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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
– imagine how framed photographic prints will look on a wall, as each image is shown in visualisations of a room
– add artwork to a lightbox, so you can save and edit your selections

I’ve launched a number of new images along with the site, including a collection of California landscapes captured over the last decade, a selection of new black and white London photography, and some new landscapes.

Visualising art on your walls

I know it can be really tricky to picture how an image will appear in situ, and so on the new site you can see a mock-up of every image in a couple of different settings.

Traditional framing

Here’s ‘Low Tide at Millennium Bridge’ framed:

And here it is shown in a living room setting:

Acrylic framing

For a beautifully simple, contemporary finish, we also offer artwork which is mounted frameless behind acrylic.

Here’s a close-up of a corner of an acrylic image, showing you how this looks.

Please click ‘Launch Project’ to take a look. If you have any questions or feedback on the new site, I’d love to hear from you.

March 7, 2018
Peugeot 3008

This Peugeot 360 image gives Peugeot’s web viewers the opportunity to explore the 3008. The car was shot in a studio and a background retouched in post-production.

Please visit our 360 car interiors page to view further car 360 examples.

December 9, 2017
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 on those suffering. Arthritis affects everyone, from employers losing employees through days off, to children whose parents or grandparents may be struggling, to the NHS resources required to treat and manage it. There’s also felt to be a lack of understanding of what it’s like to live with the condition and how wide-ranging are its affects on society.

Richmond Theatre 360 (crop) for Arthritis Research UK

‘The Nation’s Joint Problem’

We took locations you’d expect to be packed with people, and showed them deserted. The line for the image of an empty Oxford Circus was ‘These are the shoppers who don’t suffer from arthritis’. I shot the 360s to be used in an online ad campaign. It’s incredibly difficult to capture Oxford Circus in daylight with no people in. This is especially true when you’re shooting 360s, So, the secret was shooting it very early in the morning, after the clubbers go home and before the commuters come flooding in.

The locations were scouted by Locate Productions, the creatives were Harry Osborne and Sam Sword of M&C Saatchi, the stills photographer was Sebastian Nevols and the whole schebang was expertly produced by Kate Blumer.

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If you’re looking for a 360 photographer, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

November 28, 2017
City of London Dusk

This gigapixel cityscape captures the City of London at dusk, as the windows light up and the city gets ready to wind down.

Any fears about London’s future look utterly unfounded when you look at this skyline. When I started shooting the city the major buildings in this view would have been Tower 42 and The Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe) which was still very new. The cluster of tall buildings now encompasses 122 Leadenhall Street (the Cheesegrater), 20 Fenchurch Street (the Walkie Talkie), Heron Tower (now the Salesforce Tower, and officially 110 Bishopsgate) with the Shard behind. And the core you can see rising; 22 Bishopsgate. At 278 metres, this will stand taller than all of them, bar the Shard (310m).

The pace of change is increasing too, with many more tall buildings planned for London, and the City of London in particular. 150 Bishopsgate is already under construction, and there are 6 more approved in this area alone.

Captured in very high resolution, this gigapixel cityscape allows you to zoom right in to see the detail. The original print file is actually bigger than this, it has been reduced down to display here. It is an enormous file and prints beautifully at large sizes. For many more large scale cityscapes, please click here.

November 14, 2017
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 the newcomers.

The piece is a silver gilded photographic print on acrylic, 2900 mm x 900 mm.

This exhibition has now closed. However, this piece can be viewed strictly by appointment only at Sotheby’s in Bond Street, London. Please contact me to discuss arrangements. Price on application. Shots from the exhibition can be viewed below.

October 6, 2017
Shard 360 Gigapixel

London from the Top of The Shard

A Shard 360 Gigapixel 360 panorama captured high above the city.

Shot from the very top of The Shard, more than 300 metres above the River Thames, this Shard 360 gigapixel panorama offers a rare opportunity to explore London’s skyline in exceptional detail. to explore London’s skyline in exquisite detail. Captured from a position above the public viewing levels, it presents the capital from a vantage point few people ever experience.

Zoom in to explore the Shard 360 gigapixel panorama in more detail and see if you can find other well known landmarks, like the Crystal Palace Transmitter, the BT Tower, the London Eye, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, the Arch of Wembley Stadium.

Exploring London in every direction

This interactive Shard 360 Gigapixel panorama allows you to look out across the full sweep of London. From the dense cluster of towers in the City of London to distant landmarks on the horizon, the image reveals how the capital’s architecture spreads and interlocks across miles of streets, parks and neighbourhoods.

Prominent within the view are major City landmarks such as the Leadenhall Building (The Cheesegrater) and 20 Fenchurch Street (The Walkie Talkie), alongside long-established icons including Tower Bridge and St Paul’s Cathedral. Further afield, careful exploration reveals familiar features such as the London Eye, the BT Tower, the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, the Arch of Wembley Stadium and even the Crystal Palace Transmitter.

Shard 360 Gigapixel: detail at scale

The 360 panorama is constructed from many individual high-resolution frames, stitched together to create a single, seamless gigapixel image. This approach allows viewers to zoom deep into the scene without losing clarity, revealing architectural detail, rooftop structures and the fine details of the city far below.

Unlike conventional panoramic photography, a Shard 360 Gigapixel image is designed to reward time spent exploring. The longer you look, the more London reveals itself.

A record of a changing skyline

London’s skyline is constantly evolving, and this panorama captures the city at a particular point in that story. Some buildings visible here have since been joined by newer towers, extending the skyline further east and north. Seen today, the image serves both as an immersive viewing experience and as a record of London’s vertical growth viewed from its tallest building.

Zoom in, explore, and take time to trace the city from river to horizon.

Page last updated: January 2026

January 25, 2017
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. They had seen my London cityscape series and knew they would get pin-sharp reproduction even at extremely large sizes. I worked with the CNA Hardy team to find the right fine art photography pieces for their space. Their business is international, so in addition to London cityscapes, they also wanted pieces from the USA and China. The pieces are all edge-to-edge dibond mounted behind thick acrylic pane. You can read about each piece below and see them in situ on the walls.

Silvered City – A London Cityscape

Firstly, CNA Hardy selected this piece because it featured their European Head Office at 20 Fenchurch Street. We were able to further highlight their building by producing the piece as a diptych. The width was about a metre high by 2.5 metres long. You can see how this looked in their reception area below. If you would like to view the image in a larger size and zoom in, please click here (opens in a new tab).

Pudong View, Shanghai – China Panorama

CNA Hardy wanted the art on their walls to reflect their global nature. Thus, they selected this view across the Huangpu River to Pudong, with the dramatic Oriental Pearl Tower in the foreground. We determined that this image would be presented as a triptych. Each panel was almost 1.2m wide, so the total width was about 3.5 metres (over 11 foot) wide. You can view the China triptych in situ on CNA Hardy’s walls below. Click here (opens in a new tab) to see the original deep zoom Shanghai panorama.

Chicago from Lake Michigan on the walls at 20 Fenchurch Street – Fine Art Acrylic Mounted Triptych © Will Pearson

Chicago from Lake Michigan – Panoramic Triptych

Because CNA Worldwide headquarters are in Chicago, the CNA team was particularly taken with this image. Especially relevant is the fact that it features their own building prominently. The CNA Center at 333 South Wabash Avenue has been their home for the last 44 years. It is fondly known as ‘Big Red’ due to its unusual red exterior. We decided to present the panorama as a triptych, with each panel around 1.6m wide – 4.8m in total (over 15 foot wide). Click here (opens in a new tab) to see the full image and zoom in on the detail.

Palace of Westminster – London Photography

In addition, the client selected a view of the Palace of Westminster on a particularly stormy summer day. The dramatic skies lent a colour to the image which complemented the area in which it’s sited. Click here (opens in a new tab) to see the original image in high resolution.

Please get in touch with me should you want to discuss a fine art photography commission, or are interested in images from my portfolio or photography library. Click here (opens in a new tab) to be taken to my stock library site.

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November 22, 2016
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 frames forming a seamless 32m × 5.4m artwork.

The Shard dominates London’s night skyline in this gigapixel panorama, captured from across the Thames. Many of London’s landmarks can be seen right across the image. At full zoom, the gigapixel reveals the minute details that make up the capital after dark. Windows glowing in offices, traffic threading the streets, and the energy of London at night. This gigapixel forms the source for the installation at Gatwick Airport, where its scale and clarity bring the drama of London’s skyline straight into the terminal.

The panorama is on a hoarding dividing the airport during renovations as part of the £1 billion investment plan for Gatwick. KeyMT Solutions lovingly produced the piece on a Tension Fabric System. The image is made up of 10 frames, each frame a single piece of fabric.

The image measures 32m (105′) long by about 5.4m (18′) tall. Viewers can really get lost in the detail as the resolution is so high, even at this scale.

Project specs:
- Scale: 32m (105′) wide × 5.4m (18′) high
- Location: International Departures, North Terminal (airside)
- Medium: Tension Fabric System, 10 fabric frames
- Use case: Renovation hoarding / airport art install
- Interactive source: View the original zoomable gigapixel
Art for Airports

Art for airports needs to be at an impressively large scale, so that it carries impact for people right across the airport. Furthermore, it must also be sufficiently high resolution for those right next to it to see sharp detail. Thus, gigapixel images are ideal because they fulfill this brief perfectly.

Please do get in touch with me if you’d like to discuss large-scale panoramas for your space. You can also view many more gigapixel cityscapes here.

FAQs about large scale images

How big can your images go?
We routinely produce panoramas at 10–40m. Gigapixel images I capture allow our clients to scale to massive sizes while retaining fine detail.

What materials do you print on?
Tension fabric systems, backlit translights, and other large-format substrates depending on the site requirements.

Do you provide installation support?
Yes. We can recommend companies who specialise in large-scale artwork who we’ve worked with for many years, or we can work with your preferred supplier. From artwork prep, print/production liaison, proofing, right through to technical discussions with your fabricator/installer.

Page last updated September 2025
October 14, 2016
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 Kaltbad Spring, the Spa blends contemporary architecture with the natural landscape. Floor-to-ceiling glass connects the interior pools to the mountain panorama outside, allowing guests to take in the view while immersed in the warm spring water.

This Switzerland 360 photography project was captured from the Spa’s sun deck, using multiple overlapping images to create a seamless, high-resolution panorama. Shooting in the Alps brings its own challenges, like strong reflections, shifting light, and the need for precision to balance exposure between (at times) snow, sky and lake.

The final 360 image allows viewers to explore the full scene, from the still surface of Lake Lucerne below to the snow-covered summits beyond. The result is a detailed, immersive image that captures both the design of Mario Botta’s architecture and the wider Alpine environment that defines it.

To view more examples of 360 photography from Switzerland and beyond, please visit the portfolio.

Page last updated: October 2025

August 23, 2016
30 St Mary Axe 360

Dawn to Dusk from The Gherkin

In this 30 St Mary Axe 360 you can explore the views from one of the City of London’s most iconic buildings.

Although 30 St Mary Axe, commonly known as ‘the Gherkin’, is no longer among the very tallest in the City, it still stands out as one of its most recognisable landmarks. At just under 180 metres tall, it’s around the fifth tallest building within the City of London. It comes behind 22 Bishopsgate at 278m; the Heron Tower / Salesforce Tower which is 230m; 122 Leadenhall Street (The Cheesegrater) at 224m; and 100 Bishopsgate (172 m to roof, 204 m to tip).

Despite being overtaken in height, the Gherkin remains instantly identifiable on the skyline, and its unique curved profile and tapering glass façade make it one of the most distinctive pieces of modern architecture in London.. It counts as a notable feat of engineering, with its central circumference being just 2 metres narrower than its height.

Shooting close to the summer solstice meant a long days shoot, being in position by 4am, and capturing sunset at around 9pm.

Each sequence was photographed from the cradle that runs around the building’s peak — the same cradle used for maintenance and cleaning. Each full rotation of the cradle took about 45 minutes, stopping at precise intervals to capture overlapping frames. The process was repeated multiple times during the day to record the City skyline as the light changed from dawn to dusk.

Bringing these sequences together to create the 30 St Mary Axe 360 required careful alignment and blending to ensure the transition between each time of day was seamless.

Click on each of the time stamps in the Gherkin 360 to change the time of day and see how London’s skyline transforms across the day.

Page last updated: October 2025

June 30, 2015
Canary Wharf Gigapixel

Canary Wharf Pier

This Canary Wharf gigapixel image captures one of London’s most recognisable skylines, viewed from Rotherhithe across the River Thames.

In the foreground sits Canary Wharf Pier. The Thames Clippers ferry commuters travelling up and downriver to work in the City of London – London’s financial district. At the centre of the composition stands One Canada Square, the tallest building in the frame and an enduring symbol of Canary Wharf.

Around it are the towers that define the area’s commercial core. 25 Canada Square (Citigroup Centre); 8 Canada Square (HSBC Tower); 25 Bank Street (J.P. Morgan); 1 Cabot Square (Credit Suisse); 10 Upper Bank Street (Clifford Chance); 20 Bank Street; and 25 Cabot Square (Morgan Stanley).

Together these buildings form the distinctive cluster of glass and steel that marks the modern City of London’s eastern hub.

The image was created as a gigapixel panorama, built from hundreds of individual photographs, then stitched together to form a single, seamless image. This process allows for exceptional clarity and scale. Every reflection on the Thames, every façade, and even small details such as rooftop structures and dockside textures remain visible when viewed at full resolution.

Captured on a clear day with long sightlines across the river, this Canary Wharf gigapixel provides a detailed record of the district’s architecture and density. The perspective from Rotherhithe offers a rare view of the estate as a whole, with the river acting as a natural divide between the quiet residential streets of the south bank and the skyscrapers of London’s financial centre.

To explore more examples of London gigapixel photography, please visit the portfolio.

Page last updated: October 2025

April 13, 2015
Canary Wharf Panorama

The Isle of Dogs

This Canary Wharf panorama captures the dramatic skyline of London’s financial hub, viewed across the River Thames looking over towards the Isle of Dogs.

Located on the banks of the river, the area once housed the West India Docks. As container ships grew in size during the 1960s, the docks gradually declined and by 1980 closed entirely.

The transformation has been remarkable. Today, the skyline is dominated by the towers of the Canary Wharf Estate, home to global headquarters such as HSBC, Barclays, Citigroup, and others.

The panorama shows the glass-and-steel cluster rising above the river and docklands, reflecting the shift from shipping to finance. Within the image you’ll also see the Emirates Air Line cable cars crossing the Thames near the O2 Arena, and, in the distance, the towers of the City of London.

This Canary Wharf panorama brings into one frame the Isle of Dogs; its business district, the river and the wider London skyline. Captured as a gigapixel panorama, the image was composed from hundreds of frames stitched into a single, ultra-high-resolution file. Every reflection on the Thames, every façade detail, every window is rendered so you can zoom in, explore the architecture, and appreciate the detail at scale. This image serves both as a visual record of the area’s evolution and as a resource for large-format display or immersive digital environments.

To see more examples of London gigapixel photography, please visit my portfolio.

Page last updated: October 2025

March 30, 2015
Silvered City

Silvered City is a high resolution cityscape showing the changing face of the City of London‘s skyline. The image captures many of the capital’s most recognisable buildings, seen here under the soft, reflective morning light that gives the photograph its name.

In this view, St Paul’s Cathedral is the historic heart of London’s skyline. After St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower 42 is the grand old lady of tall buildings here, having been first occupied in 1980, with the Lloyds building following in ’86. Together they marked the start of London s move into modern high-rise architecture. It’s now hard to imagine the skyline without 30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin), completed in 2004, which quickly became one of the City of London’s most recognisable landmarks.

Since then, newer towers such as 122 Leadenhall Street (The Cheesegrater), 20 Fenchurch Street (The Walkie Talkie), and the Heron Tower have joined them, forming the cluster of glass and steel that defines London’s modern business district. The image includes the London Eye, 20 Fenchurch Street, 54 Lombard Street, The Willis Building, Lloyds of London, St Paul’s Cathedral, 122 Leadenhall Street, St Helen’s Building, 30 St Mary Axe, Tower 42, 6 Bevis Marks, The St Botolph Building, 99 Bishopsgate, Heron Tower, the Barbican, and CityPoint. The City of London has a new and ever-changing skyline, the glass of these superstructures reflecting the silvered morning light.

For more high resolution cityscape pictures, please explore the portfolio.

Page last updated: October 2025

Fine Art Print

Silvered City, archival print

Framed

Fine art print, framed

Museum quality · Archival

Acrylic

Face-mounted acrylic

Acrylic glass · Aluminium Dibond

Resolution

For hoardings, supersites, wall manifestations and translites, this image scales to building and site-scale sizes. Find out more. Fine art prints up to 668 × 173 cm at native resolution.

Formats

Framed, face-mounted acrylic, or unframed on a paper roll. Hand silver-gilded editions by arrangement.

Captured

30 January 2015.

Every print is made to order and priced by size and finish — how ordering works.

February 6, 2015
Winter Sun London

London Skyline Gigapixel

Captured from the roof of the Leadenhall Building, this London skyline gigapixel looks out over London in the low January sun. This is one of the times of day that light and the clouds can alter swiftly. Thus to capture a high resolution image in the few instants, before you lose that special moment where sunlight and cloud concatenate, is one of the biggest challenges I face. I have to work fast and there’s no second chance, as just a few breaths later it will have altered completely.

The light shifts, clouds close in, and the opportunity disappears almost immediately. Working at height in the winter air, I had to move quickly to capture the sequence of frames that would later be stitched into a single high-resolution image.

The resulting image has the City of London’s building’s transformed by the sharp, angled light of the low winter sun. The glass and steel towers reflect a warm silver tone, while long shadows stretch across the streets. If you look to the right of the image, you’ll see the shadows cast by the Leadenhall, Tower 42 and the Heron Tower (110 Bishopsgate) over the city. The new buildings under construction that you can see are One Angel Court, Bloomberg Place (Walbrook Square), 5 Broadgate, 100 Bishopsgate and the new extension to the Tate Modern.

The image is a record of a moment in the City of London’s continuing transformation. A winter’s day frozen in detail. You can explore more examples of London gigapixel photography and other skyline panoramas in my portfolio.

Page last updated: October 2025

Fine Art Print

Sundown Over West London, archival print

Framed

Fine art print, framed

Museum quality · Archival

Acrylic

Face-mounted acrylic

Acrylic glass · Aluminium Dibond

Resolution

For hoardings, supersites, wall manifestations and translites, this image scales to building and site-scale sizes. Find out more. Fine art prints up to 590 × 300 cm at native resolution.

Formats

Framed, face-mounted acrylic, or unframed on a paper roll. Hand silver-gilded editions by arrangement.

Captured

10 May 2017.

Every print is made to order and priced by size and finish — how ordering works.

February 2, 2015
London from The Leadenhall

Leadenhall Building Panorama

This Leadenhall Building panorama offers a rare view over the City of London from more than 200 metres above the streets below.

The image was captured from the roof of the Leadenhall Building, known to many as ‘The Cheesegrater’ due to its distinctive shape. It forms part of my series of high-resolution gigapixel cityscapes documenting London’s evolving skyline.

From this height the scale of the city becomes clear. Even within the Square Mile, each new vantage point reveals a different geometry. There is old stone framed by new glass, historic domes surrounded by steel and reflections.

The City’s Tallest Building?

The view looks directly across to Tower 42, once London’s tallest building and still an icon of 1980s architecture. When I first lived in London it was called the ‘NatWest Tower’. The triangular shapes on the roof echo the bank’s logo when seen from above.

Today, standing on the Leadenhall’s roof, we look down on Tower 42 – a reminder of how fast the City of London continues to grow upwards.

City of London Landmarks

More than 200 metres above the City of London, we’re looking directly at or down upon many iconic buildings. St Paul’s Cathedral, The Gherkin (30 St Mary Axe), The Lloyds Building, and the towers of Bishopsgate and beyond. These buildings proclaim their presence loudly. Ironically, the light on the roads in this image draws me in each time to two of the smaller buildings – the Royal Exchange and the Bank of England.

The Leadenhall Building panorama is a gigapixel image. It combines many individual frames into one ultra-high-resolution image. Thus allowing every reflection, street and façade to be explored in exceptional detail.

Page last updated: October 2025

Fine Art Print

London from the Leadenhall, archival print

Framed

Fine art print, framed

Museum quality · Archival

Acrylic

Face-mounted acrylic

Acrylic glass · Aluminium Dibond

Resolution

For hoardings, supersites, wall manifestations and translites, this image scales to building and site-scale sizes. Find out more. Fine art prints up to 479 × 176 cm at native resolution.

Formats

Framed, face-mounted acrylic, or unframed on a paper roll. Hand silver-gilded editions by arrangement.

Captured

19 January 2015, from the roof of the Leadenhall Building.

Every print is made to order and priced by size and finish — how ordering works.

January 22, 2015
Lambent London

City of London Photos

‘Lambent London’ was photographed from the summit of 30 St Mary Axe, better known as The Gherkin. From this height, City of London photos can reveal the intricate mix of historic and contemporary architecture that defines the Square Mile. The image forms part of my series of high-resolution panoramas documenting the evolving City of London & London skyline.

Light that transforms the city

When setting up a shoot from a tall building, it’s easy to become absorbed in the technicalities. The kit, the back-up in case of equipment failure, the technical process, waiting for the right weather, there’s much to plan for. And then, there are moments of pure magic for me, when the light is briefly quite startling and London is transformed into a city steeped in colour.

Capturing that fleeting illumination is one of the great challenges. When shooting City of London photos, there’s often a time pressure and rarely a second chance.

360s from St Mary Axe

This particular image is a taken from a series of 360 panoramic shoots from the top of 30 St Mary Axe (the Gherkin). Click to see the final St Mary Axe 360s. They give the viewer a unique perspective – City of London photos from the top one of its most iconic buildings.

Every surface and reflection is visible in fine detail, revealing how light reshapes even the most familiar skyline. Lambent London is both a study of light and a technical exploration of City of London photography. To see more examples of London panoramas, visit the portfolio .

Page last updated: October 2025

January 14, 2015
Planate London – London Bridge Quarter

No.1 London Bridge (the building with the cut-out section right by the bridge) forms the foreground to the dramatic cluster at London Bridge Quarter, home to the Shard. It has become a more exciting section of the Thames to shoot, and the river moorings have a pleasing echo of the Shard’s shape. Many people’s experience of London Bridge is the ordered flurry of commuters crossing the river twice daily. That feverish march seems a long way from the agreeable stillness of this image.

From left to right, some buildings of note in this shot are Hay’s Galleria, City Hall, Cottons Centre, London Bridge Hospital, Hays Wharf, The Shard, The News Building (formerly The Place), 1 London Bridge, Glaziers Hall, Southwark Cathedral, Minerva House, Golden Hinde II, Pickfords Wharf.

Fine Art Print

Planate London, archival print

Framed

Fine art print, framed

Museum quality · Archival

Acrylic

Face-mounted acrylic

Acrylic glass · Aluminium Dibond

Resolution

For hoardings, supersites, wall manifestations and translites, this image scales to building and site-scale sizes. Find out more. Fine art prints up to 284 × 140 cm at native resolution.

Formats

Framed, face-mounted acrylic, or unframed on a paper roll. Hand silver-gilded editions by arrangement.

Captured

27 November 2014.

Every print is made to order and priced by size and finish — how ordering works.

December 8, 2014
Tenaya Lake: California

If you visit Yosemite between May and November, you can reach the mile-long Tenaya Lake via the Tioga Pass Road. Outside these times, the weather conditions close the road. It is just these kind of extremes that helped form this stunning lake, created by the same glacier that forged Half Dome.

Tenaya Lake wasn’t on my list to shoot, but was another of those amazing California locations that I stumbled across. Having found it, I headed over to rent an early 20th century log cabin at Tioga Pass, ready to come and shoot Tenaya at different times in different light. This 360 was shot in early evening as the sun dropped behind the pines.

October 30, 2014
Lake Tahoe

“Surely the fairest picture the whole world affords” said Mark Twain of Lake Tahoe, and when free of the crowds you can see just why. This 360 view looks out above Emerald Bay, over towards Eagle Falls (waterfall) and Fannette Island. We had sat out on the rocks, having a beer or two the night before, after shooting the location at dusk. This was around summer solstice, so morning came around fast. To capture the dawn I headed out early, rewarded by watching the night fall away and the sun start to sweep across the surface of the lake, bathing each tree in rosy morning light.

October 24, 2014
Palace of Westminster

Dramatic skies over Westminster

After a gloriously hot summer, late August brought dramatic skies and storms to London. The light on this particular evening was quite something, lending an ominous feel to the sky over the Palace of Westminster.

I struck it lucky on this particular shoot, although it wasn’t without risk to my medium format gear. Spectacular as they are, storm clouds by their nature will dispose of their contents at some point. Sure enough, the heavens opened and I was somewhat fraught until I was back in the studio, checking the camera was still functioning, as it’s really designed for the studio, not a soggy street.

But for those few minutes, the view took on an almost cinematic intensity before the rain arrived.

Palace of Westminster – a study of light and architecture

This photograph of the Palace of Westminster captures the combination of architecture and light that defines so much of London. The Gothic detail of the building, the sweep of Westminster Bridge, and the gathering storm clouds together form a portrait of the capital both familiar and ever-changing.

Explore the large-scale Houses of Parliament image here.

Page last updated: October 2025

Fine Art Print

Palace of Westminster, archival print

Framed

Fine art print, framed

Museum quality · Archival

Acrylic

Face-mounted acrylic

Acrylic glass · Aluminium Dibond

Resolution

For hoardings, supersites, wall manifestations and translites, this image scales to building and site-scale sizes. Find out more.

Formats

Framed, face-mounted acrylic, or unframed on a paper roll. Hand silver-gilded editions by arrangement.

Every print is made to order and priced by size and finish — how ordering works.

September 1, 2014
Highway 1 California

Highway 1, State Route 1, Pacific Coast Highway, Shoreline Highway. Whatever you call it, it is (with the possible exception of Route 66) the world’s most famous road. And with good reason – the scenery is magnificent and the route from Orange County in the South, through Los Angeles, Big Sur, central coast, Monterey, San Francisco and Mendocino County in the north, takes in some of California’s most famous sights. A road trip on this road becomes a challenge to stop shooting every scene, and only capture the most outstanding views, the most pleasing light.

I sat waiting for evening on this stretch of coastline near Monterey, and was rewarded with that renowned, intense Californian sundown light, bringing out the detail in the landscape and a slight mist rolling in over Rocky Creek Bridge.

Fine Art Print

Highway 1, archival print

Framed

Fine art print, framed

Museum quality · Archival

Acrylic

Face-mounted acrylic

Acrylic glass · Aluminium Dibond

Resolution

For hoardings, supersites, wall manifestations and translites, this image scales to building and site-scale sizes. Find out more. Fine art prints up to 243 × 102 cm at native resolution.

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Captured

2 July 2013.

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July 7, 2014
London from The Shard

A changing view across the capital

Captured in 2014, ‘London from the Shard’ was taken from the very top of The Shard, 310 metres above the city. My shoot position was around 60 metres higher than the public viewing platform on the 72nd floor. From this vantage point, London appears immense: a city of movement and structure stretching far into the distance.

London in transformation

At the time, London’s skyline was undergoing a major shift. The Leadenhall Building (The Cheesegrater) and 20 Fenchurch Street (The Walkie Talkie) had just joined the skyline, with other towers still on the drawing board. With more than 250 high-rise projects planned across the city, this photograph captures a defining moment in London’s near continuous vertical expansion.

From this height, the geometry of the capital becomes clear. Historic landmarks like St Paul’s Cathedral and Tower Bridge sitting within a growing forest of glass and steel. A city at once orderly and sprawling, with nighttime streets lit up like a lava flow, the panorama shows us the huge extent of the metropolis.

London from the Shard: A record of its time

Seen now, this image shows London from The Shard at a moment of transition. Several new towers, including 22 Bishopsgate, have since changed the view again. Yet the photograph retains its significance a record of the city’s continuing evolution, viewed from its tallest building.

Shooting from the Shard

I have captured multiple views from The Shard over the years, including a full 360-gigapixel panorama when the building was still under construction, and a twilight cityscape view from the same vantage point. These linked projects (see Gigapixel 360 Panorama from the Shard, Twilight View from the Shard and the Shard 360 Gigapixel) provide further evidence of how this vantage has offered one of the most consistent and transformative views of the capital skyline.

To explore more London cityscape photography, visit the portfolio .

Page last updated: October 2025

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Shard Night, archival print

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Fine art print, framed

Museum quality · Archival

Acrylic

Face-mounted acrylic

Acrylic glass · Aluminium Dibond

Resolution

For hoardings, supersites, wall manifestations and translites, this image scales to building and site-scale sizes. Find out more. Fine art prints up to 307 × 135 cm at native resolution.

Formats

Framed, face-mounted acrylic, or unframed on a paper roll. Hand silver-gilded editions by arrangement.

Captured

21 August 2013.

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June 12, 2014
Alabama Hills: Sunset

Having weathered the storm I captured this sunset later on the same day.

You can see the stormy clouds over the Alabama Hills in an earlier shot taken from the same location.

April 30, 2014
Alabama Hills: Thunder Storm

Arriving here after a drive along Movie Flat Road you quickly understand why this area has become a favourite location for many filmmakers. The rugged, barren and geologically diverse landscape can be seen in hundreds of films, from classic westerns like The Lone Ranger to more recent films, including Iron Man and Gladiator.

The Alabama Hills sit near the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range in California, technically they are actually part of the mountains. The area is formed of two types of rock, 80 million year old monzogranite boulders, which have become rounded due to millions of years of spheroidal weathering and metamorphosed volcanic rock, more orange in colour, which is over 150 million years old.

The spectacular storm clouds certainly add drama to the shot, but there was a moment of realisation whilst shooting it that I was stood in the middle of nowhere, on top of a boulder, with a carbon fiber tripod, not too clever.

April 30, 2014
Lake Siskiyou, California

The richly diverse landscape of California is a photographers dream. The night before taking this shot we rolled up in the dark and booked ourselves into a log cabin by the water, not knowing what to expect. The next morning we got up early to discover we’d hit gold with this majestic scene. The morning sun burnt off the cool air from Mount Shasta, a great morning to be alive!

The lake, or more accurately, reservoir, lies in the far reaches of Northern California. It owes its existence to Box Canyon Dam, on the Sacramento River. If you look to the left of the lake, between the trees, you’ll see Mount Shasta, a volcano belonging to the of the Cascade mountain range, rising to it’s peak of over 4000 metres.

Original Native American foot trails formed the basis of the Siskiyou Trail. This pioneering path created a vital and practical route through the valleys, linking early settlements in California and Oregon. The trail was used heavily during the Californian Gold Rush, but travel was still distinctly slower than on the modern day Interstate 5, which follows a similar route.

Fine Art Print

Lake Siskiyou, archival print

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Fine art print, framed

Museum quality · Archival

Acrylic

Face-mounted acrylic

Acrylic glass · Aluminium Dibond

Resolution

For hoardings, supersites, wall manifestations and translites, this image scales to building and site-scale sizes. Find out more. Fine art prints up to 218 × 75 cm at native resolution.

Formats

Framed, face-mounted acrylic, or unframed on a paper roll. Hand silver-gilded editions by arrangement.

Every print is made to order and priced by size and finish — how ordering works.

March 28, 2014
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 the Furnace Creek Ranch in nearby Death Valley.

Working in extreme heat

It’s a serious business working in these conditions, humans are not really designed to operate at these temperatures! We needed a few litres of water per person every hour, to drink and to pour over our heads. The car’s air conditioning was an absolute lifesaver. Though we later learned that it’s not a good idea to use the air con at such extreme temperatures due to the stresses placed on the engine. A breakdown over 5 miles from any town would have been very serious. Camera equipment can also fail at temperatures well below these extremes. We kept the camera equipment cool with the air con while in the 4×4 and covered them with slightly damp white towels while shooting. My wide-brimmed cowboy hat was essential; without it I wouldn’t have lasted a minute.

Trona Pinnacles – a cinematic landscape

The Trona Pinnacles is a landscape like no other. Its other-worldly appearance has been used as a location in many feature films, including Star Trek V and the Planet of the Apes. Some of the highly distinctive tufa pinnacles are over 40 metres tall. These were formed as calcium carbonate (limestone) deposits, deep beneath the Searles Lake, only revealing their unique beauty as the lake dried out. The oldest tufas were formed 100,000 years ago and even the youngest have been around for over 10,000 years.

Trona Pinnacles Dashboad Temperature Reading

The Trona Pinnacles photos form part of my ongoing California Series. This is a collection of panoramas and 360s exploring some of the state’s most remarkable landscapes. See more work from this series. This includes a Laguna Beach 360, Joshua Tree 360 and an Olmstead Point 360, along with many more. Together they highlight the contrasts of light, landscape and atmosphere that define California from ocean to desert to mountain summit.

March 14, 2014
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, the installation redefines what’s possible in digital out-of-home media, offering an enormous canvas for bold creative work and large scale photography.

When resolution meets scale

JCDecaux invited me to contribute to the project, using my gigapixel photographs of London to create moments of calm between commercial content. For one week, commuters could experience London’s skyline in extraordinary detail, rendered across the full width of the screen. Seeing high-resolution imagery at this scale was a rare experience — every architectural line, every reflection, visible even from the far side of the concourse.

Unlike traditional photography, large scale photography made from gigapixel captures is built for enlargement. Each composition is created from many individual frames, allowing huge reproductions without loss of clarity. On screens like Motion@Waterloo, this precision becomes essential. The density of detail ensures the image holds up even under close scrutiny and in constantly changing light conditions.

Photography built for impact

Projects like this demonstrate how large scale photography can bridge the gap between art, architecture and media. These images offer breathing space in environments built for advertising — still moments that invite attention in places defined by movement.

Projects like Motion@Waterloo highlight how gigapixel imagery can be used far beyond the printed page. To explore more examples of large scale gigapixel photography, including cityscapes and 360-degree panoramas, please visit the Gigapixel Portfolio.

Page last updated: October 2025

March 13, 2014
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 down. A bit of a treasure hunt lead me to the Press Association’s archive where I found this photo of myself meeting the Queen.

As we were introduced I had the opportunity to talk with the Queen about the photography, Her Majesty commented on the impressive clarity and sharpness of the images. Also attending was Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web. Tim gave an introductory talk about the tours before the Queen officially opened them with the press of a button.

March 7, 2014
Constant Thames

Tower Bridge Panorama

This high resolution Tower Bridge panorama follows the River Thames as it flows through the centre of London. Past HMS Belfast, More London, including City Hall, towards Tower Bridge, resplendent in blue and white.

Across the river, in the City of London, many of its iconic skyscrapers are bursting into light as twilight falls over the square mile.

Tower Bridge panorama with multiple London landmarks

Across the river, the City of London comes into focus. The skyline includes 30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin), 20 Fenchurch Street (Walkie Talkie), The Leadenhall Building, and Tower 42. In the foreground, the Tower of London anchors the historic side of the scene, setting old stone against new glass and steel. The composition shows how the river connects these landmarks a constant thread through a city that is always changing.

Across the river from More London and HMS Belfast, Somerset House stands on the north bank. Once the home of the Royal Navy’s Admiralty offices, it now serves as a creative and cultural centre. Its presence connects this modern Tower Bridge panorama back to centuries of London history. Once in bact, before the Thames was enclosed behind the embankment, the river flowed right up to the building, allowing boats into the building via a huge riverside arch.

High-resolution detail

Created as a high-resolution panoramic image, this Tower Bridge panorama is built from multiple frames, stitched to form a single, seamless file. The approach preserves fine detail at scale. From bridge rivets and ship fittings to façade textures and street lighting. You can can move from the broad sweep of the river to close inspection of individual structures.

A study of river and city

Twilight is when this stretch of the Thames comes alive visually. The river becomes a mirror for the skyline; architectural lighting defines edges and volumes; the bridge towers carry colour into the dusk. Together, these elements make this Tower Bridge panorama a record of London s balance between movement and permanence.

Page last updated: October 2025

Fine Art Print

Constant Thames, archival print

Framed

Fine art print, framed

Museum quality · Archival

Acrylic

Face-mounted acrylic

Acrylic glass · Aluminium Dibond

Resolution

For hoardings, supersites, wall manifestations and translites, this image scales to building and site-scale sizes. Find out more. Fine art prints up to 441 × 168 cm at native resolution.

Formats

Framed, face-mounted acrylic, or unframed on a paper roll. Hand silver-gilded editions by arrangement.

Captured

15 October 2013.

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February 14, 2014
Infinitely London

London photos documenting the skyline

Infinitely London is part of an ongoing series of London photos capturing the capital’s skyline as it evolves year by year.

This high-resolution panorama captures a moment when several of the City of London’s now-familiar towers were nearing completion. A point in time when London’s architectural identity was shifting from its traditional low-rise form to a bold new vertical silhouette.

The architecture in focus

In the foreground stands 20 Fenchurch Street, widely known as ‘The Walkie Talkie’ for its distinctive profile. Just behind it rises The Leadenhall Building, designed by Richard Rogers (also the architect of the Pompidou Centre and the Lloyds of London building). Its angular wedge shape earned it the nickname ‘The Cheesegrater’, and together these two buildings marked a defining stage in the development of the modern City of London.

Beyond them, this panorama reveals a collection of landmark structures that together chart the capital s growth: 30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin), Tower 42, Monument, and, to the left, the Rothschild Bank headquarters, looking across to the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange.

A record of architectural change

Seen today, Infinitely London stands as a record of a skyline mid-transformation. A visual document of the time when the City ramped up its upward expansion. The image remains a reference point for anyone interested in how architecture, light and urban form combine to shape London’s identity.

For more London photos and gigapixel panoramas that chart the capital’s ongoing evolution, please visit the portfolio.

Page last updated: October 2025

Fine Art Print

Infinitely London, archival print

Framed

Fine art print, framed

Museum quality · Archival

Acrylic

Face-mounted acrylic

Acrylic glass · Aluminium Dibond

Resolution

For hoardings, supersites, wall manifestations and translites, this image scales to building and site-scale sizes. Find out more. Fine art prints up to 293 × 165 cm at native resolution.

Formats

Framed, face-mounted acrylic, or unframed on a paper roll. Hand silver-gilded editions by arrangement.

Captured

21 August 2013.

Every print is made to order and priced by size and finish — how ordering works.

December 13, 2013