Drone Wedding Videographer + Drone Wedding Photographer

 

We love offering Drone Wedding Coverage!

This drone wedding footage is the most beautiful compliment to your wedding photography captured on the ground. 

Myself and my amazing teammate Peter (seen below) are both FAA Part 107 Certified for drone flight. This allows us to capture photos and videos from so many different angles throughout the session. Some images and videos are taken a bit closer to capture the detail of your expression, while some are taken from far above to show the context of the gorgeous, wide-sweeping landscape that surrounds you.  The drone can also be used to capture unique angles of your reception or ceremony setup, tablescapes, the flowing veil and train as you make your grand entrance into the ceremony, etc. 

There are SO many creative options. However, what we love the most is that these angles capture the essence of your wedding in the most awe-inspiring way.

 

A FEW PHOTO EXAMPLES

Drone Wedding Videographer + Drone Wedding Photographer

Drone Wedding Coverage Can Include:

• Gorgeous footage of the romantic moments of your newlywed session
• Interesting snapshots of your guests enjoying the cocktail hour
• Beautiful coverage of your ceremony (optional)
• Epic footage of the surrounding scenery, vistas, venue, flora, and fauna
• Unique images and videos that can’t be captured any other way
• All video provided in highest quality resolution
• Edited, full resolution images included in your wedding gallery

***Drone footage can also be added on to cover rehearsal dinners, day after sessions, engagements, and other celebrations within multi-day events. 

Meet Your Drone Pilots

In addition to myself, here is my partner photographer and pilot Peter. He is a licensed drone operator by FAA Part 107 for professional use. A warm and friendly Persian, he’s a talented, intelligent, worldly, and easygoing. He has invested in some of the best Drones on the market. We have options that are both quiet and with a strong zoom in order to blend into the day and ambiance as much as possible.

Please contact me if you’d like to add drone onto your photo or video package

If you have any questions, or are interested in adding drone coverage onto your wedding photography package, please email me at info@michelleelysephotography.com or contact me through the form on my website.

Thank you and we can’t wait to capture these memories for you!!!

Michelle

 

 

Wedding Photography and Videography With Drone Coverage

For couples looking for a high-end wedding photographer, luxury wedding photographer or wedding videographer with drone coverage, aerial imagery can add a completely different perspective to the final collection. It allows us to show not only the people and moments of the wedding, but also the scale, architecture and landscape surrounding the celebration.

This can be especially beautiful for luxury estates, private properties, resorts, mountaintop weddings, coastal celebrations and destination weddings where the setting is an important part of the experience. Aerial photographs and cinematic drone footage can establish the venue, reveal the surrounding scenery and create perspectives that simply cannot be made from the ground.

Our approach is to use drone coverage selectively. It should enhance the story of the wedding rather than become a distraction from it.

Drone Coverage for Luxury and Destination Weddings

Luxury and destination weddings often include locations that deserve to be documented as carefully as the details inside them. A sweeping estate, historic architecture, a sailcloth tent surrounded by mountains, a ceremony overlooking the ocean or a private property filled with guests can all look dramatically different from above.

A wedding photographer with drone capabilities can create aerial still photographs that show the complete setting, while a wedding videographer with drone coverage can add movement and scale to the final film.

Slow aerial approaches, wide landscape views and footage that moves from the surrounding environment toward the celebration can give a wedding film a more cinematic sense of place.

For multi-day weddings, drone wedding photography and drone wedding videography can also be incorporated into welcome parties, rehearsal dinners, day-after sessions and other events when the location, weather and airspace allow.

Aerial Wedding Photography With a Discreet Approach

High-end wedding photography should never feel like a production taking over the wedding itself. The same philosophy applies to aerial wedding photography and videography.

We use drone coverage when it adds something meaningful and step away from it when ground-level photography is more important. During intimate moments, speeches or parts of the celebration where the sound or presence of a drone would be distracting, our attention stays with the people and the experience.

When conditions are appropriate, drone photography can be especially effective for venue establishing photographs, newlywed portraits, ceremony layouts, tented receptions and scenic transitions within a wedding film.

The result is a collection that combines close, emotional storytelling with expansive aerial perspectives.

Wedding Photography, Videography and Aerial Storytelling

For couples choosing both photography and videography, coordinated drone coverage can help the final photographs and films feel visually connected. The same venue, landscape and celebration can be documented through still photography, motion and aerial perspectives without turning each service into a completely separate experience.

Our photography style blends documentary observation with direction when it helps. Most of the wedding is allowed to unfold naturally, while guidance is provided for portraits, light, movement or composition when needed.

Drone coverage follows the same philosophy: intentional when it helps, unobtrusive when it does not.

For couples looking for a destination wedding photographer and videographer, aerial imagery can be especially valuable because the location is often a major part of the experience. Whether the wedding takes place on a mountaintop, beside the ocean, at a private estate or at a luxury resort, the surrounding environment can become part of the visual story.

The goal is not simply to have drone footage because it looks impressive. The goal is to use it as another storytelling tool—one that shows the scale of the celebration and preserves the setting around it.

Why Drone Wedding Photography Can Add So Much to the Final Gallery

Some wedding venues simply cannot be fully understood from ground level.

A private estate may extend across several acres. A mountain ceremony may overlook miles of surrounding landscape. A destination resort may sit directly beside the ocean. A sailcloth tent may be surrounded by gardens, vineyards or open countryside.

Drone wedding photography allows those relationships to be seen in a single image.

That wider perspective can be especially useful for high-end weddings where significant thought has gone into the venue, tent design, ceremony layout and overall guest experience.

Aerial photographs are not meant to replace close portraits or candid moments. They complement them.

A close photograph might preserve an expression.

A drone photograph preserves the scale of where that moment happened.

Drone Wedding Videography for a More Cinematic Film

Drone wedding videography can also create transitions that help a wedding film feel more cinematic.

Aerial footage can establish the location before moving into closer coverage of the people and events. It can show guests arriving, the ceremony layout, surrounding mountains or coastline, the reception tent or the property after sunset.

For couples searching for a luxury wedding videographer, this kind of coverage can add context without changing the emotional focus of the film.

The strongest wedding films combine large establishing moments with smaller personal ones.

Drone footage helps create the large perspective.

Ground-level cameras preserve the expressions, voices, movement and interactions that make the wedding personal.

FAA-Certified Drone Wedding Coverage

Professional drone coverage also requires more than simply owning a drone.

Airspace restrictions, weather, venue policies, nearby airports and safety conditions all need to be considered before flying.

Our drone pilots are FAA Part 107 certified, allowing us to provide professional aerial wedding photography and videography when conditions and regulations allow.

Not every wedding or location will be suitable for drone use, and safety always comes first.

When aerial coverage is possible, it becomes another way to document the celebration without changing the experience of the day.

Drone Wedding Photography and Videography FAQ

How common is it for wedding photographers to use drones?

Many luxury wedding photographers use drones when the venue and space make aerial coverage appropriate. Drone photography can be especially useful for estates, destination weddings, mountain celebrations, coastal venues and private properties where the surrounding landscape is an important part of the wedding.

Can you provide both drone wedding photography and drone videography?

Yes. Drone coverage can include both high-resolution aerial photographs and cinematic video footage depending on the wedding package and the conditions on the day.

Is drone footage used throughout the entire wedding?

We use drone coverage selectively where it adds the most value. Aerial footage is particularly effective for establishing the venue, scenery, ceremony layout, newlywed portraits, plus cocktail hour and reception setting,. Alternatively, close emotional moments are better photographed from the ground. We’re always reading the room and the vibe. There are times where the drone makes sense. And there are times that it doesn’t. And while the goal is always to capture a breathtaking gallery of images- we always honor any preferences or requests our clients have.

Can drone coverage be used for destination or multi-day weddings?

Yes. Really, its perfect for that. After all- if you’re getting married in a beautiful destination wedding, why not show it off? When weather, venue policies and local regulations allow, drone coverage can also be incorporated into rehearsal dinners, welcome parties, engagement sessions and other events surrounding a destination or multi-day wedding.

Can you photograph weddings with both documentary coverage and drone imagery?

Yes. Documentary wedding photography and aerial coverage work well together because they serve the same purpose from very different and unique angles: to tell the story of the day in the most beautiful and artful way. Editorial (artful storytelling) and Documentary photographs preserve real interactions and moments as they happen, while drone photography provides a wider perspective of the location and celebration. They compliment each other beautifully in telling the authentic story of the day and the setting.