31 Mar 2016

Aerial Photography

Aerial Photography in South Yorkshire / North Derbyshire

As a commercial photographer in the Sheffield, Rotherham and Chesterfield areas I have such a variety of clients and jobs that no two days are the same and I absolutely love it that way. One day I could be photographing machined parts for an engineering company and the next a large construction site.

This morning saw me doing aerial photography of a residential property in Chesterfield for one of the premier estate agents in the area. With offices in Chesterfield, Bolsover and Clay Cross, Wilkins Vardy cover a wide area and well worth a look if you are buying or selling your property.

Safety in the Air

As a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approved drone operator, before accepting any aerial photography / aerial videography job I always look at the proposed site on Google Maps and then on Google Earth to give me a good idea of proximity to people, roads, built up areas, airports etc and only when I’m satisfied with the general look of the job do I take it on. When I get to site I back up the information I have seen on line with a full walk around, site survey and risk assessment. Only when those are completed and I am happy that I can fly safely with minimum risk do I take off and fly the task.

This morning the client had already pre warned his immediate neighbours that I would be doing aerial photography of his property but I made sure that as far as possible I didnt stray over boundary lines and kept well away from the road

Quality of Images

I always shoot in RAW for maximum still image quality and in 4k video for maximum video quality so my clients are assured of either high resolution stills or high definition video.

Quick Turn Round of the Images

This morning is a prime example of my work flow. I flew the job at 11am and by 1pm the client had the processed images as a downloadable web link.

Testimonial for Aerial Photography from the client

Mark Needham from Wilkins Vardy very kindly sent me this message once he had seen the images. “We found Nick to be very professional and his response time to our request was very prompt. The photographs taken were of high quality and Wilkins Vardy are looking forward to a long standing relationship with Footprint Photography.”