Photography Flight

About the Photography Flight

The Photography Flight is built around one requirement: get the shot. Sixty minutes over Bali's most photogenic landscapes, with extended hover time at key locations, an optional doors-off configuration for unobstructed shooting, a pilot who knows every angle and light position, and a vibration-reduction system that gives you sharp images at shutter speeds that would otherwise produce motion blur. For photographers, this is the flight that changes your portfolio.

Flight Highlights

Technical Configuration for Aerial Photography

Standard helicopter flights have the aircraft in constant forward motion, which limits your time over each landmark and requires shooting through perspex windows. The Photography Flight is different in three ways: first, extended hover time at key locations gives you 2-3 minutes over each landmark rather than the standard 20-30 seconds of a passing flight. Second, the doors-off option removes the physical barrier between the camera and the subject, eliminating window glare, distortion, and reflection artifacts that affect all in-cabin shots. Third, our pilot uses a vibration-dampened aircraft configuration that reduces the mechanical shake transmitted to camera equipment at close-to-hover flight speeds.

The Route and Location Prioritization

You choose the priority locations for your Photography Flight. We have three standard photography route options: the Coastline Route (Uluwatu, Tanah Lot, Canggu surf), the Cultural Route (Tegallalang rice terraces, Ubud temples, Ayung canyon), and the Volcanic Route (Mount Agung, Besakih, Lake Batur caldera). You can also combine elements across routes or design your own. We will discuss your specific photographic goals — what subjects, what light conditions, what perspectives — and plan the route to maximize the shots you need. If you are working to a specific brief (editorial, commercial, or social media), send us examples of the references beforehand and we will design the route around them.

Doors-Off Operation

The doors-off configuration removes one or both rear doors from the aircraft, giving rear-seat passengers direct, unobstructed access to the outside air and completely unrestricted camera movement. There are no windows, no reflections, no distortion — just you, your camera, and the view. Doors-off operation requires a safety harness for all passengers (provided), a pre-flight briefing on doors-off safety procedures, and advance arrangement (minimum 48 hours notice). Not all photographers need doors-off — our windows are optically clear and give very good results. But for professional editorial or commercial work where image quality is paramount, doors-off produces noticeably better results.

For Professional Photographers and Content Creators

We have worked with photographers shooting for international travel publications, commercial clients, and social media platforms with significant following. We understand that professional aerial photography has specific requirements beyond the experience of a leisure flight. Tell us your publication, your client, your platform, or your creative brief when you book. We will adapt the flight to your workflow — whether that means a specific sequence of locations for a story arc, extended time over a single location for different light and angle variations, or a specific compass heading to get the light on one face of a subject. Our pilots are experienced aerial photography guides, not just tour pilots.

What to Bring & Requirements

• Doors-off operation: minimum 48 hours advance notice
• Inform us of your largest lens and heaviest equipment in advance
• All memory cards empty and batteries fully charged at departure
• Closed-toe shoes required
• No unsecured equipment, filters, or lens caps during flight

Frequently Asked Questions