Aerial golden-hour view of a Cotswold manor house among rolling fields
Drone Photo & Film

Aerial photography & film

Height used to tell you something — the setting, the scale, the landscape a place belongs to — rather than height for its own sake.

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Most drone footage exists to prove somebody owns a drone. The useful kind answers a question the ground cannot.

Aerial work is at its best when it does something specific: showing how a house sits in its land, revealing the shape of an estate, opening a film with the countryside a story takes place in, or establishing the scale of an event.

I fly a Mavic 4 Pro and work within UK Civil Aviation Authority rules. That means no flying over crowds or assemblies of people, and airspace checked properly before the day rather than hopefully on arrival. Where a location is restricted, I will tell you before you book rather than after.

Aerial is usually strongest as part of a wider shoot — a property film, a wedding, an event — rather than on its own. Two or three well-chosen aerial shots do more than twenty minutes of circling.

Aerial stills and video

High-resolution photographs and 4K film, graded to match the rest of the shoot rather than looking bolted on.

Airspace checked in advance

Restrictions, permissions and conditions confirmed before the date, not discovered on it.

Estate and landscape context

The shot that shows where a property actually sits — usually the one that sells it.

Reveals and establishing shots

Slow, considered moves that open a film properly. Nothing that whips or spins.

Combined with ground coverage

Aerial as one layer of a complete shoot, not a separate booking with separate travel.

Golden-hour scheduling

Flown early or late wherever possible, because flat midday light wastes the advantage of being up there at all.

Investment Half day from £350 Full package breakdown on enquiry — tell me about your plans.
Selected work

Aerial work

Aerial view of a Cotswold manor house at golden hour
Woodhouse · Aerial
Cotswold manor house and grounds from above
Woodhouse
Stone barn gateway at Swinbrook Manor Farm at dusk
Swinbrook Manor Farm
Lakeside cabin at Lakes by Yoo
Lakes by Yoo
Questions

Good to know

Are you legal to fly commercially?

Yes. I operate within UK Civil Aviation Authority rules and check airspace, restrictions and permissions for every location before the shoot.

Can you fly at my venue?

Usually, but not always. Some locations sit inside restricted airspace, and no operator may fly over crowds or assemblies of people in any category. Send me the postcode and I will check before you commit.

What stops a flight on the day?

High wind, heavy rain, or a last-minute restriction. If conditions make it unsafe or illegal I will not fly, and you will not be charged for aerial work that did not happen.

Is drone worth it for a small property?

Often yes, if the setting is the selling point — a view, grounds, a position in the landscape. If the property is mid-terrace, probably not, and I will say so.

Where we work

The Cotswolds · Oxford · Gloucestershire · Oxfordshire · Wiltshire · Cheltenham · Cirencester · Burford · Stow-on-the-Wold · Tetbury.

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Ask me about aerial coverage.

Or reach me directly — info@nickjeremicproductions.com · +44 7436 555287

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