Journal

Notes from the studio.

The Algarve light guide: when to fly and why it matters.
CraftMarch 2025

The Algarve light guide: when to fly and why it matters.

Aerial photography is always a negotiation with light. Understanding the Algarve's seasonal light conditions — how the dry Saharan air in summer differs from the soft Atlantic winter — is the single biggest factor in producing images that stand apart from the competition.

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Composing for real estate: seven aerial framing principles.
CraftFebruary 2025

Composing for real estate: seven aerial framing principles.

Most drone footage of real estate looks the same: a slow rise, a slow reveal, and a hover. These seven principles — borrowed from landscape photography, cinema, and editorial — are the ones we apply to every property brief.

Twelve months of Always-On content: the Bela Vista case.
Case StudyJanuary 2025

Twelve months of Always-On content: the Bela Vista case.

What changes when a hotel stops thinking about content in quarterly campaigns and starts maintaining a continuous aerial presence? This is the story of twelve months working with one property on the Algarve coast.

What a thermal inspection actually finds.
TechnicalDecember 2024

What a thermal inspection actually finds.

A radiometric drone survey of a 12MW solar farm in the Alentejo turned up 47 underperforming modules. Here is what the data looks like, what it means for the asset manager, and why ground-level inspection would have taken six times as long.

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