Sector · Drone & Aerial Photography
Drone & Aerial Photography for universities and colleges
We photograph campus briefs for drone aerial the way we would want ours photographed: quickly, respectfully, well. Campus briefs are estate briefs: multiple buildings, mixed architectural periods and a marketing team that needs both an open-day hero and a library of departmental frames.
Context
A campus is a portfolio of buildings, not one subject.
Concretely, high-resolution aerial stills and 4K video, supplied within 48 hours. The estate route is timed first; the light is fitted to the route.
Geography
Where this usually lands
Campus drone aerial in Manchester sits inside the regular North West coverage.
- Council
- Manchester City Council
- County
- Greater Manchester
- Postcodes
- M1, M2, M3, M4, M15
- Nearest roads
- M60, M62
- Liverpool City Centre — 34 mi via M62
- Chester — 8 mi via M53
Brief
How the estate route is planned.
CAA-licensed flights with a sub-2kg airframe inside congested-area permissions. The estate route is timed first; the light is fitted to the route.
Angles
Three ways this brief lands
01
Estate-scale planning: a walked route before a single frame.
02
site-context photography for planning applications
03
roofline and chimney inspection without scaffolding
Method
How this gets shot
CAA-licensed flights with a sub-2kg airframe inside congested-area permissions. The estate route is timed first; the light is fitted to the route.
Constraints
What shapes the shoot
- •Buildings are spread across the estate, so the route is walked and timed before the shoot day.
- •Term-time footfall makes clean architectural frames a scheduling exercise.
- •Listed and modern buildings on the same campus need different exposure approaches.
Captured
What comes back
- Signature building at best light
- Two departmental or lab interiors
- Study and social spaces in use
- Campus-wide context frame
- Open-day style people frames
FAQs
Questions we hear
Do you shoot during term time?
Term time gives the people frames; quiet periods give the clean architectural ones. Most briefs use both.
How are the files organised?
Delivered by building and by space so the marketing team can find frames again in a year.
Do you need permission to fly near Beetham Tower?
Anything near Beetham Tower requires a pre-flight risk assessment; we coordinate with the relevant landowner and Manchester City Council where ground access is needed.
Can you fly in Manchester?
Yes — flights in Manchester are planned under OSC permissions, with NOTAMs filed where the M1 district sits inside controlled airspace.
How long does a typical Manchester aerial shoot take?
Most Manchester commissions are wrapped on-site in under two hours, with edits returned inside 48 hours.
Proof
Where this has worked
Campus sets tend to be drawn on for years, so the library is built for reuse rather than for one campaign.
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