Aerial Photography

Ground Attack Jet

by Neill

Sadly no longer in service, the Jaguar has been around a long time. This was shot on the flight line in it’s final year of service, getting ready for an airshow appearance for one last season. The pilot was superb at mugging the crowd from behind. Still, ground attack was their speciality…

Dead Metal

by Neill

The whole saga of ship dismantling on Hartlepool has been much discussed in the local and national news, with the project being delayed. These old US Navy ships are to be scrapped eventually, but meanwhile they’re a local landmark from both the ground and the air. This aerial photograph of the ships shows the fleet [...]

Industry II

by Neill

Almost home from a shoot, late in the day and I couldn’t help grabbing a wide angle lens and trying to see how much scene we could get in without removing the helicopter door…. Actually more that this, but the blades crept in from above! Note to self – look upwards as well as down [...]

Industry

by Neill

Shooting vertical downward view aerials. Always very cold, lots of height, a really good pilot who knows what you want, an understanding Air Traffic Controller and standing the aircraft on it’s wingtip……

Transporter Bridge

by Neill

Middlesbrough’s Transporter Bridge from the air. Made famous by it’s curious Victorian design and appearances in a variety of TV productions over the years. Now a listed structure, it has been featured in various TV programmes over the years and is one of around half a dozen similar structures across the world