Celebrating 11 years of being under the ownership of Ian Leslie, we look back at our humble beginnings and see how we’ve evolved with an ever-competitive industry. When High Level Photography was established in 1985 by founder Keith Hallam, it ran successfully specialising in Highway CCTV surveys and commercial property photography. When Keith decided […]
Read More....If you are paying someone to fly a drone you must check that they have the necessary safety approval, or you could be paying for an illegal operator that won’t be insured if things go wrong, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) warned today. Anyone being paid to fly a drone needs to be an […]
Read More....Camera bag checked, cards formatted, van packed, weather checked – ready to go. Another day in the life of a High Level photographer setting off from the office near Woking, Surrey, heading out on the road to nowhere – or on this occasion, Greenwich in East London! Having been thoroughly briefed by the Ops Manager […]
Read More....We’ve all heard that saying “it’s not what you know, but who you know” and although that may apply to certain scenarios it is not something you should consider when searching for a commercial photographer. Enlisting a family member or a friend who is really interested in photography, but has no professional experience at a […]
Read More....A High Level View of London’s New Year Fireworks Spectacular! Working at High Level gets us into many unique and wonderful locations. Being commissioned for a photographic shoot whilst getting a front row seat in a luxury penthouse to view the New Year fireworks display in Central London, was an opportunity that was too good to pass […]
Read More....A slow burner and perhaps a little less sexy than the usual High Level Photography services portfolio is that of our progress or timelapse projects. A particular case in point is that of the Imperial West development at Shepherd’s Bush in West London. The Site The site is just to the left of the elevated […]
Read More....The Joy of a red streaked summer evening sky gives no greater encouragement to our aerial photographers’ with an extensive list of “summer sunshine” briefs in their diary! Putting our faith in the great British summer (and weather forecast), one evening last week we called air traffic control and scheduled a take-off slot for early […]
Read More....Recently, two of the High Level Photographers’ flew a helicopter down the river Thames in London to capture some sunset shots over London – a contrast to our early birds eye view aerial photography of London in dawn sunshine, which you can view here. In our short timeframe we got some stunning crisp photographs of the […]
Read More....Giant Field Painting of Jessica Ennis Aerial Photography of A Giant Grass Painting High Level’s aerial photography service was commissioned to photograph a giant grass painting of Jessica Ennis painted on a playing field in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. An early start at 4.00am to take a helicopter over the site, it was this early to […]
Read More....A giant Union Jack flag with an image of Her Majesty the Queen was today unveiled next to Heathrow’s runway 27R / 09L to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee. It is the first time ever an image has been painted on the airfield. The artwork measures 30 metres in length and is 540sq m in total […]
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