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The Woman in Cabin 10
Backplates for film and TV are something I’m called on to produce due to the scale of the images I create. This is a cityscape backplate I shot for the Netflix production of ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’. The skyline I photographed appears early in the film, seen through the windows of The Guardian’s offices,…
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Sky News Studio Backplate
I am a London photographer who has been capturing the city’s skyline for many years. So, I was delighted to have been commissioned to shoot the new Sky News studio backplate. Project specs The Sky Newsroom Brief Sky News are now based in Westminster. They wanted a background for the LED volume behind the newsreaders.…
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Will Pearson, A London Photographer
Will Pearson is a London photographer, working solo and collaboratively with other creatives. He specialises in cityscape, architectural and landscape photography. If you have a project in mind, please send us your details in the contact form below and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Will Pearson is a London photographer specialising…
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London Wide
As a cityscape photographer, I’m often asked “what building is that?”. The London skyline is evolving so rapidly, it can be hard to keep pace with all the new additions. To answer that question I’ve built this ‘enhanced gigapixel’ – where information is overlaid onto the image. You can click on an info point to…
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Ultra High Resolution Images for Exhibitions
The images I capture are big – created through capturing and stitching multiple smaller images. Using medium format allows me to capture ultra high resolution images so when the final image is made, the file and the resolution is enormous. Size really does matter when you want to print big, without losing any quality along…
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Virgin Radio HQ Cityscape Panorama
Virgin Radio HQ sits in The News Building, right beside London Bridge Station. It’s a landmark that looks out over some of the most recognisable views in the city. When the station relaunched, breakfast show DJ Chris Evans wanted to walk into work past an enormous cityscape panorama of the City of London. I was…
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Fine Art Photography Print Shop Launches
It has been a long while in the making but I’ve now launched a brand new site – WillPearson.com – dedicated to selling fine art prints of my work. The site makes it simple for anyone looking to buy fine art photography online to: – see how every image will look both framed and unframed–…
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Arthritis Research UK Campaign – ‘The Nation’s Joint Problem’
As a London 360 photographer I often capture incredible spaces and views, but it’s great to be involved in a campaign which can make a real difference to people’s lives. I recently worked with M&C Saatchi on a campaign for Arthritis Research UK. Over 10 million people have arthritis, but the impact is not only…
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Silver Gilded Photography at Sotheby’s
I’m delighted to have had one of my silver gilded photography images selected for an exhibition at Sotheby’s, London. Silvered City is a panoramic view over some of the City of London’s most iconic buildings. There is immense drama in these buildings, but their seriousness is lightened by the City’s oldest famed building peeping through…
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Fine Art Photography Collection at CNA Hardy
Fine art photography Corporate clients often approach me for fine art photography for their offices. I was recently commissioned to provide images for CNA Hardy, the specialist commercial insurance provider. CNA Hardy have their European headquarters at 20 Fenchurch Street (‘the Walkie Talkie’). The CNA team wanted art for their walls at very large scale.…
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Large Scale Panorama at Gatwick Airport
Art for Airports at Gatwick’s North Terminal International Departures A 32-metre gigapixel panorama installed at Gatwick Airport’s North Terminal. Printed on a Tension Fabric System, the piece delivers museum-grade detail at airport scale. It’s sharp up close, and impactful right across the concourse. Produced as part of Gatwick’s £1bn transformation, the panorama comprises 10 fabric…
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Switzerland 360 Photography
Rigi-Kaltbad The Rigi Kaltbad Spa, designed by Swiss architect Mario Botta, sits high on Mount Rigi with views stretching across Lake Lucerne and the surrounding Alpine peaks. The bathing complex forms part of the Hotel Rigi Kaltbad and was created to make the most of its extraordinary location. Fed by the mineral-rich waters of the…
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54.4˚C at Trona Pinnacles
I knew it was going to be a hot day taking Trona Pinnacles photos in the Mojave Desert, Southern California, but I hadn’t anticipated quite how hot. We clocked the temperature at 54.4C (130 F). This is only a couple of degrees centigrade off the all-time world record temperature (56.7C or 134 F), registered at…
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Large Scale Photography: Motion@Waterloo
Gigapixel images at supersite scale Motion@Waterloo is the UK’s largest indoor advertising screen, stretching 40 metres wide by 3 metres tall. It will certainly capture your attention if you’re wandering through the concourse at London’s Waterloo Station, the busiest train station in the UK, which sees over 100 million passengers each year. Created by JCDecaux,…
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Meeting The Queen
Back in 2009 we were commissioned by The Royal Household to create virtual tours of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. I was invited, along with 250 other guests, to attend the official launch of the tours at Buckingham Palace. Photographs were taken at the event but it’s only recently that I’ve managed to track them…
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Battersea Power Station Control Room
This 360 allows you to explore inside the Battersea Power Station Control Room. The decommissioned 1930’s power station is an incredible example of Art Deco architecture and getting the chance to explore inside this building was an exciting experience for me. The dials you can see inside the control room were all still beautifully solid.…
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Hampstead Heath View 2012
Looking beyond the greenery of Hampstead Heath towards London and its iconic Landmarks. The newly completed Shard is a striking addition to the skyline. The panorama stretches from BT Tower in the west to Broadgate Tower in the City of London.
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Artemis the Eagle at Bovey Castle
Bovey Castle stands on the edge of Dartmoor in Devon, by the River Bovey. Built in 1907, a private manor until 1930 when it became the Manor House Hotel, it was renamed Bovey Castle in 2003. This Interactive 360 of the exterior of the castle features Artemis the Eagle, displaying her wingspan of 7ft 6in.
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The Birds, Trafalgar Square
Pigeons have enormous fields of vision – they can see 340-degrees around without moving, thanks to their side-mounted eyes. The peripheral vision of each eye is so great that the two visual fields overlap, giving the pigeon a binocular field of 24-degrees when it looks straight ahead. Trafalgar square celebrates the famous naval victory at…
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Hampstead Heath Views – London Panorama
I’m fortunate to live within easy reach of Hampstead Heath – a 790 acre stretch of land where the view over London is protected by law! The height of the Heath makes it a great place to capture London’s landmark buildings from a distance. This view includes the Gherkin (St Mary Axe), Tower 42, The…
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Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of Her Majesty the Queen. Originally called Buckingham House, built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705, it became an official royal palace in 1837 with the accession of Queen Victoria. This high resolution virtual tour shows the beautiful interior of the White Drawing Room, which is occasionally…
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Doctor Who: Inside the Tardis in 360 Degrees
Today the 360 virtual tour of the Tardis which I shot for the BBC has gone live. The BBC have used the virtual tour to provide lots of exciting content to Doctor Who fans, including a short film giving users a tour of the Tardis, special messages from characters, Tardis facts, wallpaper downloads and conceptual…
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Online Private View: Chicago Cityscapes
The last few months I have been working on some images I captured in Chicago and I’m now delighted to invite you to the online private view of the Chicago series of images. The collection includes several gigapixel images, which can be reproduced at massive resolution along with a selection of interactive 360 virtual tours…
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Tripod = Terrorist?
Seemingly using a tripod on the land outside the Tower of London could get you shipped inside the Tower – perhaps via Traitor’s Gate. Out shooting one sunny, busy afternoon, I was approached by a gentleman dressed in a Beefeater costume. He told me that the land outside the Tower of London was private and…
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Siemens Panoramas Launch
The www.siemens.co.uk website now features a large panorama which I shot to show the various landmarks on the London skyline. The panorama works to highlight Siemens’ key London projects, and the scrolling mechanic is a great new way in which to use panoramic photography. To view the work in situ, please visit www.siemens.co.uk.
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The Rain Project
Between 2001 and 2009, I’ve been based at a studio in Crouch End, North London. Over the last 8 years, I have been capturing the scene outside the door in heavy rain. From the same position, but different days and times of year. I’ve loved seeing how people react to the occasional almost ‘tropical’ rainfall,…
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New Royal Palace Virtual Tours
The new virtual tours of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle were launched yesterday, 12 February 2009. The high-definition panoramic tours are part of the revamped Royal website, which was redesigned by Bang Communications, with virtual tours photographed and implemented by yours truly. I’m delighted that the virtual tours have drawn lots of attention, and have…
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32 Metre / 105 foot Panoramic Print
One of my panoramas has recently been reproduced at a massive scale – 32 metres (105 feet) for Cable & Wireless. The image is displayed at a new Cable & Wireless headquarters in Bracknell, Berkshire, which has been beautifully designed by an interior architects firm. All images © Will Pearson. Most images when reproduced this…
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Mother of London
Panoramic photographer Will Pearson has created a series of exciting new interactive and still panoramas for fetish fashion brand Mother of London. The images promote Mother of London’s latest collection, and include both still panoramas and interactive virtual tours. These panoramas and fashion virtual tours can also be presented as large-scale panoramic prints. Interactive catwalk…
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Siemens Commission
All images © Will Pearson. I spent much of November and early December shooting a commission for Siemens in the UK for their Annual Review of 2007. The shot above is one of the commissioned shots, from the offshore wind farm at Burbo Banks in Liverpool, I also shot plaster and glass factories, Great Ormond…