Jon Probert
Photographer. Engineer. Trumpet owner.
Based in Cheshire, England
Weddings.
A bespoke service to capture the best photos of your special day.
For example galleries please following the learn more link below.
Whitby Pier
Events.
Photography for your next gig, birthday, community event etc!
Opposite: Apollo Sax Quartet | Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.
University of Huddersfield Big Band.
Check out this example gallery from the amazing performance given by the University Big Band at the Lawrence Batley Theatre.
Knypersley Reservoir
Recreation.
Nature, wildlife, architecture, macro, long-exposure, B&Wā¦
I like putting my hand to almost all aspects of photography in my spare time.
Framing.
Custom picture & art framing service.
Handmade with premium frame and mounting materials, UV resistant glass and a choice of wall mounting methods.
E-commerce.
Product photography
Photography for your online business.
A bit about meā¦
Hello! Iām Jon.
I am a photographer from Cheshire, England. Amongst other things, this website is a selection of the World I've captured with my camera. I like to dabble in all areas and have taken photos for weddings, community events and concerts. Please get in contact if you'd be interested in working with me.
I work mainly with Nikon equipment, utilising raw image formats for increased post production flexibility. Final delivery of full resolution media in any form required.
What photography is to me
Photography is my escape from the hustle and bustle of the rat races. Going out with the sole purpose of capturing images is so very different from my working life, and I enjoy how it gets me looking at the World from different perspectives. Itās something relaxing that I can take my time with, and part of the ongoing plan to live life slowly and deliberately.
I like to bring focus to my photos by means of separation. This allows us to really see the beauty in simple things. This can be done in many ways including manipulating depth of field, using black & white, or simply waiting for the right moment (like waiting for mist to isolate foreground from background).
I love that it gets me out in the wilderness, exercising, and discovering new places from national parks to heritage sites. As we might have all experienced, thereās the initial activation energy to getting off the sofa to break through, and the prospect of stumbling across a perfect photographic opportunity motivates me to get out and enjoy the World. Thereās also a sense of adventure to be had from discovering unusual places not many people know about, or being not quite where youāre supposed to be!
At heart I am scientist, by training and by passion. I like trying to understand the physics of how light forms images, and playing with this to produce the best photographs that I can. I find the more I understand the technicalities of exposure, depth of field, field-of-view etc., the better I am able to manipulate them to give me the images I want to capture.
Photography is also my way of doing things for other people.
Shooting a friends wedding, a music concert, or simply their children growing up are great small ways to give back.
A 5am trip to the Shambles (York)
The first time I remember using a camera was aged about 6. My Dad and I had just got off the train at Damems railway station on the Keighly and Worth Valley preserved steam railway. I remember Dad taking a photo of me next to the level crossing from up on the platform. We then swapped positions so I could have a go. After briefly being instructed in the art of pressing the shutter in automatic mode and taking my first successful shot, I promptly dropped my Dadās lovely Canon film camera on the hard concrete of the station platform.
Fortunately I was quite small and I got away with only superficial damage to the camera since it only fell about 2ft. I think I still have that photograph buried somewhere but couldnāt find it to show you. For the life of me I canāt remember what camera I dropped that day, but Dad and I took some great memories with it. I was delighted when I eventually got my photo back from the developers. So to make up for my extreme butter fingers, I wanted to have another go to prove I could be trusted!
The first ārealā camera I got the chance to use at age 14 (in 2004) was a Nikon D70 in a kit with a Nikon 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 AF-S DX. This was where I first started to discover the mechanics of cameras, and learnt the classic balance between shutter speed, depth of field and ISO sensitivity. Since it was on the blistering edge of technology at the time, I remember being very excited to have a go with a digital camera. It had a whopping 6 megapixels and only capable of ISO 200-1,600!
But as we all know, itās not always about the gear; itās what you do with it.
This was the onset of the era of digital, but I remember getting some great shots with that D70 (for a novice at least). This particular time and camera set alight my passion for taking photographs. As an impatient teenager Iām partly putting this down to the vastly reduced time between pressing the shutter and getting an image back that digital photography offered. Sadly (due to poor data management), these days the only record I have of photos from this time are the 6x4 prints we had the foresight to keep.
Over the years I went through a number of cameras and these days I still use Nikon kit and obviously the amount of equipment I have has increased. Though it is important to note that obsession over gear and GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) shouldnāt ever take away from what youāre actually trying to achieve: taking beautiful images and freezing the moment.
Stuff I use these days
Process Engineering
I am chartered Chemical Engineer. For professional enquires please contact me via LinkedIn.
Please do not use images from this website without permission. If you'd like to use any of the photographs on the site please get in touch via the contact form by clicking here. If you let me know where it will end up, the likelihood is that I'll just say yes (with a little credit), but please check first and I can let you have an original (those uploaded here are reduced resolution).