Category: london aerial photography
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2200ft over the City of London
My latest commission was to shoot some almost vertical aerial views up over the City of London from just over 2000ft. The weather had been rubbish for weeks but eventually the skies cleared and we spent some time tipping the AS355 helicopter on its side in order to get views such as this below.
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Shooting new aerial views over Battersea, London for Apple
It was a real honour to be asked by Apple to shoot new night aerial stills and footage for their celebration of the winners of Your Tree on Battersea, its public creativity on iPad competition. You can view them between 5pm – 10:30pm every day until 24 December. They look incredible. Below are a few…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Aerial view London pictures, images and Stock Photos
Browse 100,000 + aerial view london stock photos, images, aerial footage clips. Just published another 1,300 aerial views of London and added many to specific galleries. Images can be licensed and downloaded straight to your desktop for most uses. If you need a search done please drop an email with a brief and we will email over…
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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 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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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…
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Canary Wharf, aerial views.
On January 5th, 2022, amidst unseasonably cold London weather, a flight was conducted with an open door to offer stunning views. A noteworthy image was captured from specific coordinates, offering an eastward glimpse of Canary Wharf and the Isle of Dogs.
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Aerial photography commission of CentrePoint, Tottenham Court Road, London.
I was up flying in London this week shooting new aerial footage and stills at day and night for of the brutalist CentrePoint building in the heart of the West End on Tottenham Court Road, London. Night aerial view of CentrePoint, Tottenham Court Road, London. Shot from 2300ft from an AS355 helicopter. Close up aerial…
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Early morning mist over London
This morning’s flight offered stunning views over London, particularly Canary Wharf, enhanced by the early morning light. Despite a bit of fog, city vistas were distinctly visible. After refueling the AS355 helicopter, another two hours were spent photographing London’s striking aerial views, including the Docklands and Isle of Dogs.
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Broadgate Circle, City of London aerial photography shoot.
This week I was flying for a client shooting multiple sites in the City of London. I shot at dawn, late afternoon and dusk, some of which like the image below of Broadgate Circle, were very tight crops looking vertically down finding interesting visual patterns of people.
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Night aerial filming from an AS355 helicopter over London with a Red Gemini and Shotover mount.
Here’s the latest showreel of London aerial footage shot at dusk and night in London. The amazing footage showcases areas such as Battersea, Nine Elms, City of London, the Shard, Westminster, River Thames. All aerial footage is available to license in either RAW or your preferred format. See more stock aerial London footage here
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Creative Boom Interview.
Known for hanging out the side of a helicopter, we’ve enjoyed seeing Jason Hawkes’s aerial photographs before, particularly those of London at night. WRITTEN BY: TORA BAKER 22 JULY 2019 Now he’s back with some fresh shots over the UK’s capital during the summer months. Last week alone, he took to the skies on five separate occasions:…
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BBC helicopter interview over London with photographer Jason Hawkes
A freezing day over London with the BBC onboard. Which the piece here