Without doubt the stars of this video were the pupils of Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School. All through my numerous journeys through the school and classrooms trying to get the footage just right they behaved impeccably. As they had been instructed to do, they ignored me and studiously got on… Read More »Sacred Heart Primary School
I enjoyed this project. Cumbria Wildlife Trust received permission to have a drone fly at Foulshaw Moss as long as it took place before there was any chance of the Ospreys arriving. The challenge, in the short period of time available, was to publicise and celebrate the return of the… Read More »Cumbria Wildlife Trust – Ospreys, Foulshaw Moss
This substantial project for Whitehaven Golf Club involved filming on three days to create flyover videos of all 18 holes, plus the production of a promotional film of the facilities at the club and clubhouse. This was a big challenge and needed lots of testing and programming in advance. The flyovers of… Read More »Whitehaven Golf Club
These two lovely cottages are in a great location to the west of the Lake District, not far from Wast Water and Wasdale Head. I was very pleased to be asked to provide videos showing their location and interiors for the owner, and I was very fortunate in arranging to… Read More »Todd and Gunn Cottages – Wasdale
A series of four short videos were created to encourage people to leave a legacy to Cumbria Wildlife Trust. A different reserve was used for each of the stories. The challenge was to start with the view a visitor would have if they visited one of these reserves, but end with an… Read More »Cumbria Wildlife Trust – Legacy Campaign
Annabelle Kennedy, Natural Heritage Officer at Morecambe Bay Partnership, originally contacted me in April 2016. Annabelle had recently created a new wetland site alongside the Gilpin River and wished to have aerial photographs taken over a period of time to show the progress of the area. Later that month I took… Read More »Morecambe Bay Partnership – New Wetland, Gilpin
I think I should let Malcolm Fell, Director of Cumbria Kart Racing Club, tell you about this project: At Cumbria Kart Racing Club we had been looking for a way to promote our venue and club. We have been a karting venue for over 50 years, well known throughout the… Read More »Cumbria Kart Racing Club – Rowrah Circuit
An unusual, yet very rewarding assignment, in September and October was being asked to photograph the seal colony at South Walney on two occasions. Taking off at some distance, I flew the quadcopter straight up to 120 metres. With the wind taking the sound of the drone away from the… Read More »South Walney Nature Reserve – Seal Count
The properties owned by The Rowley Estates and rented out as holiday homes are truly stunning, and I enjoyed the challenge of producing promotional videos and photographs for them. The taster video above features all the holiday properties and further below are a selection of photographs and the seven videos… Read More »The Rowley Estates – Luxury Holiday Homes
It was a real pleasure to be asked to produce this aerial video to celebrate Jonathan Denby’s wonderful garden at Yewbarrow House in Grange-over-Sands. I was also able to provide a small collection of photographs of the properties and a 360° photograph which can be explored below. As with other… Read More »Yewbarrow House, Grange-over-Sands
Newby Bridge Hotel has many positive features and, after visiting the hotel, I felt that using aerial footage alone would really not do it justice. This resulted in me making a number of trips to get footage from various positions and heights. I visited at different times of the day to… Read More »Newby Bridge Hotel
I took some aerial photographs from above Heversham Hotel (formerly The Blue Bell Inn) earlier this year for the owners, Samuel Smith’s Brewery, while it was being renovated. There is a link on the hevershamhotel.co.uk website to the 360° photograph I created below: One of the photographs from above the hotel… Read More »Heversham Hotel
