As I write this, Jason Hawkes, one of "the world’s most respected aerial photographers", is flying round some of the UK's most stunning (large) locations on a 5 day 'shoot', attempting to capture some innovative aerial photos using just the Nokia N8, to show what can be achieved with "the phone that's always with you". Well, yes, if you also have a helicopter chartered, in this case! Embedded below is an intro video to the project, plus some quotes from the press release. We'll have more from the 'HD Horizons' project in a week or so's time, complete with some of the photos captured on Jason's N8.

From the press release:

The UK’s most stunning locations are being captured by one of the world’s most respected aerial photographers, Jason Hawkes using only a Nokia N8 smartphone for the groundbreaking HD Horizons project.

The Nokia N8 will reach new heights when the innovative shoot reveals new perspectives on the country’s amazing locations from the nation’s capital to check on the progress of new Olympic site and The Shard, to the rugged Cornish coastline to shoot the Minack Theatre and Bass Rock, an amazing small island off the Scottish east coast home to over 150,000 wild birds.

Jason Hawkes has specialised in aerial photography for over 20 years, producing over 35 aerial photographic books and shooting at some amazing locations across the globe, including: Norway, Colombia, Morocco, Far East and the streets of New York.

Photos from the project will also appear, if you want to check it out later in the week, at the rather brilliant N8 User Group: www.flickr.com/groups/nokian8 

In introducing the project, Jason Hawkes said:

“My main attraction to this project was they say that the best camera you have is the one you have on you. I don’t always have my camera equipment with me but I always have my mobile and the N8 has a 12-megapixel camera with truly amazing image quality. By its very nature aerial photography is very difficult to do, so we’re pushing the limits of this camera as far as we can go.”