One photographer, on the ground and in the air.
MO Photos is my photography business. I shoot sports, events, portraits, and real estate, and as an FAA Part 107 pilot I can cover the same shoot from the air.
02 · The range
What I shoot.
A drone overhead, a mirrorless camera on the ground, and studio lights when the shoot needs them, all held to the same standard.
Aerial
FAA-licensed drone work: landscapes, real estate, events, and sports.
Sports
On the field, on the court, and on the track. I ran McDonogh Baseball’s social media for the 2025 season.
Portraits
Directed portraits, where I’m telling you where to stand and what to do with your hands.
Events
Galas, parties, and student events, shot so the photos still hold up the next morning.
Real estate
Ground and aerial together, for houses, hotels, and commercial buildings.
Studio
Product and still life, with the lights and the patience that indoor work takes.
03 · Body of work
A few frames I’d stand behind.
04 · The Playbook
The Portrait Playbook · First Edition · 2026.
I wrote a field manual on live shoots, direction, and post-production: 73 pages, six parts, and three appendices. It’s an internal document, though I wrote it like a book (nobody asked for 73 pages).
“Good portraits aren’t found; they’re directed.”
Volume One · MO Photos Field Manual
05 · Story
A drone in 2020, a business in 2023, a pilot’s license in 2025.
It started with a drone. On August 12, 2020, my dad spotted a DJI Mavic Mini on sale at Costco, and I had it out of the box and in the air the minute he got home (my mom shut that down quickly).
I started taking pictures on the ground in 2021 with my parents’ old Sony A350, and by fall 2023 the hobby had turned into MO Photos. The work went from shoots I assigned myself to commissions: sports and events first, then portraits, real estate, and aerial.
In June 2025 I earned my FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, the federal license for flying drones commercially.
Photography is where I’m pickiest. I’ll spend a long minute on color temperature, take a second pass at a horizon line, and throw out a frame that’s technically fine if it doesn’t look the way the moment did.
These days I also shoot for the Rice Thresher.
06 · Receipts
What’s real, today.
07 · Book a shootTell me what you’re shooting.
Pricing is custom, and every shoot starts with a 15-minute call. Send me a note with what you have in mind.
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