We Manage the Entire Drone Process For You

Relax, we’ve got this!

When you order drone photography and video, we do all the heavy lifting so you can get all the credit! Once you schedule a shoot, our drone pilots take care of scheduling a flight and capturing eye-popping images and video then our processing team handles the delivery of your final images. We make the process a breeze so you can stay focused on your business!

Whoa, is drone photography even legal? Absolutely! Our drone pilots are 100% compliant with all FAA rules and regulations, and we carry all necessary insurance to ensure that you have all the benefits and none of the risks.

Book a Flight

Contact us and let us know the location, date, and what kind of aerial media you need, and we’ll put you on the schedule.

We Fly It

We plan your project by checking the airspace for restrictions, consulting weather forecasts, and preparing our drone software. Then we fly your mission and capture your project.

You’re Happy

Once we edit everything, we put it in a DropBox for you to review. We strive to satisfy our clients. Check out our reviews and see how happy our clients are.

Who Works With Us

Southbay Drone Services serves the construction industry by providing mapping, stockpile analysis, and progress reports with video and photos. We also serve the real estate market by providing interior and exterior listing photos and walk-through videos with a combination of ground and aerial platforms. We provide 3D modeling to architects to get survey data and help clients see the final product in a realistic environment. Call us and find out if we can help you too.

Construction

Drone Construction Services

Construction site drone photography reduces risk factors, increases profitability, saves time, and collects a large amount of data that traditionally is time-consuming to collect and often incomplete. Photos, videos, 3D models, and orthomosaic maps created with drone data can be used to provide stakeholders with detailed, real-time reports on how things are progressing on-site.

Real Estate

Commercial and Residential

With 96% of homebuyers making their purchasing decisions online, your listing needs to ramp up and grab their attention right away. Generate more clicks that turn into showings and solid offers with dramatic aerial photography. Your aerial images will show the home along with the entire property, surrounding neighborhood, and views.

Our Aerial Services

Southbay Drone Services provides outstanding, eye-catching videos and photography for any project or activity that can be imagined. We utilize the latest and greatest drone technology, camera equipment, and editing software to offer the best product to our clients.

3D Modeling

3D Modeling

Photogrammetry software can create geo-referenced orthomosaics, elevations or 3D models. These maps can also be used to extract highly-accurate distances or volumetric measurements.

Drone Mapping

Drone Mapping

Drone mapping (also called aerial surveying) is the process of taking pictures from the air and using software to digitally “stitch” them together into a 2D and 3D map of a worksite.

Aerial Photography

Aerial Photography

Drone photography can take a viewer to a point of view they cannot experience in real life. These vantage points are a creative way to engage the users and offer them a different perspective.

Aerial Video

Aerial Video

Drones capture stunning, high-quality footage in full HD and up to 4K resolution. Our drones have a gimbal with 3-axis stabilization, allowing smooth video capture during difficult action shots.

Recent Projects

See what Southbay Drone Services has been up to. We regularly shoot real estate listings, residential house projects for developers, and commercial construction sites for major developers. We create detailed 3D models for architects and document places for law firms. We provide crucial photographic proof for insurance companies. We also create videos for roofing companies to market their services. Here are some of our favorite examples.

Google Reviews

We have happy clients. Don’t believe us? Then check out these reviews.

Brian Christie
Brian Christie
00:14 16 Nov 24
In the fast-paced world of real estate I have been relying on Brian Koester for years to shoot my property listings and provide drone services when necessary. He is easily accessible, has a great eye for details, and works efficiently to ensure I have my photos/videos by the next day. Highly... recommend!read more
Maria Polivanovskaya
Maria Polivanovskaya
15:59 05 Apr 23
I've worked with Southbay Drone Services (Brian) a couple of times. Both times Brian was proactive (applied for flying permit ahead of the request), very attentive to requirements to the final video and demonstrated respect to the rules established at the location of filming as well as to other... company rules. The videos that were created were delivered fast and were of high quality. So, based on my personal experience, I recommend Southbay Drone services for aerial video projects.read more
Jacob Santoyo
Jacob Santoyo
16:55 06 Feb 23
Brian did a great job taking site photos of our construction site. Brian was always on time, took great shots that were distributed to our clients showing the progress of our site on a weekly basis. He also provided topography maps that helped us estimated sizes of stockpiles and elevations... throughout the site. I look forward to using Brian on our future projects.read more
Golnaz Motamedi
Golnaz Motamedi
18:18 02 Feb 23
Brian has worked with us to document the construction process on a couple of projects for over a year. He's been patient, professional and accommodating and we've enjoyed working with him very much. We'll definitely be working with Southbay Drone on future projects and highly recommend their... services.read more
Ed Romero
Ed Romero
22:08 31 Jan 23
Debbie Granow
Debbie Granow
23:15 30 Jan 23
Brian provided the perfect drone photography for my South Bay property. He was professional, punctual and reasonably priced. He went above and beyond by providing multiple angles and shots I didn't even know I needed. He genuinely enjoyed the project and produced beautiful photography that gave us... the information we needed to start our architectural plans. I have referred Southbay Drone Services to others and they are just as impressed. Brian is the best there is!read more
Kevin White
Kevin White
22:57 30 Jan 23
Brian is a true professional. He has helped me multiple times on difficult to access construction sites. Thank You
Brian is a total pro! His work is first-class and his customer service is even better. If you need drone footage for your project, he's the man to call.
Brett Buchmann
Brett Buchmann
20:44 14 Jan 22
We use Southbay Drone Services for all of our projects. Brian is prompt and professional. When I first contacted Brian about using drone footage to create 3d models for our projects he wasn't familiar with the software we were using but went above and beyond to come up with a work flow that meets... our needs.read more
Stephen Pliaconis
Stephen Pliaconis
18:50 14 Jan 22
Brian is punctual, professional and personal. We have worked together on two projects and his creativity have helped both of my listings sell. I will continue to use Brian and recommend his services.
Zan Best
Zan Best
05:48 24 Nov 20
Brian was professional, fast, and took great footage. Would not hesitate to recommend. And was a pleasure to deal with.
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