Dream Chaser Aerials specializes in aerial photography, film & video production in the San Francisco Bay Area, California and anywhere in the World where a visual story needs to be told through from the air with photography, film or video. Our creative aerial photographers and cinematographers are master story tellers. They will turn your message into powerful, persuasive cinematic short film (video) that looks like it belongs in a movie theater – not on YouTube.
Dream Chaser Aerials was born from the 25 years of photography, video and cinematography experience of Michael Routh – the founder of our parent company Dream Chaser Media http://www.dreamchasermedia.com. Dream Chaser Media is a highly regarded professional photography and video/film production services company. In additional to being a successful video/film producer/director, Michael Routh is also a nationally recognized professional nature photographer whose work has been published hundreds of times – even in the Wall Street Journal. He is also the official the photographer for the union for California’s wildfire fighting agency CALFIRE – the second largest firefighting agency in the United States.
Safety, professionalism and experience are at the heart and soul of Dream Chaser Aerials. Flying multi-rotor remote control (RC) helicopters (drones) with high quality cameras are an amazing new technology. Today’s drones are incredibly powerful tools when used by trained professionals. The founder of Dream Chaser Aerials is a former student pilot who logged 33 hours and flew solo in a Cessna 172 single-engine aircraft. However, flying a multi-rotor remote control helicopter for personal or commercial use can also be extremely dangerous and destructive. The “drone industry”, is flooded with irresponsible, immature and sometimes reckless, immature pilots and companies. Today, anyone can buy a consumer drone and call themselves a “drone company”. The vast majority of aerial drone companies today are providing commercial drone photography and video services in violation of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations for the 333 Exemption and Part 107. Don’t be fooled by drone companies who claim they are “Certified” or “Approved” to fly commercially. Ask for their FAA paperwork!
Dream Chaser Aerials holds a Remote Pilot Airman Certificate under the FAA Part 107 regulation authorizing our company to provide commercial UAS services. You can call (408) 460-4818 for more information.