Los Angeles · Southern California · FAA Part 107 Certified
Cinematic aerial imaging — film, real estate, construction & beyond
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About
Gary Rotter and Santino Salamon are career filmmakers turned drone operators — with over a decade each on professional sets, in editing bays, and behind cinema cameras. That background isn't incidental. It's the whole point.
Film sets run on tight schedules, tighter budgets, and zero tolerance for wasted time. We brought that discipline with us. Whether we're documenting a construction site, capturing a real estate listing, or flying for an insurance claim, we work fast, we work clean, and we catch the details that less experienced operators miss. We know how to read a location, anticipate a shot, and deliver material that's actually usable — because on a film set, there's no other option.
Services
Every engagement is tailored. We bring cinematic discipline to every vertical we serve.
Commercials, music videos, and small production jobs — we deliver precision aerial work that productions demand. We speak director.
↗Listings that command attention. Aerial photography and video that captures property scale, context, and curb appeal like nothing else.
↗Precision photogrammetry and topographic mapping. Orthomosaic outputs, point clouds, and 3D models for engineering and GIS workflows.
↗Site progress documentation, volumetric analysis, and stakeholder reporting. Regular flight schedules keep every project on record.
↗Solar farm inspections, wind turbine assessments, and power line surveys. Thermal imaging and visual documentation at scale.
↗Rapid deployment for loss assessment, storm damage documentation, and claim substantiation. Admissible aerial evidence, fast.
↗We handle the airspace. LAANC authorizations, COA applications, FAA waivers for complex operations. We navigate the regulatory landscape so your project doesn't hit a wall before it gets off the ground.
Testimonials
The footage they delivered for our listing sold the property in four days. The clients called it the most beautiful home video they'd ever seen. It wasn't even close to anything else we'd used.
We needed complex low-altitude work over an active construction site. Gary and Santino handled the permitting, the coordination with the GC, and delivered perfect progress shots on schedule, every week.
Having film-industry pros behind the sticks changes everything. The framing, the timing, the color sensibility — it shows in every frame. Our brand campaign went viral. Pictures Up was a huge part of why.
Pricing
All pricing is project-dependent. Insurance documentation available on request. We offer permitting as a standalone service.
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