The Flying Moose

Our Story

Ever since I was little, I was fascinated with movies! Not for the thrill or the action, but how they were made. I would sit down and watch movies, but while watching, I would be trying to figure out how they made it and what their thinking process was when they did it.

As I got older, I got my own handcam and started recording stuff with it and then using whatever free editing software that I could find at the time to edit.

Once I got into my teens, I switched over to doing a lot of digital content on YouTube. However, I never stopped editing and working on videos.

During my teen years, I also worked on some small video projects while improving my editing skills. Using Adobe Premiere Pro for the video editing and Adobe After Effects for creating amazing VFX, I created some basic short films and scenes. I had lightsaber battles with my brother and made some other superhero style effects just for fun. I never lost the joy of hitting export on a finished project.

Birth of The Flying Moose

Along the way, I became obsessed with drones. I never owned one, but always thought they were awesome! That was until fall of 2024.

While working at my 9-5 job as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Academy Mentor specializing in Media/Marketing, I got the opportunity to fly a small drone (the DJI Mini 2 SE).

I soon fell in love and started working towards getting my FAA Part 107 Certification; which is essentially a commercial drone license that enables me to fly a drone and make money with it. I passed my test in November and got my first professional drone in December (DJI Mini 4 Pro).

The beginning of 2025 was the beginning of my new hobby and side business. I began doing aerial photography for Real Estate, Events, and Promotional Videos!

How We Grew

My mom got her Real Estate license sometime in 2024 and that allowed me to have some connections through her Real Estate broker. My first official job was shooting an aerial video and getting aerial stills of a 200+ acre property with a 40 acre lake on it that was owned by my grandfather’s family.

Networking and your customers saying how much they liked working with you is the best form of advertisement. It wasn’t long before I started doing several jobs including: several real estate jobs, the Pontotoc County Fair, the Latta Panthers little league football team, a car show in the city, Chick-fil-A events, etc.

My Passion

What I love doing, is helping others. I’d rather make less money and help out another small business grow than to get the highest paying client. I would much rather see the smiles and tears of joy from a small family-owned business as they thank me for my work, than to sit and work on revision after revision from a million dollar corporation that will never think my work is “perfect”.