Peter Smith Aerial Photography

Peter Smith is an experienced Aerial Photographer & Aerial Cameraman, specialising in aerial commercial video and commercial site photography. Contact us for new shoots or to check our vast stock library of aerial and ground images.

Using Jet Ranger, Long Ranger, R44 & EC355 helicopters we are able to react quickly to clients' requirements. With over 28 years as a specialist aerial photographer and 20 years as an aerial cameraman and DoP, Peter Smith covers corporate, news, documentary, construction and environmental projects. Based near York in North Yorkshire we cover the UK and work in Europe with strategic partners. We are able to plan, project manage and shoot on Cineflex V14, 5 axis gyro stabilised equipment regarded as the finest available.


A large proportion of our work is environmental; we are on contract to the Environment Agency and supply still aerial images and aerial video during times of flooding as well as normal requirements. We have a large database of still aerial images from flood events in Northern England from 2000 to the present day covering rivers Ouse, Wharfe, Derwent, Aire, Don, Rother, Swale, Calder, Dearne mostly available under license. Recent work is of York, Doncaster, Sheffield, Toll Bar, Bentley, Rotherham, Cockermouth and covers the most recent flood events in the North of England.


TV credits include: Chopper Coppers, Tonight with Trevor McDonald, James Martin Digs Deep and many BBC TV News aerial inserts.