London aerial photographs and footage from helicopters

Category: London

  • 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.

  • Night aerial view of London shot by aerial photographer Jason Hawkes from a helicopter

    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…

  • 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 :…

  • 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…

  • Aerial photography of Vauxhall, London.

    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…

  • Aerial view of the O2, London.

    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…

  • Aerial photographer Jason Hawkes flying over the City of London.

    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.

  • London aerial footage

    London aerial footage showreel 2024

    Aerial footage of London. Shot with Red cameras, shotover mounts from AS355 helicopters.

  • BBC London aerial views.

    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

  • 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…

  • Aerial view of the City of London. 1 Leadenhall, 8 Bishopsgate, 22

    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:…

  • Night aerial footage of London.

    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…

  • Aerial footage of Vauxhall and Battersea, London.

    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…

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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…