London aerial photographs and footage from helicopters
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Imagery by Jason Hawkes
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Night aerial helicopter filming over the City of London.
It was freezing last week in London, but luckily we chose a fantastic clear evening for a new set of aerial photography and aerial footage of the City of London. We were flying over the Square Mile just after dusk into night and shot some fantastic new stock aerial footage clips using Red cameras and…
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New aerial footage of Battersea, Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms and Vauxhall, London.
Ive been up shooting new aerial footage clips for my stock aerial library. Here are a few recent clips of New aerial footage of Battersea, Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms and Vauxhall, London. If you’d like to license clips please see this gallery of stock London aerial footage , there are over 3000 clips to…
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Canary Wharf night aerial photography shot from 1200ft.
Flying over Canary Wharf shooting new night aerial views. This particular shot was taken looking West back down the River Thames into central London. License aerial views of Canary Wharf here
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Latest aerial filming over the City of London.
This is a clip of a recent job filmed in City of London, capturing aerial views at dusk from an As355 helicopter. Notable features include landmarks like 22 Bishopsgate Tower, 30 St Mary Axe, and 40 Leadenhall among others.
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Amazing views of London’s roof gardens seen from the sky.
A view down onto some of London’s best roof gardens. The gardens on the roof of Battersea Power Station are particularly impressive. Aerial views shot from an AS355 helicopter. Below are images of Canary Wharf, Battersea Power Station and One Fen Court, , London. License aerial views of London here
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Patterns of London
Banking over the Elizabeth Line trains in Old Oak Common, London, to grab this graphic aerial view.See more amazing aerial views of London
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Aerial filming in London.
Shooting from an AS355 helicopter on a Red camera using the amazing Shotover mount, a close up overhead view of the stunning new Peninsula London on Grosvenor Place. Then a fly away shot showing Hyde Park Corner, Mayfair, St. James’s, Buckingham Palace, Whitehall and the River Thames.Search and license aerial views : jasonhawkes.com
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Television Centre and White City, aerial photography shoot, London.
Ive been shooting aerial views over White City for more than 15years and it’s amazing to see the continuing transformation of the area. This week I shot both in the early morning and dusk / night . All my work is shot leaning out of the doors of AS355 helicopters. I’m harnessed into various hard…
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Aerial views of the Emirates Stadium, London.
The post shares images of the Emirates Stadium in Holloway, London from a recent aerial photography job. The stadium, home to Arsenal Football Club since 2006, is showcased in various shots, including one featuring a southern view into central London and the old Highbury ground, now a residential area.
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Aerial views of Battersea, Nine Elms and Vauxhall.
Jason has been shooting new aerial imagery of Battersea during the late afternoon and nighttime from helicopters.
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A night flight over London
Up over Piccadilly the other night shooting aerial views of the stunning new Lucent building. We were flying in an AS355 helicopter and shot from late afternoon through till night. See / license more views of the area here
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London stock aerial photography. Working with the Shard.
Ive been doing a lot of searches and edits this week providing some new photography from my stock aerial library for the Shard, London. I photographed the very first press ads for the View from the Shard many years back, as part of an integrated campaign by M&C Saatchi so it was good to still…
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cityam.com spread London from the Air.
The print newspaper and online site ran a gallery of Jason’s images today. AERIAL photographer Jason Hawkes has been flying over London in helicopters for over 20 years – and in that time he’s marked the city’s extraordinary evolution in the 21st century. From City skyscrapers to the green grass of beautiful SW19, home to…
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Flying over London at dawn
Up at 2am, in the hanger by 4am and lifting just before dawn. Here’s a lovely aerial view of Westminster and the River Thames, shot in the middle of June at dawn. Image taken leaning over of the door of an AS355 helicopter. See more aerial views of London in my portfolio gallery here
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View the courts of Wimbledon from the sky.
Getting ready for Wimbledon 2023, the courts all looking amazing. Shot from 51°25’48.78″ N 0°13’9.732″ W at 358.0 m from an AS355 helicopter.
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Patterns of London
At last Spring has arrived. This is a shot from 335.0 m up looking directly down onto the patterns of footpaths in Hyde Park, London. To get a shot like this we bank tightly over, leaning out of the door of the helicopter to look vertically down. Shot on 19th April 2023.
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Aerial photography of the O2, Greenwich Peninsula, London.
The O2 commissioned an aerial photography shoot, featuring locations such as North Greenwich and Royal Borough of Greenwich in London. The day had favorable weather conditions, and photos were taken from an AS355 helicopter, at heights ranging from 750ft to 2400ft.
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Nightime aerial photography shoot over London for stock images aerial library.
I was shooting a new selection of night aerial views for my stock library this week. My stock image aerial library now holds over 100,000 images of London online and another 750,000 images off line. If you’d like to license imagery please take a look at these curated galleries or use the search box to…
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Stock aerial views of London
Ive completed another large update of aerial views of London adding another 3,500 images this week. Images in Westminster, Vauxhall, Nine Elms, Battersea, and City of London. You can search curated galleries here , or use the search box on the page to search via area, street name or building name.
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Shooting aerial panoramas over London.
Jason was shooting aerial panoramas of London for a client, utilizing a helicopter to capture expansive photos, which are later stitched together into large-scale images suitable for oversized prints. They mention flying at an altitude of 2400ft in cold conditions.
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Shooting aerial views of a new public artwork in Brent Cross.
Not your usual commission today as the site was really quite small to be shooting from a helicopter. Most of the crops that worked best were shot on a 400mm lens. The light was lovely and after a little post-production back in the studio the results were pretty nice. ” Brent Cross Town, one of…
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Aerial views of London’s Christmas Lights
Ive been doing a lot of London night aerial photography over the past few weeks. Here are some amazing views looking down over the Shard, the lights on Regents St, skaters at Somerset House, the South Bank, and a up over Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, London.
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London aerial filming showreel
We’ve done a lot of flying in London over the past year, below is the latest showreel. All shot from AS355 helicopters using Red camera and shotover mounts.
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Aerial photography shoot of the Olympic Park, London.
I spent several days capturing aerial stills and footage of the Olympic Park in London from an AS355 helicopter, including key landmarks such as the London Stadium, ArcelorMittal Orbit, and the London Aquatics Centre. The footage was shot in 5.5K and the results, though delayed by weather, were great.
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BBC Gallery. Jason Hawkes
As London bakes in another heatwave amid an official drought, we speak to a photographer who frequently rises above the noise and captures the city from another perspective. Jason Hawkes has more than 30 years’ experience of shooting from the sky, typically capturing aerial photographs once or twice a week. “I don’t think I’ve seen…
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Aerial views of the heatwave in London
It’s incredibly hot this Summer and London and as the grass in all the London parks quickly turning brown, Londoner’s are looking to cool off in rooftop pools, fountains and Lido’s. Here are a few images shot this week.
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Aerial photography over London’s major rail hub Kings Cross and St. Pancras shot from an AS355 helicopter.
I was up shooting new aerial views for Kings Cross this week. We had fantastic visibility and clear blue skies for the shoot. Amazing to see London’s ‘landscraper’! Google’s new UK HQ taking shape designed in the studios of Thomas Heatherwick and the Danish architect Bjarke Ingel. License stock London aerial views of Kings Cross…
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Sunrise aerial photography shoot over Westminster, Belgravia and Knightsbridge.
It was a very early start this week, we took off from the aerodrome at 5.30am to be in London just after sunrise. Lovely flying in town at that time of day as there’s so little other air traffic about and light can be just fantastic.
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Aerial photography of Canary Wharf.
I was shooting new aerial views around Canary Wharf this week, weather and visibility were fantastic as we orbited the area shooting from heights of 750 ft up to 2400ft. Search and license from 100’s of Canary Wharf aerial views here
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Flying sideways in a helicopter up the River Thames at night.
This week Ive been shooting a new commission for the amazing Illuminated River Foundation project, a major public art commission in London connecting 9 Thames bridges with ever-evolving illuminated artwork. You can check out more on the project here, or please check this link to see more London aerial night views Night aerial view of…