Category: aerial photography
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Stock aerial views used for O2 / VCCP campaign.
I did an aerial photography helicopter shoot earlier on this year shooting new day and night aerial views of the O2 Arena at Greenwich Peninsula. The agency came back to me when they needed some stock aerial vies for their latest o2 campaign and it was good to see them being used in print the…
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New aerial views of Smithfield, Clerkenwell, Farringdon, London.
Completed a new aerial shoot a couple of weeks back over London. The commission was for aerial footage and stills around the Smithfield, Clerkenwell, Farringdon areas both in daytime and dusk. Enclosed below are a few of the stills and you can view / license stock aerial views from this area on this link :…
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City of London aerial helicopter photography
Ive been shooting an enormous amount of new aerial views throughout 2025 of the City of London showing all the latest buildings in the City such as 8 Bishopsgate and 1 Leadenhall. Aerial shoots have been completed at dawn, sunset and dusk both stills and 5K footage, all from AS355 helicopters. Below are a few…
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Latest dawn and dusk aerial photography helicopter shoot over development at Vauxhall, London.
Great to be shooting new work for a client who has just completed a major development at Vauxhall, with incredible views over the River Thames to Westminster and up to Battersea. The shoot took place over two days, lifting at 5am to get the very first light. Deliverables were a set of 120 still images…
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London aerial photographic helicopter shoot for the O2 via VCCP
After supplying some stock aerial images for the latest O2 campaign it was great to be commissioned for a new set of aerial photography and film of the O2 on Greenwich Peninsula, London. After supplying a treatment to ad agency VCCP I flew at dawn , sunset and night shooting a new library of aerial…
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Battersea 3D aerial render.
A quick video of a 3d render I’m producing of Battersea Power Station, London. Shot last week from an AS355 helicopter The end render is made up from around 500 still images.
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Aerial photographer Jason Hawkes
I was up doing lots of flying last week, shooting new aerial views of London for my London aerial stock library, see https://www.jasonhawkes.com/-/galleries/london Here’s a quick clip as I fly around the City of London in an AS355 helicopter.
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The Guardian run night aerial views of London in print and online.
Really pleased to have a new set of images in the Guardian newspaper today. The set featured night aerial helicopter views of London in the run up to Christmas 2024. You can view the whole set of images here
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Aerial photography stills and footage shoot for Westfield, London and Westfield Stratford.
Great to be shooting new helicopter aerial footage and stills for the Westfield group again. We shot both stills and footage of both their sites either side of London both at dawn, sunset and night.
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The BBC run London from the sky: Photos show summer in the city
The BBC today ran an online gallery of some of my favourite aerial views of London shot over the last few months. See the article here
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London from the sky. NLQ Issue 58. New London Architecture
Aerial photographer Jason Hawkes has unveiled these images of development in the City of London, showing how the cluster has grown in under 13 years. ‘I’m always amazed when I’m on the ground in the City of London about how little you can actually see of all the incredible changes taking place,’ he says of…
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Aerial photography of Hong Kong
It was great to be back in Hong Kong a couple of weeks ago shooting some new aerial views for the fantastic Peninsula Hotels Group. We lifted from the wonderfull twin helipads on the roof of the Peninsula hotel and shot new aerial photography around the mainland and Hong Kong Island. Aerial view of East…
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David Hockney’s bespoke art piece “Bigger Christmas Trees” at Battersea Power Station.
In early December I was commissioned by TBWA\ Media Arts Lab in London to shoot some night aerial helicopter views of the amazing art piece “Bigger Christmas Trees” at Battersea Power Station. Bigger Christmas Trees is the latest work in a long series of pieces made by Hockney using Apple products. The 86-year-old Bradford-born artist began…
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London gets ready for Christmas.
Aerial views of London at Christmas. Ive been doing a few night flights in the past few weeks and below are some new night aerial views of Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, the Christmas lights in Covent Garden, West End and SouthBank, London. To license any stock London aerial views please use this link
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Latest aerial views of the City of London.
Ive done a lot of aerial photography flights over the City of London in the past six months and it’s incredible documenting the changing cityscape. Its amazing to think that the City of London predicted skyline by 2030 has a further 11 new expected to be built: 1) 2-3 Finsbury Avenue; 2) 6-8 Bishopsgate; 3:…
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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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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. Aerial view of 20 Bank St, Canary Wharf, London E14 4AD…
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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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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.