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Call times are agreed in advance and kept to, including site induction slots. As a one-person operation, every booking gets full attention — there's no handing the job to a junior or a subcontractor on the day.

Images are supplied in web, presentation and print-ready formats, in labelled folders. Video is delivered in the format agreed before the shoot. There's no preview round to wade through — you get one finished, edited folder.

Drone flights are planned around the published wind and rain limits for the aircraft in use, checked ahead of the visit. Where conditions on the day don't allow safe flying, ground photography or a rescheduled visit are agreed with you rather than the shoot simply being abandoned.

Used to working around live sites, PPE requirements and site inductions. Risk assessments and method statements (RAMS) can be supplied in advance where your site requires them.

PDRA01 is the CAA Operational Authorisation that permits flying in residential, commercial, industrial and recreational areas within visual line of sight. GVC (General VLOS Certificate) is the underlying pilot qualification, covering flight planning, risk assessment and operational procedure.

A2 CofC is a separate, lower-tier qualification relating to Open-category "near people" flying. It's relevant in some situations but the limits it allows depend on the aircraft class and circumstances — it doesn't override site safety controls, permissions, crowd restrictions, airspace rules, or PDRA01 conditions, all of which are still applied as standard.

There's no planned overflight of railway infrastructure. Public land only, unless formal access and permissions are arranged. Rail-adjacent work requires site-specific planning and coordination with you and the relevant rail authority — the right operating method, location, or aircraft is agreed in advance for each site.

Flights stay within 120m (400ft) and within visual line of sight (VLOS), as standard. No-fly zone checks — airports, prisons, military sites and their buffer zones — are a standard part of planning every job.

Yes, with appropriately lit aircraft. Night flights are planned with a daylight visit first, where possible, to identify obstacles such as cables and structures that are harder to see after dark.

Based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Half-day shoots are available within about an hour of Leeds — for sites further afield, a full-day booking covers travel time and gets the most out of the visit. Full-day bookings are available across Yorkshire and nationally for planned construction and industrial work.

Public liability cover is in place, with higher limits available for specific project requirements. If your job has a particular insurance requirement, let me know when requesting a quote and it can be arranged in advance.

Usually within a week. There's no preview-and-selection round trip — one finished folder of fully edited images is delivered, so your team can get on with using them rather than sorting them.

The site location and date, what's needed (drone, ground, 360°, or a mix), and a site liaison contact — someone who can confirm site conditions, access arrangements and any live operational risks on the day. Where a flight plan needs a trained observer present, that's arranged separately rather than added to your list.