Drone videography and aerial photography for lodges, resorts and hotels

Guests choosing a lodge on an inlet or a cabin above the treeline want to understand where they are going. An aerial shot answers that in three seconds: how far from the water, how close to the glacier, how alone you will be. It is the establishing shot for every film I make and, very often, the image a property ends up using on its homepage.

Aerials also do a job no other format can for multi-building properties: they show the layout. Guests can see where their cabin sits relative to the lodge, the dock and the trailhead, which removes a whole category of pre-booking questions.

Slow reveals over a ridge or through the trees, orbits of the main lodge at golden hour, flyovers of the grounds, and tracking shots of the activities that define the place: kayaks in the strait, a boat leaving the dock, skiers on the glacier, hikers on the trail. High-resolution aerial stills for print and web, vertical crops for social, and aerial 360° panoramas that drop into a virtual tour so guests can look around from the sky.

I fly as a licensed drone pilot under Transport Canada rules and plan every flight for the specific location, including airspace checks and any permissions the site requires. Many national and provincial parks restrict drone flights, so I check the rules for your property before we plan anything and tell you plainly what is and is not possible. On site I fly around wildlife, guests and neighbours with the same care I would want at my own place.