Minneapolis drone photos by 9 AM tomorrow.
Or the shoot is free.
FAA-licensed, LAANC-cleared aerial media for the urban-lakes corridor — Lake of the Isles, Cedar Lake, Kenwood, and Linden Hills. Most Twin Cities "drone photographers" can't legally fly these lakes. We fly them weekly.
Minneapolis is six drone markets, not one.
Calling Minneapolis "a market" is the kind of generalization a national photographer makes. The drone work for a Lake of the Isles single-family is nothing like the work for a North Loop loft — and the North Loop loft probably doesn't need drone at all. Here's the honest matrix.
Lake of the Isles + Cedar Lake
Zip 55416, 55408Drone is mandatory here — the lake context is the value. We shoot a pull-back reveal that shows the lake-to-house relationship, with a polarizer to kill midday water glare.
Kenwood + Lowry Hill
Zip 55403, 55405Drone for lot reveal on estate-scale luxury — similar to how Edina's Indian Hills reads from the air. Mid-altitude framing shows the grounds without flattening the architecture.
Linden Hills + Fulton
Zip 55410Drone for mature-tree-canopy framing on $700K+ single-family. The canopy is the neighborhood's signature — captured from above, it sells the street, not just the house.
North Loop + Mill District
Zip 55401Drone almost never helps. Loft conversions are interior-driven; the exterior is brick walls. We'll tell you to put the budget into Matterport and HDR instead.
Northeast + Whittier Residential
Park-AdjacentDrone is occasional here — mostly for park-adjacent listings where the green space is part of the pitch. We fly it when it earns its place in the gallery.
The Minneapolis drone playbook.
Minneapolis sits inside MSP's Class B controlled airspace for most of the urban core. LAANC is mandatory for any flight, and the radius around downtown is restricted enough that we explicitly don't fly over downtown commercial — the airspace plus building proximity makes it impractical. Here's what we actually fly:
- Pull-back-to-show-lake — Lake of the Isles and Cedar Lake reveals, polarizer mandatory to kill water reflection in midday light
- Mid-altitude lot reveal — Kenwood and Linden Hills estate-scale single-family
- Real twilight integration — at $2M+ in Lake of the Isles or Kenwood, the drone runs at blue hour for the warm-window-over-cool-sky moment on the water
- Neighborhood B-roll — when a listing sells on walkability and park access, we capture the surrounding context
FAA Part 107 with current LAANC. There's a printed Part 107 card in the drone bag. We don't guess on airspace.
Most photographers sell drone as a default add-on. We sell it where it earns its cost. If your North Loop loft doesn't need an aerial, I'd rather tell you that and put the budget where it actually moves the listing.Julian Lundgren — Founder, Cineminn Media Co.
Aerial leads. The rest of the listing follows.
Drone is the opening shot — but a Minneapolis listing wins on the full set. Every asset, captured in one visit and color-matched into one cohesive gallery.
Drone & Aerial
FAA-licensed, LAANC-cleared aerials for the urban-lakes corridor — pull-back lake reveals and estate lot framing.
ExploreTru-View HDR Photography
7-bracket exposure fusion on the ground set, color-matched to the aerials so the gallery reads as one listing.
ExploreCinematic Video
Property films that open on the aerial and carry through the house — cut for MLS, YouTube, and the feed.
ExploreMatterport 3D
The right call for North Loop and Mill District lofts where drone doesn't help — dollhouse tours that pre-qualify buyers.
ExploreVirtual Twilight
Golden-hour skies on demand for the aerial thumbnail that stops the scroll on Zillow.
Explore2D Floor Plans
Accurate, branded floor plans — the second-most-clicked asset on every listing, aerial included.
ExploreBooked in minutes. Cleared, flown, delivered by 9 AM.
Book Online
Pick your package and a time that works around your seller. Same-week availability across Minneapolis and the Twin Cities metro.
We Clear & Fly
LAANC authorization pulled before wheels-up, then a flight plan matched to your neighborhood — lake reveal, lot reveal, or twilight.
Delivered by 9 AM
Aerials color-matched to the ground set, in your inbox by 9 AM the next morning — or the shoot is free. That's the written guarantee.
Drone is built into the package. Guaranteed in writing.
The essentials, executed perfectly.
- 25 Tru-View HDR photos
- Drone aerial photos
- 9 AM next-day delivery
- All four guarantees
The full marketing engine for serious lake and estate listings.
- Everything in The Shoot
- Matterport 3D tour
- Drone reel + pattern-interrupt loops
- Add real twilight for $129
For Lake of the Isles, Kenwood, and the listings that demand it.
- Everything in The Feature
- Real twilight session
- Cinematic property tour
- White-glove scheduling
Every package carries the Re-Shoot Guarantee — bring us a competitor's quote for identical services and we'll match it. Volume pricing for teams and brokerages.
5 buyer inquiries in 14 days. Or we keep working until you do.
The aerial stops the scroll — the Lead Guarantee is the engine behind it. We put your Minneapolis listing in front of active buyers with managed ads, and we put the outcome in writing. If five buyer inquiries don't arrive in fourteen days, we keep managing and optimizing the campaign at no additional fee until they do. (Ad spend is always billed direct from Meta to your card — never marked up by us.)
- Written guarantee — five buyer inquiries in fourteen days, in the agreement
- We keep working free — management continues at no additional fee until it delivers
- Your brand, your leads — every inquiry routes directly to you, not a portal
Asked by Minneapolis agents. Answered.
Can you fly a drone over Lake of the Isles or Cedar Lake?
How does drone work differently in Minneapolis vs the suburbs?
How is drone photography priced in Minneapolis?
What about flying near downtown towers?
How fast are Minneapolis drone photos delivered?
More aerial coverage across the Twin Cities.
The Cineminn standard, coast to coast.
Every Cineminn market is run by a certified local operator trained on the same playbook, the same calibration, and the same 9 AM guarantee that built our Twin Cities reputation.
Your Minneapolis listing deserves
the right drone shot.
LAANC-cleared, calibrated to the actual neighborhood, delivered by 9 AM next day. Get a free, no-obligation audit of your current listing media — and we'll tell you exactly where an aerial earns its place.