London aerial photographs and footage from helicopters
Aerial Photography .
Imagery by Jason Hawkes
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The Guardian run night aerial London views in print and online.
Always nice to see my work in print, especially when that’s a DPS in the fantastic Eyewitness section in the Guardian newspaper. I shot a selection of images from an AS355 helicopter at night all over London, and the final edit included night aerial views of Winter Wonderland, Covent Garden, the South Bank, and the…
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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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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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New aerial views of Lords cricket Ground, St Johns Wood, London.
A very quick video shot of me shooting new aerial views of Lords cricket ground from an AS355 helicopter in London the other day. See and license more images of that area here https://www.jasonhawkes.com/?search=lords+AND+cricket
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Flying over London in an AS355 helicopter for the BBC Travel show
I had a fantastic afternoon a couple of months back flying with the team at the BBC Travel show. Unfortunately the weather in London was completely overcast but the only time the team could make it. We flew with Rajan Datar and the team the BBC travel show which aired yesterday. Log in to see…
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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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London aerial footage showreel 2024
Aerial footage of London. Shot with Red cameras, shotover mounts from AS355 helicopters.
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New aerial photography shoot of the BT Tower.
A really interesting commission and the first of the New Year. Shot on the 3rd Jan for the new owners of BT Tower who will be turning London’s iconic building into a new landmark hotel.
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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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The Times run night London gallery
Delighted to see a new selection of my London night aerial photography on the Times website yesterday, link here ( paywall ) https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/london-after-dark-a-helicopter-view-9p99hc2kp
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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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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. 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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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
