Photographer captures breathtaking drone images of one of Norfolk's tallest church towers rising up through a blanket of fog

PUBLISHED: 12:13 01 February 2019 | UPDATED: 15:02 01 February 2019

St James Church, Southrepps, photographed by James Horne, of aerial filiming and photography company BlueSky. Photo: BlueSkyUAV

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A Norfolk photographer has captured a series of stunning images of one of the county’s tallest church towers rising up through a thick winter fog into a twilight sky.

St James Church, Southrepps, photographed by James Horne, of aerial filiming and photography company BlueSky. Photo: BlueSkyUAV

James Horne, who worked in construction before setting up aerial filming and photography company BlueSky, shot the dream-like pictures of 15th century St James’s Church, at Southrepps, near Cromer, with a DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone.

“It was complete chance,” he said. “I had to cancel a couple of projects because of the fog and, because I live in Southrepps, I thought the church might make something as it gives you a different perspective when you see it from the air.”

St James Church, Southrepps, photographed by James Horne, of aerial filiming and photography company BlueSky. Photo: BlueSkyUAV

Mr Horne, whose clients have included the National Trust, the RNLI and London airports, also works with the Metropolitan Police on drone anti-terrorism.

He said: “I waited until the fog had thinned out just enough, the pictures almost look like a war scene, with smoke drifting over the church.”