“METROPOLIS” — This was the beginning. A photo that represents what you could call the ‘genesis’ of my aerial photography career. One that inspired hundreds of thousands of people to look at Hong Kong differently and a piece that paved the way for my love to capture extreme and unique perspectives, those rarely seen by the human eye. Oh…and this was also my very first helicopter ride.
It’s 4pm and we’re standing on the roof of The Peninsula Hotel in Kowloon. Moments later a helicopter circles around us before coming into land. This particular helicopter had already had the doors taken off and the seats were completely exposed to the outside. We were ushered over by the pilot (who I found ou...