EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO, Press Association photographer Owen Humphreys decided to start using the lighthouse near his home as inspiration for a new project.

St Mary’s Lighthouse on St Mary’s Island in Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear can often be seen in different “moods”, he says.

He has been capturing those moods, or changing weather patterns, over the year and a half.

The Aurora Borealis/Northern Lights

Captured on 28 February 2014.

Night Sky 

Taken on 14 August this year using a time exposure.

A break in the clouds

The sunlight creeping through dark clouds.

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All still

A summer’s day in July 2014.

Seeing things in black and white

Storm clouds descend on 8 July.

Good morning

Sunrise on New Year’s Eve

Another storm brewing

In November 2013, storm clouds gather.

Dancing in the moonlight

The night of 11 September this year.

Light Up

Another image from 2013 using time-exposure at night.

Shooting star

A night sky in May 2013.

Wake up

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The end of the day

Sunset on 9 February.

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The Lighthouse

Completed in 1898 on a hazardous coast for shipping, the lighthouse remained operational until 1984 when it was superseded by modern navigational techniques.

Up Close and Personal 

Since 1984, the lighthouse and former keepers’ cottages have been operated as a visitor centre by North Tyneside Council. The surrounding Nature Reserve contains an area of rockpools, clifftop grassland, a beach and newly created wetland habitats and attracts thousands of visitors each year.

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