C210 pilot reported a low altitude stall and recovery while taking photographs.

Attributes
ACN	1084666
Time
Date	201304
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C 210D
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 60 Flight Crew Total 2100 Flight Crew Type 350
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Ground Conflict Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Taking a photograph of a ground object; had tower's permission to approach and circle around target; got too slow for very gusty wind conditions; wing stalled and plane dove to the left. Recovered 200-300 ft AGL. Came close to the tower on recovery. Flew away uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C210 pilot reported a low altitude stall and recovery while taking photographs.

Narrative: Taking a photograph of a ground object; had Tower's permission to approach and circle around target; got too slow for very gusty wind conditions; wing stalled and plane dove to the left. Recovered 200-300 FT AGL. Came close to the Tower on recovery. Flew away uneventfully.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.