Ground Attack Jet
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
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 [...]
The Football Stadium
You’re not a proper aerial photographer if you don’t have at least one stadium shot! I’m no football fan, but this shot of Middlesbrough Football Club is always popular and has been sold as a large format print for charity and published in various places.
Industry II
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
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……
Fuel Storage
Fuel storage tanks from the air. A nuclear power station close by, the North Sea behind us and right on the main flight path into the local airport. Not much time for hanging around to admire the view this time..
Transporter Bridge
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
