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Treves factory from afar showing entire lake, drone aerial photograph

Treves Drone Aerial Photography for Large Lobby Print

Treves UK Ltd have a factory in a beautiful location by a lake between Ripon and Knaresborough in North Yorkshire. They had an aerial photograph taken of their site a few years ago from a tradition manned aircraft, i.e. old school style. The old plane aerial photograph was not very clear, which is often the […]

Yorkshire Water Full Video Production

As well as proving drone video clips and photography, Sky Filming also produces fully edited videos. We were contacted by a representative of Yorkshire Water who was in charge of their media and publicity. He wanted to discuss the possibilities of using a drone and creating and fully edited video about their water treatment plant […]

Drone filming in the rain at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Yorkshire Sculpture Park Event Drone Filming

We’ve always wanted to film at the YSP, and the opportunity arose in February 2016 when they asked us to come and use our drones to film an event, some VIP visitors coming to see an open air exhibition of large sculptures by American artist KAWS. The sculptures are very large, some up to10 metres […]

Sky News Drone Footage of Flooding

Sky Filming has captured video footage and photography for numerous news services and news wire companies, both for features and live news as it happens. One particular news item that stands out, both because it was in our home town and because it spanned a whole week, was our coverage of the York flood disaster […]

ITV Science Feature

As well as covering up to the minute news items, Sky Filming has also used its drone filming technology on various news features. One particulary interesting news feature came after week of flood disaster coverage for SKY News, where were were contacted by ITV to assist in filming a feature on flood defences and show […]

M3 Solar Panel Drone Photography

Sky Filming has visited different sites with M3 Solutions to document their PV Solar Panel Installations. M3 Solutions is a company based in Folkestone, Kent, that specialises in eco friendly lighting and electrical systems for large industrial complexes, factories and offices. A major part of their work involves the installation of photovoltaic solar panels on […]

Defra Drone Roof Inspection with Jacobs

Sky Filming visited a secret location run by DEFRA to carry out a two day roof inspection with Jacobs Engineering. This was quite an unusual project in that the location was top secret and we weren’t allowed to keep any of the photographs or record ourselves taking any photographs or take pictures of ourselves or […]

Cooling Tower Drone Video Still

BP Drone Aerial Video Promotion

Sky Filming spent the day at a British Petroleum gas plant near Hull to gather drone aerial video clips for a commercial production. In this case Sky Filming’s drones were used in conjunction with a video production company called VIP to create a promotional video for British Petroleum’s gas plant at Salt End in Hull. […]

Wates Construction Progress Drone Photography

Sky Filming used a drone to photograph the construction progress of a sweet factory near Castleford in West Yorkshire. For us, these type of projects, using our drones on large construction sites, are among the most interesting tasks we carry out. It means we get to see inside places and see people working with machinery […]

Heineken Drone Aerial Mapping and 3D Computer Model

Sky Filming worked in conjunction with a Belgian and German company and created a 3D model of the Heineken Brewery in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. This was a very interesting project that started with a phone call from a company in Belgium that wanted us to use our drone to take GPS tagged images of the […]