360 Photography
With 360 photography, you, the viewer, can step inside an interactive image, viewing a full 360° around the scene. Will Pearson has captured a wide variety of interactive 360 images over the years – from city skylines to desert landscapes, from festivals to fashion, from architecture to alternative energy. They can be viewed on mobiles and tablets as well as desktops, on VR headsets (Virtual Reality) and in dome environments.
For more commercial examples, please visit his 360 photography company Eye Revolution (click here).
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Leadenhall Building 360
Captured from the courtyard of the Leadenhall Building, this interactive 360 panorama puts you at the heart of the City of London. It includes iconic landmarks including the Lloyd’s Building, the Gherkin, the Scalpel and St Andrew Undershaft. The scene reveals the historic layers of the City, where medieval churches sit alongside cutting-edge skyscrapers. Below…
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Mono Lake California
Mono Lake Dawn I shot this Mono Lake California 360 at dawn, before the heat of the day where the flies become bothersome and the smell starts to rise with the sun. At this early hour the lake is deserted and especially eerie. The water seems unnaturally calm. The light just tinges the limestone rock…
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Humboldt Redwoods State Park 360
Humboldt Redwoods State Park From the moment that we learn as children that there are trees through which you can drive an SUV, or whose stumps have hosted a dance floor, the magic of the redwoods is instilled in us. Shooting in 360 really gives you the chance to appreciate these giants. You can wonder…
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Laguna Beach Sunset
Laguna Beach 360 Who wouldn’t want to be a Californian, watching the locals paddle boarding in the sunset on Laguna Beach? Laguna Beach hosts one of the world’s longest running surf contests. Though, on the evening I shot this, surf wasn’t up. However, watersports definitely weren’t out, and a clutch of paddle-boarders took to the…
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Olmstead Point 360
In this Olmstead Point 360 you can explore the incredible views across Tenaya Canyon to the north side of Half Dome. As you look towards Half Dome, on the left you will see the mountain known as ‘Clouds Rest’. Though the summer weather and glorious sunset didn’t offer any resting clouds on this occasion. You…
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Merced River, Yosemite National Park 360
Yosemite National Park 360 – On the Merced River The Merced River in California runs for 145 miles from the Sierra Nevada down to the San Joaquin Valley and is responsible for the shape of Yosemite valley today. The river was part of the California Gold Rush, with Americans panning for gold in hope of…
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Sunrise at Joshua Tree
Here you can explore a Joshua Tree 360. This was captured at sunrise around the solstice, with the surrounding Joshua trees casting long shadows on the desert floor. Where two deserts join, travellers are met by a landscape peppered with fantastical trees. “Their stiff and ungraceful form makes them to the traveler the most repulsive…
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Lake Tahoe Twilight
Lake Tahoe 360 at Twilight Lake Tahoe is famed for its skiing in winter and its beaches with crystal clear water in summer. This makes it an incredible location, but one in which it can be tricky to find an uninterrupted view. This is key when you’re shooting a 360. I got to this spot…
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California 360: Lassen Volcanic National Park
California 360 Photography Lassen Volcanic National Park is in the north of the state, far north of San Francisco and Sacramento and about as far removed from them as you can imagine. It has been kept, as far as possible, as a wilderness park, with nearly 90 percent designated as wilderness under the 1964 Wilderness…
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Yosemite Landscape Photography: Cook’s Meadow
Yosemite Landscape Photography Cook’s Meadow offers views around some of Yosemite National Park’s most famous features. Scroll around the Cook’s Meadow 360 to see Yosemite Falls (one of the world’s tallest waterfalls), Half Dome, Sentinel Rock and Royal Arches. Shooting in Yosemite Depending on the project, I normally shoot alone, or just with an assistant.…
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Mossbrae Falls 360
Photographing California: Mossbrae Falls 360, Shasta Cascades Mossbrae Falls is an incredible sight. A waterfall that cascades not just tall, but wide – about 175 feet wide (53 metres). It’s in Northern California, in the Shasta Cascades area, not far from Mt Shasta. You can explore the Mossbrae Falls 360 by scrolling around with your…
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Dubrovnik West Harbour
This Dubrovnik 360 was captured from Dubrovnik’s West Pier and takes in West Harbour surrounding the pier, as well as Pile Harbour. Bokar Fort is the imposing curved-walled structure at the end of the Dubrovnik city walls. The Adriatic waters are beautifully clear. Game of Thrones fans will find this location very familiar. West Harbour…
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Arthritis Research UK Campaign – ‘The Nation’s Joint Problem’
As a 360 photographer I often capture incredible spaces and views, but it’s great to be involved in a campaign which can make a real difference to people’s lives. I recently worked with M&C Saatchi on a campaign for Arthritis Research UK. Over 10 million people have arthritis, but the impact is not only on…
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Shard 360 Gigapixel
Shot at the very top of The Shard, at over 300 metres above the River Thames, this extremely high-resolution interactive gigapixel 360 degree panoramic photograph allows you to explore London’s skyline in exquisite detail. Many of London’s most famous and iconic buildings are visible in this 360 panorama. From the latest additions to the City…
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Rigi-Kaltbad – Switzerland 360 Photography
Designed by renowned architect Mario Botta, the bathing complex at the Hotel Rigi Kaltbad in Switzerland offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains. Located on Mount Rigi, the Spa is fed by the mineral waters of the Kaltbad Spring. This high resolution 360 panorama of the view from the Spa and sun deck highlights the…
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30 St Mary Axe 360 Panorama, Dawn to Dusk
In this 30 St Mary Axe 360 you can explore the views from one of the City of London’s most iconic buildings. The building commonly known as ‘the Gherkin’ is the 4th tallest in the City of London, behind Tower 42, the Heron Tower and the Leadenhall Building (‘the Cheesegrater’), but still stands out as…
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Tenaya Lake: California
If you visit Yosemite between May and November, you can reach the mile-long Tenaya Lake via the Tioga Pass Road. Outside these times, the weather conditions close the road. It is just these kind of extremes that helped form this stunning lake, created by the same glacier that forged Half Dome. Tenaya Lake wasn’t on…
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Lake Tahoe
“Surely the fairest picture the whole world affords” said Mark Twain of Lake Tahoe, and when free of the crowds you can see just why. This 360 view looks out above Emerald Bay, over towards Eagle Falls (waterfall) and Fannette Island. We had sat out on the rocks, having a beer or two the night…
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Highway 1 California
Highway 1, State Route 1, Pacific Coast Highway, Shoreline Highway. Whatever you call it, it is (with the possible exception of Route 66) the world’s most famous road. And with good reason – the scenery is magnificent and the route from Orange County in the South, through Los Angeles, Big Sur, central coast, Monterey, San…
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Alabama Hills: Sunset
Having weathered the storm I captured this sunset later on the same day. You can see the stormy clouds over the Alabama Hills in an earlier shot taken from the same location.
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Alabama Hills: Thunder Storm
Arriving here after a drive along Movie Flat Road you quickly understand why this area has become a favourite location for many filmmakers. The rugged, barren and geologically diverse landscape can be seen in hundreds of films, from classic westerns like The Lone Ranger to more recent films, including Iron Man and Gladiator. The Alabama…
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Lake Siskiyou, California
The richly diverse landscape of California is a photographers dream. The night before taking this shot we rolled up in the dark and booked ourselves into a log cabin by the water, not knowing what to expect. The next morning we got up early to discover we’d hit gold with this majestic scene. The morning…
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54.4˚C at Trona Pinnacles
I knew it was going to be a hot day photographing the Trona Pinnacles in the Mojave Desert, Southern California, but I hadn’t anticipated quite how hot. We clocked the temperature at 54.4C (130 F), only a couple of degrees centigrade off the all-time world record temperature (56.7C or 134 F), registered at the Furnace…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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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…