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Phase One used one of my favorite images that I shot with the IQ 250 a couple of weeks back for new promotion The image detail really is that good!

Out with the old and in with the new. The old span is slowly being dismantled on the Bay Bridge. The smoke at the bottom of the frame was from some welding or cutting on the old span. Here's an example of the detail from the Phase One IQ 250 CMOS back. The above shot is pretty much full frame apart from the horizon being corrected. Below is a 10...

Testing a 50 megapixel Phase One camera yesterday morning, I didn't want to give it back:)

I’ve entered some new work in the The Open a world wide photography competition. In 2012 my Sunrise in the Sunset shot was included in the final 200 images. I entered a night time aerial view of San francisco, and five aerials from my Iceland trip. My submission included two new abstract views of the Ölfusá River Please vote for my entries - You...

Back in January on a trip to the UK, I was looking for a fun afternoon escape from the dreary winter rain. The Helicopter Museum near my parent’s place in Somerset was well worth the visit, especially at a mere £6.50. The museum has the largest collection of helicopters in the world. Two hangars are crammed full of an incredible assortment of mode...

My aerial of the Sunset district took 3rd place in the Architecture - Cityscapes category and my Salt ponds shot got an Honorable Mention in Nature - Aerial category. This year the 2013 International Photography Awards received nearly 15,000 submissions from 104 countries across the globe. The jury included respected magazine photo editors, curato...

I only had time for a quick shoot during my Iceland trip but the landscape near Reykjavik changes pretty dramatically in only 15 minutes of flying. Bláfjallavegur Road looked amazing curving through the snow covered lava fields near the Thrihnukagigur Volcano. The lava fields had some interesting patterns so I spent a little time trying to get som...

Scandinavian houses use a lot of colour for the exteriors. I’m not sure why, but it makes for some great photos. It’s good to see that the tradition also applies to larger buildings such as these blocks of flats (apartments) in Reykjavik.

I had a great last minute aerial shoot on my short trip to Iceland. Reykjavik Helicopters made it happen with almost no notice on a cold but clear morning only a couple of hours before my flight back to London. Thanks guys - it was the highlight of my trip. It was pretty windy, check out the horizontal windsock! I concentrated on mostly new abs...

A couple of weeks ago I did a dusk shoot over San Francisco - Something that really challenges the limits of even the newest cameras. I have a bunch more editing to do, but here’s a taster. This is shot on a Canon 5D Mk3 at 1/40 second 10000 ISO! The Bay Bridge looks amazing at night from the air. I really like the reflections of the lights in...

One of my aerial shots of San francisco made it into the final 200 photos for the 2012 World Open of Photography. I took this shot on a crystal clear morning over the Sunset district of San Francisco. Despite the hopeful name, this is a neighborhood that is usually covered in fog. So when I saw the opportunity to shoot these long straight streets,...

Election Day! San Francisco’s City Hall on Van Ness Avenue. This aerial view was shot on a Canon 45mm TS-E Lens and the blurring is in camera, not photoshopped!

Playoff Time! Here’s a Tilt-Shift aerial photo of ATT park, home of the San Francisco Giants. This shot and other aerials are available for sale at my online store: aerials.jonhope.com

When I saw the 3D map in Apple’s latest iOS 6 features video I thought it was funny to see they show off this new feature by flying around the Transamerica Pyramid. It’s a view I know pretty well! I can see how the 3D feature could be handy for scouting out aerial locations to shoot from ahead of time, but you don’t get the sense of perspective th...

I was near Fresno on a client shoot last week, and not surprisingly saw a lot of vineyards, fields and orchards from the air. The Central Valley is massive and covers 22,500 square miles, much of which is farmland. This colorful field caught my eye. I’ll have to make another trip just for stills to get some more. There is a lot of potential for co...