands.
Explore 'Where Forget-Me-Nots Grow'—an intimate macro flower photography story and original poem on the banks of the River Roch. A quiet reflection on memory loss, grief, and enduring love.
Explore how mindful landscape photography on Scout Moor offers space for AuDHD focus, sensory regulation, and recovery from burnout. A reflective photo essay and poem by Ste Walton on slow photography in the Southern Pennines.
A winter cloud inversion over Turn Village in the South Pennines. Atmospheric landscape photography and poetry capturing a moment of quiet stillness above the icy moorlands.
A moody visual story and original poem exploring Scout Moor as rain breaks a summer drought across the Lancashire moorlands. Capturing atmospheric light, Cowpe Lowe, and the raw beauty of the South Pennines.
Pitching a tent on Marsden Moor during a New Year's Eve storm brings profound solitude. Read my reflective narrative poem exploring nature's fierce power, memory, and the beauty of a Standedge sunrise.
Discover 'The Woodland Lantern' — a captivating macro photograph of a glowing woodland mushroom beneath an ancient hawthorn tree, accompanied by an original lyrical poem on quiet forest light and nature's quiet resilience.
A morning standing on the snowy edge of Cragg Quarry in the South Pennines — where freshly fallen snow transformed rugged earth into whispers of light. Read the landscape story and original poem by Ste Walton.
An intimate landscape photography story exploring how wild camping on Scout Moor offers a sensory sanctuary for neurodivergence. Discover how solitude, nature writing, and photography help unmask an overstimulated mind.
Nature gives splendour, then tears it down. Discover the story behind the shot in this gripping Lake District photography tale of a fierce mountain storm and a frantic, life-saving escape to Woof Cave.
An unscripted moment of mindful landscape photography at a hidden waterfall in Scout Moor. Read the story and poem behind a serendipitous encounter with a robin.
The Whispering Veil" is a fine art moody woodland landscape photograph capturing a tranquil long-exposure waterfall cascading through mossy forest rocks. Accompanied by original nature poetry, this piece explores the serene, restorative atmosphere of quiet woodland streams
Beneath a veil of emerald shade..." Discover the story behind the lens in this atmospheric woodland waterfall nature poem and landscape photography feature, capturing the timeless stillness of fallen giants
Chasing dramatic storms across Blackstone Edge in the South Pennines: A photographic story and poem exploring gritstone crags, sudden light breaks, and views over Hollingworth Lake.
A winter landscape story captured near the historic Pack Horse Inn on Widdop Moor, Hebden Bridge. Ste Walton reflects on finding peace and quiet amidst a snow-draped South Pennine landscape.
When depression and anxiety become overwhelming, I turn to the wild weather of the South Pennines and the grounding experience of landscape photography. Through my journey with AuDHD and recovery, I explore how photographing storms, moving water and windswept moorland has helped me find a different way to navigate difficult emotions.