Aerial Photos + Video From Drones
Increasing Production Value
With drone photography, no view is left uncaptured from eye-level to 400’ over populated areas. We’ve been flying drones since 2014, nowadays, we mainly fly with DJI Mavic 3 Pros. They are registered with the FAA and our pilots have the appropriate licenses. Flying drones in Los Angeles’ controlled airspace often means communicating and scheduling with the FAA. Our experience as regular pilots comes in handy there!
Before any drone photos or videos are taken, we do a risk assessment to make sure the job can be done safely. Our services are always tailored to your specific needs. We will work closely with you to make sure you get what you are asking for and more!
We offer different pricing depending on the amount of time we spent on location and if photos and/or videos need to be taken. Sometimes, we need to bring a visual observer along.
Once our videos are shot, you can leave the editing in the capable hands of our post-production team or we will turn over the raw footage to you. The processing of photos is done in Adobe Lightroom or Photoshop; we will custom correct each final image before delivery via ftp. Please visit our digital imaging page to see more details.
Video Links
Malibu Architecture
Chatsworth Commerce Center
Warner Center at Sunset
Music Video: Goldfinger by Nils Jiptner
Regulations
Consider this
We follow the rules governing drone operations set by the FAA. Over populated areas, drones are only allowed to fly up to 400’.
If your job takes us inside an airport traffic area, which usually has a radius of 4 miles or more, we have to get permission from the FAA to fly there. The areas directly next to airports are normally off-limits, also under the approach corridors. The further away you get from the airport, the higher you are allowed to fly. Limits increase by 50’ up to 400’. Lower altitudes won’t take much time to get permission. Higher altitudes take a minimum of 3 days sometimes weeks to get permission.
Safety doesn’t permit us to fly on windy days with >15mph winds.
LA basin cities where no drones are allowed over public areas/beaches:
Santa Monica, Malibu, Redondo Beach, Moorpark, Huntington Beach (see signs). FAA regulations and city ordinances vary slightly, here the City of LA Ordinance, where commercial operations fall under “Civil UAS”.
