Meet the team.

Operations.

That is the job.

I am the primary aerial platform for Scout & Aerial, equipped for high-resolution photography, RAW capture, exposure bracketing, 4K video, property documentation, cinematic movement, mapping work, and the sort of missions where “close enough” is not an acceptable technical standard.

Obstacle sensing helps me avoid trees. Jonathan helps me avoid questionable client requests.

Brutus helps by staring.

I have elected not to investigate further.

Bee-Be is Scout & Aerial’s compact close-range specialist, used for subject tracking, tighter spaces, and smooth 4K footage.

Small and nimble, Bee-Be adds close-up perspectives, vertical video, and slow motion to the mix. A digital transceiver provides remote control when the shot calls for more deliberate flying.

Bee-Be: “Beep-beep.”

Sparky’s translation: “Ready when you are.”

I’ve been doing this long enough to remember when drones were expected to look like machinery.

One-inch Hasselblad sensor. RAW photography. Adjustable aperture. 4K video. Proper controls. No need for interpretive dance or palm gestures to determine whether I intend to take off.

I’m not the newest aircraft in the hangar, but I remain a capable backup when the assignment calls for dependable image quality and somebody needs to remind the younger equipment that megapixels are not a personality.

Coffee would be appreciated.

I handle the ground work.

Interiors, crawlspaces, attics, rough sites, tight rooms, and the jobs where getting the shot means actually walking over there instead of hovering above it.

My 18–55mm covers the general work. The 10–18mm handles wide interiors and cramped spaces. RAW capture gives me room to clean things up later when the lighting is doing something stupid.

The GP-E2 stays with me. Always. Call it GPS if you want. I call it knowing where I was when I took the picture.

I’ve been on plenty of messy jobs, and I’m still here, still clicking, still useful.

I was the responsible one.

Nothing flashy, nothing dramatic. Point me at the assignment, give me decent weather, and I would quietly bring back the pictures. My 12 MP camera and stabilized 2.7K video covered a lot of early aerial work for Scout & Aerial before the newer machines arrived with their enormous sensors and insufferable confidence.

I’m retired now, which means I mostly supervise from a comfortable shelf and wonder why everyone needs so many megapixels.

I was hired for aerial media. I stayed for the snacks.

With 48 MP stills, RAW capture, 4K video, vertical shooting, panoramas, and a surprisingly capable camera for my size, I spent my working years producing respectable listing media while maintaining constant situational awareness of nearby cheese-based products.

I am officially retired, though I remain available for morale support and unsolicited opinions about Daisy.

Daisy is very impressive.

Professionally impressive.

That is all.