Professional Drone Cinematography

Simply put, we handle THE BIG STUFF. Fly By Chicago has the experience you’re looking for when hiring a drone pilot/cinematographer for a major live event. We specialize in capturing some of the largest live events in the country from the air, and have extensive experience providing live streaming aerial coverage from our drones. Live Nation, CBS, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon, the Sphere, U2, Coldplay, Lollapalooza, EDC Vegas, Bonnaroo, ACL Festival, the CMT Music Awards, NASCAR, the Chicago White Sox, NBCSN, CHSN, the UFC & WWE, all turn to Fly By Chicago for their aerial needs. We do it all, from FPV to Inspire 3, we’ve got you covered. If you’re looking for a licensed & insured commercial drone photographer with hundreds of hours logged flying for the largest live sporting events, festivals, and concerts in the country, then you’ve come to the right place. Fly By Chicago is also the exclusive aerial coverage provider for the Hulu live stream of Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, & Austin City Limits Festival. Fly By Chicago carries an industry leading $10 million dollar custom insurance policy that allows us to legally fly specialized custom built drones over the crowds at your events both indoors and outdoors, fully covered by insurance.

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Fly By Chicago has the extensive experience you’re looking for. You can have confidence that when you hire Fly By Chicago to film or photograph your event, you are hiring a federally licensed Commercial Drone Pilot, with hundreds of hours of flight experience, and thousands of flights logged. More importantly, many of these flight hours have been logged at some of the largest live events in the country with hundreds of thousands in attendance. We’re licensed, insured, and have the resume you want to see when hiring a drone pilot. We’ve worked with some of the biggest festivals, organizations, and professional sports teams around, at many of the biggest venues and stadiums in the country to capture concerts, sporting events, private events, & major music festivals.

Whether you just need photos, or an all around video to advertise your event or property, we are your one stop shop. There is no better way to display the grand scale of an event or property than with aerial media from a drone. Did you know we can film from the air, or from the ground? We use state of the art equipment from DJI as well as Nikon, & Sony to film your event from every angle. This means we can capture your content in crystal clear 8K, 5K, and of course 4K, as well as provide 20 MP pictures from the air with our Mavic 3 Pro, 33 MP with our Sony a7IV, and even 44 MP with our DJI Inspire 3.

Clients We Work With:

If you need to hire a photographer or videographer, whether it be for content from the air or on the ground, you’re in the right place. We are an all around media company offering photography and videography services wherever you need them. We shoot weddings, real estate listings, construction site progress updates, project completion photoshoots, and most importantly, we are a one stop shop for all of your video needs. Once we have finished filming your event, we can either turn over the RAW video to you, OR we can edit it in house for you and produce a professional, fully edited highlight video of your event. Allow us to help you capture your event or property from a truly unique angle. We will capture the breathtaking aerial photos & videos you need to display the grand scale of your event/space. We offer completely custom work with a fast turnaround that you simply won’t find when working with a stock footage site like Shutterstock.