Aerial Photography and Cinematic Drone Video in Nashville, TN
If you are searching for drone video services near you, you are probably trying to figure out who actually knows what they are doing versus who just bought a drone last year. Nashville Drone Co was built to answer that question clearly. We are a locally owned drone photography and video company serving Nashville and the surrounding Middle Tennessee area, founded and operated by Keith Stancil, an FAA Part 107 certified pilot with over two decades of professional entertainment marketing experience behind him. That background shapes how every project gets planned and shot, whether it is a luxury home listing, a wedding, a downtown high rise under construction, or a brand campaign that needs footage nobody else's reel already has.
We work with film companies, real estate professionals, construction companies, architects, event planners, land developers, and creative agencies who need aerial content that actually holds up next to their other marketing materials. Every flight is covered by our own drone insurance and flown under current FAA Part 107 certification, which is not something we mention as a selling point so much as something we treat as the baseline for doing this work responsibly.
Why Aerial Content Actually Matters
A drone shot is not just a nice extra angle. It changes how a viewer understands a space, a property, or an event in a way a handheld camera cannot replicate. A rooftop pool, a sprawling lot line, the scale of a construction site, the layout of a wedding venue, all of it reads differently from the air, and that difference is often what makes someone stop scrolling or click through to a listing instead of passing it by.
Drone video performs especially well on social platforms. Sweeping aerial reveals and fly-through footage tend to hold attention longer than static photos, and we shoot both horizontal and vertical formats so the same project can be repurposed across Instagram Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and a traditional website gallery without needing a second shoot. For a business trying to stretch a marketing budget across several platforms, that kind of flexibility matters more than it sounds like on paper.
Services Built Around Specific Industries
Real estate drone video and photography.
We shoot residential and commercial listings across Nashville, Franklin, Brentwood, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Mount Juliet, Lebanon, Spring Hill, Thompson Station, Leiper’s Fork, Columbia, Smyrna, Kingston Springs, Dickson and Murfreesboro, capturing properties from angles that make a listing stand out on MLS, Zillow, or a broker's own site. A flyover that shows a lot's true size and a neighborhood's layout often does more to move a buyer than another set of interior photos.
Construction progress documentation.
Builders and developers rely on us for weekly, monthly, or milestone based aerial coverage that supports planning, investor reporting, and future marketing. Capturing future views has become a crucial selling tool for high rise condos. This is one of our most established service lines, and it includes ongoing work on some of downtown Nashville's most visible towers, including the Paramount, The Motley, and The Pendry. We understand how a job site changes week to week, how crane movement affects flight planning, and how to keep a consistent visual record that a project manager or investor can actually use.
Commercial real estate and investor materials.
Large properties, shopping centers, and office campuses often need aerial imagery that shows access roads, parking, and surrounding development clearly enough to support a pitch to an out of state investor. We have helped brokers and developers build offering memorandums and boost visibility with imagery that gives a genuinely useful overview rather than a pretty but uninformative wide shot.
Weddings and events.
For couples and event videographers who want a few minutes of aerial footage woven into a wedding film, we provide cinematic coverage that complements ground level video rather than competing with it. The same goes for grand openings and brand activations, where a short vertical video capturing the size and energy of a crowd or a launch event often becomes the most shared piece of content from the whole day.
Land and architectural photography.
Developers and architects use our bracketed aerial photography to show land parcels, building orientation, and property lines with balanced exposure and real detail, the kind of imagery that holds up in a printed proposal or an investor deck rather than looking washed out or overexposed.
What Actually Sets Nashville Drone Co’s Work Apart
A lot of drone companies describe themselves the same way, cinematic quality, fast turnaround, licensed and insured. Those things matter, but they do not explain why a project turns out well. Here is what we think actually makes the difference on a shoot.
A production background, not just a flying background.
Before founding Nashville Drone Co, Keith spent over two decades in professional entertainment marketing, working around musicians, producers, and creative teams to figure out how to present something so an audience actually feels it rather than just watches it. That background carries directly into how a shoot gets planned, from the angle a subject is approached at to the pacing of a finished edit. Flying a drone well is a technical skill. Knowing what a piece of footage needs to do for a client's marketing goals is a different one entirely, and it is the one that tends to separate a usable video from a genuinely effective one.
Real technique behind the images, not just a nice drone.
Anyone can point a camera at a skyline. Getting a shot that actually holds up next to a professional rendering or a print ad takes more than that. We shoot bracketed exposures on demanding light conditions like blue hour and full night, combining multiple exposures in post so a lit up skyline keeps its color and detail instead of blowing out the highlights or losing the shadows to black. That kind of editing work is part of why our high rise photography, including the Billion Dollar Photo captured for the Paramount, has ended up anchoring pre-sales materials and full block banners rather than just sitting in a gallery.
Consistent, ongoing coverage.
Construction teams especially need a partner who shows up on a predictable schedule and produces a consistent visual record over months or years, not a single flashy shoot. We offer scalable monthly packages for exactly that reason, and it is why a number of contractors and developers around Nashville have brought us back project after project rather than shopping the next job out to whoever quotes lowest.
Fast turnaround without cutting corners.
Most projects are delivered within five business days, and rush turnaround of twenty four to seventy two hours is available for time sensitive needs like a listing launch or a construction reporting deadline.
A locally owned team, not a subcontracted network.
We are not a booking platform that dispatches whichever pilot happens to be free that week. Every shoot is planned and flown by our own team, which means the person answering your questions understands exactly what was captured and why, because they were the one behind the controller.
Working With Clients Across Middle Tennessee
Over the years we have worked with luxury and mid tier real estate agencies, builders and construction project managers, event planners and marketing agencies, churches and nonprofits, and wedding videographers and production houses. That range has taught us that no two industries need the same thing from a drone shoot. A construction manager needs consistency and a clear visual record. A real estate agent needs a listing that photographs well on a phone screen at 2am when a buyer is scrolling in bed. A developer marketing a high rise that does not exist yet needs imagery accurate enough to be trusted in a sales office. We plan every shoot with that specific end use in mind rather than treating every job the same way.
Every flight is planned using current airspace and weather data, and we do not fly in rain, high winds, dew points that create a risk of prop icing, or when the KP index points to unstable geomagnetic conditions that can interfere with GPS. That might sound overly cautious to someone who has only ever flown a drone recreationally, but it is standard practice for anyone flying commercially and carrying real liability if something goes wrong.
Service Areas
We serve Nashville, Franklin, Brentwood, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Mount Juliet, Lebanon, Spring Hill, Thompson Station, Leiper’s Fork, Columbia, Smyrna, Kingston Springs, Dickson and Murfreesboro and we travel for larger or out of area projects when the work calls for it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are your pilots licensed?
Yes. Every pilot flying for Nashville Drone Co holds current FAA Part 107 certification, and every flight is covered by drone liability insurance.
How much does a shoot cost?
Pricing depends on the scope and location of the job. Once we know what you need captured, we put together a quote specific to that project rather than a flat rate that does not account for the actual work involved.
How quickly can you schedule a shoot?
We schedule based on your timeline and current availability, and we will always tell you honestly if a date does not work rather than overpromising and delivering late.
Do you fly in bad weather?
No. We do not fly in rain, high wind, dew points with icing risk, or elevated KP index conditions, since any of those can put the aircraft and anyone nearby at risk.
How long does delivery take
Most projects are delivered within five business days, with twenty four to seventy two hour rush delivery available for time sensitive jobs.
Can you edit the footage?
Yes. We handle full video editing, including color grading, branding overlays, and vertical cuts built specifically for social platforms.
Do you offer recurring construction packages?
Yes. We build custom monthly packages for construction progress, development projects, and ongoing commercial property documentation.
The Bottom Line
Searching for drone services near you brings up a long list of similar sounding companies. We encourage you to compare our gallery and actual projects with other companies when making your decision on which drone company to hire. What actually separates one from another shows up in the details, whether the pilot is certified and insured, whether the images hold up in real light conditions like blue hour and full darkness, and whether the person behind the camera understands what the footage needs to accomplish once it is delivered. Nashville Drone Co and founder Keith Stancil have built a body of work across real estate, construction, weddings, and commercial marketing throughout Middle Tennessee, backed by a production background that shapes every shoot from planning through final edit.
Reach out today for a quote or to get your next shoot on the calendar. info@nashvilledrone.co