// WorldwideDrone pilot in Saint-Tropez.
Aerial photography and video on both coasts and inland. France requires a declared flight in most scenarios. That declaration is part of the job.
Send an enquiry →The gulf is open, the village is not
Over the village and the Vieux Port in high season there is little to hope for: density, helicopters and immediate neighbours. The gulf, by contrast, is clear. So that is where the footage is made, with the boat under way and Saint-Tropez behind it, which gives a better frame anyway than looking straight down at a quay.
During the Voiles the airspace is managed for the regatta and aerial crews are already working the course. Flights are filed weeks ahead or kept off the race area entirely. For the rest of the year, around Pampelonne and Port Grimaud, planning is straightforward again.
What I bring to France.
Drone photography
Stills from the air for listings, brochures and press. Sites, buildings, boats and coastline, delivered edited.
More →Aerial filmDrone videography
Moving footage in 4K and higher. Slow passes, orbits and reveals, cut for the web and for social.
More →PermitsThe legal side
Licence, insurance and clearance where they are required. Handled before the day, not on it.
More →GroundAir and ground together
Aerial footage on its own tells no story. I shoot both, so the film has somewhere to land.
More →How a shoot in France runs.
Enquiry and planning
A short conversation about the boats, the water and the goal. You get a clear plan with a date and a fixed price.
On location
One or two shooting days at the berth and under sail. Photography, film and drone in a single visit.
Delivery
Finished material for listings, website and social media, including publication and advertising if you want it.
Aerial footage in Saint-Tropez?
Tell me briefly which boats and which water it is about. You get a personal answer with a proposal and a fixed price.
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