David Hogg

Last week we had the opportunity of giving a short talk on drones to a gathered audience of over 100 property professionals at the Penningtons Manches Property Professionals Lunch at the West Surrey Golf Club near Godalming, Surrey.
The talk was intended to provide a general introduction to the applications of drone technology and some of the regulations which govern their use in the UK. The talk was followed by a brief demonstration of the drone flying outside, culminating in taking an aerial group photograph of all the attendees!

Over the last few months we have been photographing a number of sites for digital marketing agency OneAgency on behalf of their client Bailey, specialists in roof and general building cladding products.

The work involved capturing a mixture of ground-level and aerial imagery of a number of sites where Bailey’s products have been used. So far we’re only able to show photos from two of these projects, but we will be sharing more once permission has been granted.

Last month we were commissioned by national construction firm Willmott Dixon to produce a number of interview videos which were to be used as supplementary material during the judging process for the 2017 SECBE Constructing Excellence awards. The videos would act as supporting evidence for the nominated teams / individuals in the categories of Apprenticeships, Sustainability and Young Achievers — after all, it’s a lot more convincing to listen to someone else describe how amazing you are than to say so yourself!

Since December 2016 we have been documenting the progress at a soil remediation site in Tipner, Portsmouth, Hampshire for national remediation experts SoilFix.

During each visit we have been capturing plan-view progress photographs of the enormous 6-hectare site, which we have had to split up into 3 separate sections — even when using our widest-angle lens and flying at our maximum permissible altitude of 400ft the site doesn’t fit in a single image!

Last month we were commissioned by Corniche Builders to photograph one of their latest projects — a brand new flint-clad church hall in Redhill, Surrey. Justifiably proud of the beautiful design and execution of this new building, Corniche were keen to show it off to its best using professional ground-level and elevated photographs.

The church hall was built directly next to the existing 19th Century St John the Evangelist Church, and it was key that the design and appearance of the new hall matched the church as closely as possible.

The following blog post has been adapted from a new case study which can be found in the Case Studies section of our website.

Planning your big day, or know someone who is? One of our favourite applications of our aerial photography services is providing professional, discreet, ‘fly-on-the-wall’ (or ‘eye-in-the-sky’ if you prefer!) aerial perspectives of wedding ceremonies and receptions.

The following blog post has been adapted from a new case study which can be found in the Case Studies section of our website.

One of the prime applications / benefits of aerial photography — be it from our drone or mast — is the ability to capture the size and setting of a site in a single image.

A few weeks ago we were commissioned to take some inspection photographs of a building in Cricklewood, London, where a roof-level facade of bricks appeared to be sagging under its own weight, as well as bowing inwards towards the rest of the building. The building’s owners, understandably concerned, called in a structural engineering firm to investigate.

The roof itself was inaccessible without using a cherry picker or scaffolding, so the only option for performing a visual inspection of the facade was either to use a drone or a telescopic mast. As this building was on the corner of a very busy road junction, using the drone was not an option — so it was our mast to the rescue!

Well, after a long time in development, I’m very pleased to welcome you to our brand new website!

Taking the best bits from our previous website (which had been online since 2014), our new site is now fully responsive (meaning it scales intelligently depending on what device you’re viewing it on, be it a desktop computer, tablet or smartphone) and will have significantly more content added to it over the coming weeks and months.

In the lead up to Christmas last year (yes it does feel a long time ago now!), we were commissioned by the Bombay Sapphire distillery in Whitchurch, Hampshire, to take some architectural and candid ‘people’ photographs at one of their many Christmas themed events.

The photographs had to capture the glitz and glammer of the venue (which had been especially decorated for the event), the guests enjoying both themselves and Bombay Sapphire’s special cocktails which were flowing freely for the duration of the event (!), as well as the general ambience of the event — helping to convey what it’s like to attend one of their functions.