Aerial view of a rocky headland cut by shallow turquoise water
Aerial cinematography

A kestrel’s perspective.

What we do

Professional drone services.

Kestrel Drone Co. is a DFW-based drone company specializing in high-quality aerial photography and videography, delivering exceptional results for clients throughout the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

What you get back is ready to use: stabilized, graded, and cut to length. Not a memory card of raw files to sort through.

Who we work with

Real estate

Listings, developments, and raw land. An aerial shows the lot line, the approach, and what a property actually sits next to — the context a ground-level photo cannot reach.

Small business

One flight that feeds the website header, the social posts, and the screen in the window. Shot so a single visit covers what you need for months.

Marketing

Campaign and brand work, flown to the storyboard. Aerials that open a spot, bridge a scene, or carry the closing frame.

Don’t see your industry here? We are glad to talk through what you need.

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Where we fly

Dallas–Fort Worth

Home base, and the ground we cover day to day: Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Frisco, Arlington, Irving, and the towns in between. Most of the metroplex is a short drive, so scheduling stays flexible and a reshoot is rarely a problem.

We are happy to accommodate any need and any location in the United States where drones can fly.

Half the picture happens after we land.

Footage comes off the drone deliberately flat: thin color & low contrast. That is not a mistake. It holds details in bright highlights and dark shadows that a normal camera profile might crush or wash out.

Color grading is where creative freedom pays off. It pulls water apart from rock, transforms flat green foliage into distinct leaves, and glues every shot in a sequence into a cohesive look.

A waterfall dropping into a river valley, graded
The same frame ungraded, straight off the drone Ungraded
Graded
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Airspace caps us at 400 feet. The band is where most of our work sits: high enough to read a whole site, low enough to keep the detail.

Common questions.

What areas and altitudes can you legally cover?

Standard operations run up to 400 feet above ground level in uncontrolled airspace. Controlled airspace near an airport requires authorization, which we file & receive approval within the day.

What weather conditions affect drone shoots?

Sustained high wind velocity, rain, and low fog are the usual blockers. We watch the forecast from a week out and hold a backup date on every booking, so a weather call does not cost you the shoot.

Are you licensed?

Yes, FAA 14 CFR Part 107 states that any drone flight that involves compensation or supports a business purpose requires a Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate.

I like the idea of aerial film but I am not sure how it fits my business.

That is the most common place people start. Send us what you are building or selling and we will come back with two or three concrete ways aerial footage could earn its place — or tell you plainly if it would not.

In what environments can you fly?

Construction sites, quarries, farmland, coastline, forestry, resorts, and more - we handle the risk assessment and the permissions!

Still have unanswered questions?

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Mountain peaks rising above a sea of cloud at sunrise

Let’s fly.

Ready to see your project from the air? Tell us what you are building and we will scope the shoot.

Footage coming soon