ServicesDrone & PhotographyAerial photography

Shots that sell the view.

A drone doesn’t take great photos. A photographer does. Our pilots are working photographers who know where to put the horizon and when the light turns gold on the channel.

  • Since 2007photographing Juneau
  • 48 hoursto edited stills
  • Web to wallsized for where it goes

Light is the job

One valley, four kinds of light.

The Mendenhall Valley from our own flights, across the year. Same glacier, same forest; the light is what changes, and planning for it is most of the work.

Late snow rarely lasts here, so we flew the same hillside three mornings running and caught the storm breaking over the glacier.
Late snow rarely lasts here, so we flew the same hillside three mornings running and caught the storm breaking over the glacier.Open this flight
One slow flight from the neighborhood out toward the glacier, with the evening light low across the forest.
One slow flight from the neighborhood out toward the glacier, with the evening light low across the forest.Open this flight
We followed the mountainside up rather than climbing straight, so the valley opened below: glacier, lake and neighborhoods.
We followed the mountainside up rather than climbing straight, so the valley opened below: glacier, lake and neighborhoods.Open this flight
The sun barely clears the ridges in December, so every frame is backlit or side-lit and the snow glows.
The sun barely clears the ridges in December, so every frame is backlit or side-lit and the snow glows.Open this flight

What we shoot

Stills composed by photographers, not just pilots.

Signature stills

High-resolution aerials composed for your cover shot, hero image or front page.

Twilight sessions

The shots people stop scrolling for: warm windows, deep blue sky, mountains still holding the light.

HDR exposures

Detail held in Alaska’s tricky light, from glacier-bright to rainforest-dark.

Panoramas

Stitched wide views for print, web headers and interpretive displays.

Mast shots

Sometimes 40 feet tells the story better than 400. We fly the height the shot needs.

Straight down

Patterns, shorelines and site plans that only make sense from directly above.

Recent stills

Around Juneau, from the air.

The full aerial portfolio
Auke Bay, winter sunset
Auke Bay, winter sunset
Black ice, Twin Lakes
Black ice, Twin Lakes
Amalga Harbor at low tide
Amalga Harbor at low tide
Fresh snow, Mendenhall Valley
Fresh snow, Mendenhall Valley
Sunset over the wetlands
Sunset over the wetlands
Peaks and glacier panorama
Peaks and glacier panorama
Gastineau Channel from Douglas
Gastineau Channel from Douglas
Downtown on a misty day
Downtown on a misty day

How you get it

Culled, color-matched and sized for where it’s going.

Every set is edited by the people who shot it and delivered ready to use, so nobody on your side has to resize anything.

  • MLS and listing sites
  • Your website, sized and compressed
  • Social, in square and vertical crops
  • Print and large-format files

Licensing is plain-English and generous: you’re buying photos to use, not to rent.

Questions

Good questions, straight answers.

Anything else? Call (424) 209-8199 and you’ll talk to the people who do the work.

Why hire photographers instead of just a pilot?

Anyone can put a camera in the sky. What you pay for is the frame: the horizon, the light and the one angle that answers the question your viewer is asking.

How fast do I get the photos?

Edited stills in about 48 hours from the flight. Rush delivery is available.

How many photos will I get?

It depends on the job, and we say so up front. A listing set, for example, is 12 to 20 edited stills.

Do you fly in winter?

All year. Low sun, snow and short days make some of our favorite pictures, as long as the wind cooperates.

Who owns the photos?

You get a license for what we agreed, like your website and marketing. We keep the copyright, and extending the license is quick and fair.

Ready when the weather is

Have a place in mind?

A property, a project or a view you want on the wall. Tell us where and we’ll plan the light.