How far is Creemore from Pete's base?

About forty minutes over the hills, which is a different kind of drive from the shoreline towns: inland, up and over, and then down into the Mad River valley. Weather can differ noticeably from one end of that trip to the other, so a shoot here is confirmed against the forecast for the valley rather than for the bay.

Do you shoot working farms?

Yes, and the farm sets the terms. Livestock and low passes do not mix, so the flight plan keeps height and distance over animals and the noisy part of the work happens away from them. Timing is the farm's too: the visit fits between whatever is happening in the fields that week, not the other way round.

Can a property on the concessions be reached in spring?

Usually, but it is worth a sentence at booking. Gravel concessions and long farm lanes take a while to dry out, and a soft lane decides where a vehicle stops rather than whether the shoot happens. What it changes more often is the look: an April property between snow and green is a harder sell than the same place a month either side.

Red barn beside a canola field in full bloom

Service area · South Georgian Bay, Ontario

Drone and real estate photography in Creemore

Century village properties and Mad River valley acreage, south of the bay in the hills.

Creemore

What the ground can't show you.

Creemore is a century village in the Mad River valley, south of Collingwood in the hills, with a compact main street and farm country in every direction. Listings run from village houses with real heritage character to working farms and hobby acreage across the surrounding concessions.

On a rural parcel the land is the product. Aerial coverage shows the acreage, the outbuildings, the treeline and the roll of the valley in a single frame, which is the difference between a listing that reads as a house and one that reads as a property.

Pete is accredited member, professional photographers of canada (ppoc), holds the Master of Photographic Arts (MPA) designation, flies on a Transport Canada Basic Operations Pilot Certificate (RPAS), and carries $1,000,000 in liability insurance. He works out of Thornbury, so Creemore is a local drive, not a travel call-out.

What gets shot here

Two kinds of work, quoted separately and often shot in the same visit. Each one has its own page for Creemore.

Drone and aerial photography in Creemore

The survey grid, the hedgerows and the valley cutting diagonally across them make this country read like a map from the air and like a bend in the road from the ground. An aerial pass over the concessions uses that.

Commercial and tourism photography in Creemore

The brewery anchors the village and brings the traffic the shops and restaurants live off. That market runs on storefront, seasonal and event photography, and a main street this compact can be covered in one visit.

Questions

Asked about shooting in Creemore.

How far is Creemore from Pete's base?: About forty minutes over the hills, which is a different kind of drive from the shoreline towns: inland, up and over, and then down into the Mad River valley. Weather can differ noticeably from one end of that trip to the other, so a shoot here is confirmed against the forecast for the valley rather than for the bay.
Do you shoot working farms?: Yes, and the farm sets the terms. Livestock and low passes do not mix, so the flight plan keeps height and distance over animals and the noisy part of the work happens away from them. Timing is the farm's too: the visit fits between whatever is happening in the fields that week, not the other way round.
Can a property on the concessions be reached in spring?: Usually, but it is worth a sentence at booking. Gravel concessions and long farm lanes take a while to dry out, and a soft lane decides where a vehicle stops rather than whether the shoot happens. What it changes more often is the look: an April property between snow and green is a harder sell than the same place a month either side.

The work