Fines Aerial Imaging, LLC

06/01/2026

Among the other progress at the new hotel in City of Sartell is that the windows are going in. Makes it a bit trickier for me to fly inside the building. :-)

I passed the new Niron Magnetics site while driving there. If anyone knows a contact to potentially do drone work at their site could you drop me a note? Thanks.

05/25/2026

I was filming bison when our host said "I think you should get in the truck..."

Solid advice. Some of them didn't look that playful.

05/15/2026

I'm happy to be able to announce that another PBS documentary I did the video work for is getting a theater release this summer.

"We are the River: How the Mississippi Shaped Minnesota" directed by Peter Meyers will be debuted at the Luminary Arts Center in Minneapolis on June 18th at 7p. It will be on PBS in the fall.

Here's a trailer if you'd like to get a peek:

This is "We Are the River - trailer" by Peter B. Myers on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

05/01/2026

A few clips of the progress at the new hotel going up in the City of Sartell. No drones were injured in the making of this video.

04/29/2026

When flying a drone over Minnesota fields I frequently come across various animals. Easy to spot with the thermal camera.

Two things that often surprise me are 1. How wet many fields are and 2. How many animals live and wander through the water. If it were me I think I'd head to dryer ground, but I suppose if that's where the food is....

04/21/2026

This piece is airing tonight on TPT highlighting the musical history of the West Bank area of Minneapolis. Always my favorite folks to work with.

When we filmed this the DHS had just issued a rule that anyone flying a drone within 3000’ of any ICE activity was committing a federal crime - even if your drone was pointed the other way filming a PBS documentary. There was no notification of when or where this activity might be. Made filming a bit less relaxing than usual as ICE was very active at the time in Minneapolis.

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03/28/2026

There were three marches that fed into the No Kings Day gathering in St. Paul today. Here are a couple clips from the one that started at Harriet Island.

To say it was a bit windy would be an understatement. I had a couple times where a gust came through and the drone struggled a bit, but always a quick recovery.

Drone stuff - there was a TFR (Total Flight Restriction) over the event today. Way more paperwork and waivers than usual to be able to fly a drone legally. I'd bet I spent 10 hours at the computer to make this one work, and printed out (to show any officers that needed to see I was legal) came to 26 pages.

Political stuff - I am hired to take photos and video - that is what this post is about. If you have an opinion on the video - great! If you’d like to express an opinion on the march please call (248) 434-5508.