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Aerial film & photography

A different view of things.

Landscape, adventure and travel, captured from the air. A creative director's eye, twenty years in the making, now pointed at the places worth looking twice at.

What I shoot

How I work

Every flight planned properly.

I built my own flight-planning tool, and it's how I run every shoot. Weather checks, location reccys, risk assessments and pre-flight safety checks, all done before the drone leaves the bag, so a shoot is safe, legal and gets the shot first time.

Live wind & weather go / no-go calls per drone
Location reccys with hazards, airspace & launch notes
Full risk assessments with exportable PDF reports
Pre-flight safety checklists on every single job
Explore the tool Free for the drone community
The Lens Above
Ullswater
Clear to fly
9 mph
Gusts 12mph · W · Clear skies
Risk assessmentComplete ✓
Pre-flight checks15 / 15
Location reccySaved
Golden hour20:41 – 21:41

About me

I'm a creative director with two decades in brand and film, and lately I've been pointing the camera down from above.

I'm based in the North West and I'll shoot wherever the light and the landscape are worth it. I care about the craft as much as the flying, planned shots, properly graded footage, edits that are ready to use.

Every location gets scouted first. I fly early, before a place gets busy, never over people, and always agree the plan with you beforehand.

CAA Operator ID Public Liability Insured Sub-250g Open Category FPV UK Member
20+
Years in brand & film
4K/60
Cinema-grade aerial capture
48h
Social clips turnaround
Contact

Got somewhere worth seeing?

Whether it's a resort, a property, a venue or just a stretch of coast, send me a postcode and I'll tell you what's possible from the air. Always happy to talk it through.

Get in touch joe@thelensabove.com