As co-owners of Solent Sky Services, my wife Sara and I are thrilled to share that we have been awarded both the Small Business of the Year and Overall Business of the Year at the 2023 Portsmouth Business Excellence Awards. These awards are a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team, and we are proud to share this recognition with them.
Ahead of the 2022 EU Legends Tour, JCB Golf & Country Club hired us to film their mightily impressive course, the staff who keep it looking its best, and the JCB machines they use.
We worked with Burberry to capture aerial photos and videos of their large barge-mounted bag sculpture, drifting down the River Thames to Tower Bridge.
We joined a crew of 200 at Burberry’s flagship London store, flying FPV drones to capture exciting aerial views for their Autumn/Winter 2021 womenswear collection.
We joined Marc Bow from Speedstream Films to capture breakneck FPV drone footage of racing car manufacturer Praga’s Britcar Endurance Championship test day.
We entered the DV Mission 48 hour film competition and won an award. Producing this short was a big learning curve and a lot of fun. The Last Chronicles was nominated Best Story and Best film and we took home an award for Best Actor.
As co-owners of Solent Sky Services, my wife Sara and I are thrilled to share that we have been awarded both the Small Business of the Year and Overall Business of the Year at the 2023 Portsmouth Business Excellence Awards. These awards are a testament to the hard work and dedication of our entire team, and we are proud to share this recognition with them.
We wondered if it would be possible to top 2021 and we’re incredibly proud of our achievements in 2022. It has been a phenomenal year and we’ve surpassed our goals and expectations. We’ve expanded our geographical reach as a drone company, honed our skills and expanded the team.
Gaming brand Quadrant, founded by McLaren F1 driver Lando Norris, hired us to chase a Ford Fiesta rally car down a dirt track with our FPV drones for a merch drop promo video.
Ahead of the 2022 EU Legends Tour, JCB Golf & Country Club hired us to film their mightily impressive course, the staff who keep it looking its best, and the JCB machines they use.
Portsmouth News hired us to shoot exclusive drone imagery for their story on Fratton Park’s upgraded seating. We were ecstatic about capturing this milestone in the stadium’s history from the air.
Our OSC — Operating Safety Case — has been approved by the CAA (Civil Aviation Authority), granting us new additional drone operator privileges outside of standard rulings!
Drum and bass label Hospital Records hired us to shoot establishing drone footage of their Weekend In The Woods festival in London’s Beckenham Place Park.
Bonhams Motorcars put a 1976 Porsche rally car up for auction at Goodwood’s 2022 Members’ Meeting and asked us to capture a drone video to promote the vehicle.
We’re joining forces with The Parenting Network, Bridge to Unity, and Zintegrowana Służba Ratownicza to transport vital care packages to refugees at the Poland-Ukraine border.
2021, our fourth year in business, was life-changing. It’s hard to sum up just how fantastic it was for us, but we’ve done our best here with a list of 50 projects that defined our year.
Superyacht designers Bannenberg & Rowell hired us to capture drone videos and photos of their vessel Moon Sand. We flew on the Thames, hand-launching and catching our Inspire 2.
We used GoPros mounted on FPV drones and remote-controlled cars to capture a one-shot fly-through of Waylands, a new Volvo showroom in Bristol.
We captured an orthomosaic map of the Victorious Festival site to help the organisers plan event layouts more accurately and efficiently for years to come.
We worked with Burberry to capture aerial photos and videos of their large barge-mounted bag sculpture, drifting down the River Thames to Tower Bridge.
On 3rd July 2021, we headed to the new Horizon Cruise Terminal at the Port of Southampton to capture the opening of the terminal and the arrival of its first passenger cruise ship, packing light and working fast for same-day PR distribution.
Portsmouth City Council approached us in the summer of 2021 for a number of aerial survey jobs.
Drones can enhance all aspects of school life — and not just for pupils! Here’s how we use them for school trips, site surveys and roof inspections, assembly presentations, and marketing.
Portsmouth News asked us to capture the unveiling of ‘Luna Park 2021’ with photos of the new dinosaur sculpture and interviews with the artists who created it.
Having been recommended our drone surveying expertise, heritage construction firm Pritchard Architecture hired us to shoot detailed overhead images of the roof of Portsmouth’s Kings Theatre.
One of the worldwide leaders in this space is ANS Global, who asked Solent Sky Services to capture a drone’s-eye view of some of their ‘living walls’ — beautiful plant-covered façades!
We joined a crew of 200 at Burberry’s flagship London store, flying FPV drones to capture exciting aerial views for their Autumn/Winter 2021 womenswear collection.
We joined Marc Bow from Speedstream Films to capture breakneck FPV drone footage of racing car manufacturer Praga’s Britcar Endurance Championship test day.
Higher, further, safer; better quality, flexibility, equipment; more skills, permissions, team members. The commercial drone market is getting saturated. Here are 50 reasons to stick with the pros.
All the photos we’ve been sharing of us shooting ‘A Different Perspective of Portsmouth’ — many were shot by Jan, our drone camera op and ground photography expert.
I joined as Assistant Editor after most shoots for A Different Perspective of Portsmouth were done, so I first saw it as a viewer might: no idea what to expect!
How many hours of footage did we shoot for ‘A Different Perspective of Portsmouth’, how many editing all-nighters did we pull, and how many cups of coffee did we drink?
Having George was an absolute blessing; the highlight of our lives for me and Mike. He was a driving force for the documentary, and one of the main reasons we always pushed on.
8pm. March 26th 2020. The rapturous Clap For Our Carers applause helped inspire us to turn our documentation of ‘Portsmouth under lockdown’ into a full-length film.
