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Rays Over London Panorama

A dramatic panorama of London, looking up the River Thames past Waterloo Bridge, Hungerford Bridge towards Westminster. The Sun’s rays are bursting through a stormy sky, illuminating many of London’s well known landmarks. These rays are known as crepuscular and often appear in conjunction with stratocumulus storm clouds.

Visible in the panorama is the London Eye, Big Ben and The Houses of Parliament, Battersea Power Station and more beyond. Zoom in and you can see BT Tower, Centre Point and even Wembley Stadium in the far distance.

Fine Art Print

Rays Over 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 400 × 131 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

24 October 2011.

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

August 14, 2013
Trafalgar Square Twilight Panorama

Trafalgar Square at twilight is one of London’s defining views. This high-resolution panorama captures the moment the lights come on across the square: Nelson’s Column and the Landseer lions illuminated against a darkening sky, the fountains catching the last of the day, and the grand facades of the National Gallery, Canada House and South Africa House coming alive with warm light. St Martin-in-the-Fields and the London Coliseum (home of the English National Opera) complete the scene.

The image was captured from an elevated position to give a sweeping, architectural view across the square rather than the usual street-level perspective. At this resolution, individual figures, architectural details and the interplay of artificial and natural light can all be explored in close detail.

The full-resolution file is well suited to large-scale print, exhibition, or commercial use. It has been printed at several metres wide for display purposes.

Licensing and prints

This image is available to licence on a Rights Managed basis for advertising, editorial, commercial and exhibition use. Read more about image licensing.

Fine art prints are available in a range of sizes and finishes, including giclée and acrylic-mounted editions. Find out more about prints here.

For bespoke commissions of London or other locations, please get in touch

Fine Art Print

Trafalgar Square at Twilight, 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 406 × 162 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

21 March 2013.

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

April 16, 2013
Sundown Over Waterloo

London panorama taking in the view across London. Some south London landmarks can be seen including Battersea Power Station, Waterloo Station and the BFI Imax, and the front of the Imperial War Museum between the trees. View at fullscreen and zoom in to see the detail and you will pick out many more London sights including Somerset House, Shellmex, Charing Cross Station and the Coliseum. There’s a hot air balloon over Battersea Power Station which you’ll see on the close-up view.

Fine Art Print

Sundown Over Waterloo, 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 404 × 137 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

21 October 2011.

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

March 8, 2013
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. Click here to see the control room in use in 1953 (image on Flickr).

I hope you enjoy checking out this rare glimpse inside Battersea Power Station as much as I enjoyed shooting it.

February 26, 2013
Pudong View, Shanghai

Deep Zoom Panorama taking in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China, looking out onto the dramatic structure of the Oriental Pearl Tower (Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower). Looking to the far left of the panorama you can zoom in to see the French Concession. The Bund is on the far side of the Huangpu River in the middle of the panorama. This image was captured in the summer of 2012.

Fine Art Print

Pudong View, 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 220 × 88 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

30 May 2012.

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

February 4, 2013
Greenwich View Twilight

A Twilight gigapixel panorama shot from Greenwich looking towards Canary Wharf with the City of London in the distance. The River Thames flows past the Millennium Dome (the O2) with the many skyscrapers of Canary Wharf, including one Canada Square, towering above the river. Further into the distance you can see the iconic structures of the City including the Gherkin and Tower 42 and also the Shard can be seen just appearing above the skyline of Canary Wharf.

Fine Art Print

London From Greenwich, 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 247 × 114 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

16 May 2012.

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

January 4, 2013
Into The City

Here you can really look into the City – the panorama is incredibly high resolution so whilst you can stay panned back to take in the views over the Barbican to the Heron Tower, Tower 42, The Gherkin at St Mary Axe, the new Rothschilds Bank HQ at St Swithin’s Lane and the Shard, go fullscreen and zoom in to really take in the life of the city. The banks of screens on the trading floors, the people in meetings, at their desks or getting ready to go home.

November 28, 2012
London Landmarks, Autumn Evening

London’s tall landmarks bound together in one panoramic image as the sun sets on an autumn evening. From Earl’s Court, Kensington Gardens and the Albert Hall towards the west, then across the Serpentine to the iconic Battersea Power Station, Crystal Palace, Big Ben, the London Eye, Thames House at Vauxhall Cross (the MI5 building), Westminster Cathedral, Shellmex House, The Shard, Canary Wharf, the City of London with St Paul’s Cathedral and the BT Tower. View at fullscreen and zoom in to view more landmarks across the canopy of autumn trees.

Fine Art Print

Hyde Park 2011, 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 320 × 118 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

19 October 2011.

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

November 12, 2012
View from the Docks Gigapixel Panorama

This image was shot as part of a commission for the cable car across the Thames, the Emirates Air Line. It was captured near Royal Victoria Docks and takes in a huge view across South and East London, and distant landmarks like the QEII Bridge at Dartford.

You can zoom in and explore in detail as the image is incredibly high resolution. The viewer has the opportunity to explore some less seen landmarks, like the incredible but sadly decayed Millennium Mills, an icon of industrial Britain from the docks’ days as the centre of Britain’s flour milling industry. Other landmarks in the area are the Olympic Stadium, Tate & Lyle’s Silvertown Sugar Refinery, the Thames Barrier, ExCel and London City Airport. The Olympic rings floating on a pontoon in the Royal Docks welcome visitors to London at the Airport.

Looking South you can see the Greenwich Observatory, Old Royal Naval College, the imposing chimneys of the 1910 Greenwich Power Station (still a back-up electricity source for the London Underground), Charlton Athletic’s football stadium and in the distance, Crystal Palace.

Dominating the skyline in the evening sun is Canary Wharf with the Shard just visible behind it, and further into the distance, the City with the Gherkin instantly recognisable.

Please view at fullscreen for the best viewing experience and use your mouse or the buttons to zoom in and see the detail.

August 24, 2012
London Stilled in Evening

London’s brief stillness in the minutes after rush hour has ended before the evening’s activity truly begins. The panorama takes in most of London’s major landmarks from The Shard to Canary Wharf, The City of London with St Paul’s Cathedral, with the Thames dividing the city and the Tate Tower bisecting the image.

Fine Art Print

London Stilled In Evening, 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 1161 × 238 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

19 March 2012.

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

July 11, 2012
Twilight view from the Shard

Twilight view from the Shard – London’s tallest and most spectacular skyscraper, The Shard at London Bridge. The River Thames sweeps past the illuminated City of London from Tower Bridge past London Bridge to Millennium Bridge and beyond. Many of London’s landmarks are visible in the cityscape, from Canary Wharf to the towering City of London skyscrapers, Tower 42 and the Gherkin, past St Paul’s Cathedral to Centre Point with the BT Tower in the distance.

You can view many more of my images from (and of) the Shard here.

July 3, 2012
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.

June 13, 2012
Landrover Discovery: 360 Car Interior

A recent commission for Land Rover’s ‘Been Anywhere Interesting Lately?’ campaign found me shooting 360s inside the stunning new Land Rover Discovery 4. It was fantastic to have the opportunity to shoot such an iconic 4×4 in its latest incarnation. The Discovery is seen in a desert, a jungle and on a mountain, illustrating the vehicle’s off-road abilities in all terrains.

You can see more examples on our car interior 360 portfolio page.

June 8, 2012
Gigapixel 360 Panorama from the Shard

This is a 360 gigapixel panorama which I shot from the crane at the top of the Shard, London Bridge while it was still under construction.

At the time of its opening, The Shard was the tallest building in the European Union. As at 2025, it’s the second tallest (outside Russia), beaten only by the Varso Tower in Warsaw – and only by half a metre! It’s comprised of 72 stories, and is 309m tall. The viewing gallery opened to the public in 2013. The building was designed by Renzo Piano.

Most of London and beyond is visible in this Gigapixel image, from the skyscrapers of the City of London and Canary Wharf, the many bridges crossing the River Thames to the distant arch of Wembley Stadium.

I was lucky enough to be commissioned to shoot the views from the Shard while it was under construction, before the views at this height were glazed in. It was slightly nerve-wracking climbing up the various platforms and onto the crane, laden down with camera gear – you can read more about this shoot in The Times who reported on it at the time.

Click here to view many more gigapixel 360 panorama images captured from The Shard, or featuring the Shard on the London skyline.

June 7, 2012
New Jaguar XJ Ultimate Car 360

The new Jaguar XJ Ultimate super luxury saloon from Jaguar was launched in Beijing yesterday and so I’m delighted to now be able to share the interior 360 I shot.

The car is perfect for those who want to be driven in the ultimate luxury. The interior is nothing short of incredible with tailor made powered leather seats, a solid aluminium table which folds out electronically, ipads with wireless keyboards and headphones, extra screens in the headrests, a 20-speaker surround-sound system and even an integral champagne cooler.

The 360 offers a glimpse into the luxury surroundings that those of us that are driven in somewhat more ordinary vehicles don’t experience!

Please see our car interior 360 photography page to view more examples.

June 7, 2012
View From The South Bank

Panoramic view from the South Bank London looking out onto Canary Wharf, the City of London, The Shard, St Pauls Cathedral and The Olympic Village. This is a very high resolution panorama, you can zoom in to see details and further explore London’s landmark buildings, including Tower 42, 30 St Mary Axe, The Barbican, Heron Tower and Guy’s Tower.

January 30, 2012
Shard London Bridge Summit

This 360 image was captured at the top of the Shard London Bridge, 310m above London, on the night of the student protests in November 2010. You can see the police helicopters hovering over London above the demonstration. Technically this was a very difficult shoot, I was on the crane at the top of the Shard, and I had to wave at Andy the crane driver so he knew when he could rotate 45 degrees between the exposures. The temperatures were well below freezing and if you look in the distance behind Canary Wharf you will see the snow on the hills. Technically this image is not perfect but I find it fascinating nonetheless.

This image is available as a print, click here for more info.

January 16, 2012
London In Detail

In this panorama you can view The Shard under construction, with Canary Wharf seemingly just behind it. The level of resolution allows you to zoom in and see an incredible level of detail. Please click the ‘Fullscreen’ button for the best viewing experience and you can further explore the image to find many more of London’s famous buildings, among them the London Eye, Big Ben, MI6 Building, St Paul’s Cathedral and Centre Point.

January 5, 2012
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.

January 3, 2012
London Eye Panorama in Black and White

A panoramic view between Waterloo Bridge and Hungerford Bridge (also known as Charing Cross Railway Bridge) with the London Eye at its centre. Also visible in this panorama are the Shell Centre, County Hall and the Sea Life London Aquarium, the Royal Festival Hall and St Thomas’ Hospital. The image is designed to print at a huge scale, so please click the fullscreen button and zoom in to view the detail – including the people in the London Eye’s capsules taking in their views of London.

December 20, 2011
Nautical Twilight, City

Panoramic London cityscape at twilight with views over the City of London. The Shard lit up though still under construction can be seen in the far right of the image, with familiar buildings the Gherkin (St Mary Axe), Tower 42 and the Heron Tower in the City of London to the left. The image is available for licence at ultra high resolution.

Nautical twilight is the part of twilight where the horizon becomes indistinct as the sun has dropped 12 degrees below the horizon line. At this point of the evening, sailors can no longer use the horizon to navigate by.

Fine Art Print

Nautical Twilight, 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 330 × 140 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

24 October 2011.

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

November 1, 2011
Hyde Park Dusk

Aerial London panorama by Hyde Park with views of the Serpentine, Albert Hall, Battersea Power Station, London Eye, the BT Tower, The Shard with the City of London and Canary Wharf in the distance.

October 4, 2011
Shard View at Night Panorama

I captured this panorama of the London skyline at night from the Shard at around the 35th floor, whilst the building was still under construction. The Shard’s height has given me the opportunity to show the London cityscape from a new angle, looking down on the Thames as it snakes through the city from London Bridge past Southwark Bridge, Millennium Bridge and on towards Blackfriars Bridge.

Fine Art Print

Shard Night 2010, 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 578 × 135 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

9 December 2010.

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

September 8, 2011
Vauxhall Bridge View

View across Vauxhall Bridge looking south onto Albert Embankment, where MI6’s Nilotic building sits on the bank of the River Thames. The SIS Building is the headquarters of the British Secret Intelligence Service. Visible on the right of the bridge is St George Wharf, a London riverside development which is part of the overall regeneration of the Vauxhall area.

Fine Art Print

Vauxhall Bridge View, 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 283 × 136 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.

September 7, 2011
The Shard London Bridge – Blue Hour

The Shard is one of London’s most exciting buildings. It was completed in 2012, then becoming the tallest building in the European Union.

I shot views from the Shard for the developer, and the sheer height of the building has made it one of the most exciting series of cityscapes I have worked on – giving a new perspective on London from a massive height. The resolution of the image is huge allowing the viewer to zoom in and see the detail, please view at ‘FULLSCREEN’.

Click to see many other images taken from or featuring the Shard.

August 25, 2011
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 the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. More recently it has been host to a battle of a different nature: Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone versus the pigeons. Ken has employed a mob of hawks to circle the square and scare away the pigeons. In fact, in 2004 he spent 105,000 GBP on a hawk to chase them from the Square and a further 30,000 GBP was spent in undertaking a scientific study to make sure that the pigeons were not being harmed. This panorama was taken in August 2005 – they don’t yet seem to have got the message that they’re not welcome!

Fine Art Print

The Birds, 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 150 × 55 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

21 August 2005.

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

August 15, 2011
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 London Eye, the BT Telecom Tower, St Paul’s Cathedral and The Shard – still under construction but already playing a massive part on the London skyline.

The resolution of this panorama means that you can zoom right in to see the buildings at closer quarters. The image below gives you an impression of the scale of the image and how much you can zoom in to view the detail on the trees and on London itself.

Fine Art Print

Hampstead Heath 2011, 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 200 × 65 cm at native resolution.

Formats

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

Captured

22 May 2011.

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

May 23, 2011
Sundown over Holborn

Panorama looking from Holborn over London at sundown.

This London cityscape includes the following landmarks: Shard London Bridge; Strata Tower; Guy’s Hospital Tower; 33 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin); Tower 42; the Heron Tower; King’s Reach Tower; the Barbican; Canary Wharf; the Tate Modern; the London Eye; the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.

March 17, 2011
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 used as a backdrop for formal portraits of the Royal Family.

February 14, 2011
Dubai Marina

Dubai Marina spans a 2 mile man-made coastline in ‘new Dubai’ United Arab Emirates. The marina development includes Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City and is seen here in this panorama along the coastline. Home to the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, Dubai is the capital of the Emirate of Dubai.

January 25, 2011