Northern Minnesota aerial photo + video
Aerial imagery that lets your property, project, or business speak for itself.
Thoughtful photo, video, and documentation for resorts, builders, businesses, and lake-country properties across northern Minnesota.
- FAA Part 107 certified
- Fully insured
- 6 years in the air
- Based in Bemidji
Track record
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6 years
Of professional aerial work
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200+ projects
Commercial work flown, filmed, and delivered
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MN home base
Northern Minnesota shapes the way we plan, fly, and deliver.
Recent client work
Flown, delivered, and in use.
Recent commercial projects for northern Minnesota businesses, with the deliverable each one was built around.
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Shepard Excavating and Septic Service
Site prep on the south shore of Leech Lake.
Cut into a homepage hero video for the Shepard Excavating website refresh, with stills for the site and social channels.
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Storlie Construction
A golden-hour portrait of a working gravel operation.
Live now as the homepage hero at storlieconstruction.com, with the stills used throughout the site.
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American Garage Door Supply
Construction-phase documentation for a car wash door install.
Photographed for the installation case study on American Garage Door Supply's car wash door site.
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Services
Show the whole picture.
Aerial photo, film, and documentation for the places people build, visit, and care for across northern Minnesota.
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Commercial Aerial Photography
Premium photo and video for businesses that need stronger visual assets.
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Construction Progress Documentation
Recurring aerial documentation for active job sites.
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Resort & Tourism Aerials
Seasonal content libraries for lakefront properties and tourism businesses.
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Commercial Property Imagery
Aerial showcase imagery for commercial real estate.
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Site Documentation Imagery
Aerial site overviews and exterior documentation.
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Premium Estate Package
Aerial portraits of lakefront estates and legacy properties.
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Sounds like you might be looking for…
Common starting points.
Most buyers don't arrive knowing which package they need. They arrive knowing their situation. Pick the one that sounds closest. We'll confirm or recommend the right scope on the first call.
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Active job site needing owner updates and a record
- Recurring monthly visits
- Owner-ready monthly recap films
- Dated photo archive from start to finish
Construction documentation
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Resort or campground preparing for the booking season
- One planned shoot, full-season content library
- Hero video, photo gallery, social clips
- Ad-ready stills before peak booking
Resort & tourism aerials
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Lakefront home before a renovation, sale, or family transition
- Considered private aerial portrait
- Curated gallery and short cinematic film
- Optional fine-art prints and seasonal series
Premium Estate Package
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Commercial property listing, refresh, or facility showcase
- Property and surrounding context coverage
- Web, social, and listing-ready exports
- Repeatable for portfolio or multi-location work
Commercial property imagery
Service Areas
Where we work.
Northern Minnesota, anchored in Bemidji. Routine coverage from the Brainerd Lakes corridor to the Rainy Lake border country to the Lake Superior shoreline.
The place
Northern Minnesota is more than the backdrop. It shapes the work.
From morning lake light to an active job site, every flight is planned around the way a place is used, seen, and remembered.
Flagship packages
Three places most clients start.
Each is built around a clear business outcome and a defined deliverable set. Custom scopes and add-ons quoted on request.
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Commercial Visibility Package
For local businesses that need stronger visuals for website, social, and ads.
What this gets you
A refreshed marketing library that covers your website, your social, and your ad creative for the next twelve months.
A half-day shoot designed to load your marketing pipeline for the next year.
- Half-day aerial shoot
- 40 edited photos
- 8–12 raw video selects
- 3 edited vertical clips
- One 30-second web/social cut
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Construction Owner Update Package
For contractors and owners who want recurring documentation without managing a content project.
What this gets you
A growing project archive your owner can scroll through, a monthly recap film for updates and bids, and a clean visual record from start to finish, without you managing a content project.
Two visits a month, captured from repeatable angles you would struggle to set up on your own.
- Two site visits per month
- Repeatable angles, dated archive
- 30–60 second monthly recap film
- Optional annotated site overview
- Owner-ready deliverable folder
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Resort Season Opener Package
For resorts and campgrounds preparing for the booking season.
What this gets you
A full season of marketing content from one planned shoot. Website hero, photo library, social clips, and ad creative ready before peak booking opens.
One planned shoot, timed to the right light, that earns its keep across an entire season.
- Golden-hour aerial shoot
- Full property photo library
- 90-second hero video
- 6 vertical clips for social
- 3 ad-ready thumbnails / stills
How we work
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Weather and light that serve the work
We plan around the conditions that make a place look and feel right. When a better window is needed, we will say so.
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A focused aerial practice
We work where visual storytelling and useful documentation overlap. Survey, thermal, and LiDAR needs deserve another specialist.
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Local airspace and conditions
Bemidji, Brainerd, Park Rapids, Duluth: controlled airspace, lake-effect weather, the working calendar of a tourism economy. We know the region.
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Organized delivery, ready to use
Most one-time projects are delivered within five business days, in clear folders with consistent naming and files sized for web, social, and ads.
Planning ahead
The strongest northern Minnesota shoots are planned around the season.
Resort, property, and construction projects each have their best window. Share what you have in mind early, and we will help choose a time that makes the work feel true to the place.
How it comes together
From first note to finished imagery.
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Start with a note
Tell us what you have in mind. You do not need a finished brief to get the conversation started.
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Make a clear plan
We look at the place, timing, and purpose for the imagery, then recommend an approach that fits.
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Choose the right window
When the plan is set, we watch the weather and light, make the work, and deliver it organized for use.
Where we focus
Every project benefits from a clear purpose. We focus on aerial photo, film, and visual documentation that helps people understand, market, document, or remember a place. For survey-grade measurement, thermal inspection, LiDAR, or high-volume listing work, we are happy to point you to a specialist who is better equipped for it.
Resources
Guides for buyers who want to understand before they commit.
- Northern Minnesota Drone Photography in Northern Minnesota: Where We Fly and What We Shoot A working guide to commercial drone photography across northern Minnesota: the lake country, the Iron Range, the North Shore, and the seven cities we serve from Bemidji. Read →
- Aerial video Drone Videography Services in Northern Minnesota: What a Commercial Aerial Video Actually Includes A plain explanation of commercial drone videography: the difference between raw footage and a finished hero video, what deliverables businesses actually use, and how a shoot is planned. Read →
- Construction Construction Drone Services in Minnesota: What Contractors Actually Get Construction drone services explained for Minnesota contractors, excavators, and aggregate suppliers: what gets captured, how often, what it is used for, and what it does not include. Read →
Get in touch
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Share a few details about what you have in mind. We'll respond with a recommended package, a timeline, and a clear quote.