More than a photo day
We document the useful details of the operation: what happens, who the buyer is, what makes the work different, and what should be clear on the site.
Original proof from the field
SHOW THE
REAL WORK.
Field Capture pairs on-site discovery with original, web-ready visual material—so your website reflects the people, equipment, environment, and standards behind the work.
Why an on-site visit matters
For businesses that make, move, build, maintain, or operate things, the strongest evidence is usually already at work: the crew, the process, the facility, the fleet, the material, and the conditions in which the job gets done. A site visit helps us see that reality before we decide what the website should say and show.
Original visual evidence
Professional stills and selected motion clips give buyers a truthful view of the work instead of generic stock imagery or invented scenes.
Better website decisions
The field visit informs page structure, service language, proof points, and the images that belong beside each claim.
A reusable library
Approved final assets can support the website, proposals, recruiting, presentations, and future social posts within the agreed scope.
What a Field Capture engagement can include
Operations discovery
A guided walk-through with the people who know the work. We identify the processes, services, places, equipment, and proof worth documenting.
Professional photography
Planned environmental, process, equipment, team, detail, and finished-work photography selected for the actual pages and buyer questions.
Web-ready motion
Short, purposeful clips for a homepage, service pages, project proof, or a “from the field” section. Video is designed to support the site, not slow it down.
Aerial capture where appropriate
For sites where scale, terrain, access, or equipment movement matters, aerial footage may be scoped separately using a properly authorized operator—only where permitted and safe.
Choose the right level
Client-supplied content
You provide current, approved images or clips. We give you a practical shot list and organize the chosen material around the website plan.
Guided content collection
For teams using their own phone or camera, we provide a page-specific capture plan, examples, and review of the material before production.
Field Capture day
An on-site visit combines discovery with a planned photography session and a selected set of web-ready motion clips. Best for a focused operation, facility, crew, or project.
Brand documentation
For larger, multi-location, or high-stakes operations, this can expand to multiple field days, interviews, project stories, aerial coordination, and an organized visual library.
Travel, schedule, access requirements, crew size, aerial work, editing, and final deliverables are defined in the written scope before production. Field Capture may be added to a website project or scoped as a standalone content engagement.
Real images first. AI used honestly.
Clients are welcome to provide their own photos and video. When a page makes a factual claim about a facility, crew, equipment, completed work, or operating capability, we recommend real, current, permission-cleared documentation. AI-generated imagery can have a place in early concepts, illustration, or clearly non-documentary graphics; it should not quietly represent a client’s actual operation.
What we need from you
A site contact, access plan, the right people for a walk-through, accurate safety guidance, and approval to document the agreed areas and activities.
People and privacy
We confirm any restrictions on personnel, visitors, confidential processes, badges, screens, job records, customer property, or protected locations before shooting.
Approvals stay clear
The client approves the final selected assets and confirms it has the authority to use client-supplied material. Usage rights and any release requirements are stated in the scope.
Safety is not a shot list
Site rules, PPE, escorts, exclusion zones, weather, active work, airspace, and operator qualifications always control the day. No image or clip is worth bypassing a safety requirement.
Video and social content
A small amount of good motion can add scale and credibility: an 8–20 second muted homepage loop, a process clip beside a service, or a short project sequence. We favor optimized clips and a clear purpose over autoplay noise.
Existing Facebook or Instagram posts can be linked or embedded as supporting “from the field” content where the platform and permissions allow. They should not be the only home for essential website proof: social embeds can be slow, change format, or disappear when a post is removed. The strongest core content belongs in the approved website asset plan.
Good fit for
Industrial services, mining and aggregates, construction, fabrication, logistics, equipment, manufacturing, field-service teams, land-based operations, and any company whose reputation is built through visible work rather than a desk-bound product.
Field Capture pricing
Every visit is scoped to the operation, access, and final use. These starting points make the production level clear before planning begins.
Guided content collection
$750
Page-specific shot list, client capture guidance, review, and selection of supplied material.
Field Capture Day
From $3,500
Pre-production planning, local full-day on-site discovery and photography, curated web-ready images, selected short motion clips, and a website integration plan.
Field Capture + Aerial
From $5,000
Field Capture Day plus separately coordinated, properly authorized commercial aerial stills and motion where appropriate.
Operations Brand Documentation
From $7,500
Multi-day or multi-location documentation, interviews, project stories, expanded editing, and a larger approved visual library.
Travel, lodging, specialized access, additional production days, aerial crew, permits or airspace coordination, expanded video editing, licensing, and multi-location work are quoted in the written scope. Larger productions are custom quoted rather than capped.
Client-supplied footage and images
We can consider client-supplied photos and video—including existing aerial footage—when the client confirms in writing that it has the right to authorize our use on the website and in the agreed channels. We will identify it in the project record as client-supplied media; where useful for transparency, a page may use an unobtrusive credit such as “Client-supplied field footage.”
That credit is context, not a legal release or a substitute for proper documentation. The client must remain responsible for obtaining the necessary creator permissions, location permissions, releases, and any required operational, aviation, or regulatory approvals. Atlas McDowell does not direct, arrange, pilot, certify, or represent client-supplied drone operations, and may decline material that appears unsafe, unauthorized, misleading, infringing, or unsuitable for public use.
Before publishing client-supplied material, the written scope should include a client warranty of rights and compliance, a license allowing Atlas McDowell to place and technically adapt the material for the agreed channels, and an appropriate indemnity provision. Have local counsel tailor those terms to the business and jurisdiction. Read the client-supplied media requirements.