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Matt Brown

Matt Brown is a commercial photographer, documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and podcaster living in Los Angeles with over 30 years of professional photography experience shooting a variety of assignments. Matt has created memorable images for a large client base including Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Sports Illustrated, LA Angels, MLB, Gatorade, National Geographic Traveler, NBA, ESPN the Magazine, Mizuno, Sony and Newsweek. During the last 15 years Matt has made a dozen documentary films.

Nicola Daley

Nicola is an award winning Director of Photography with extensive experience in drama, documentaries, commercials and music videos.

Nicola shot documentaries for 10 years all over the world, in some of the most talked about places on earth – North Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan and after having survived that she now shoots high end TV drama and feature films.

Nicola has just finished working as the lead DP on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 5 with director Elisabeth Moss. She has numerous TV shows under her belt including ‘Harlots’ for Hulu, ‘Half Bad’ for Netflix, ‘Domina’ for Sky, and ‘Gentleman Jack’ for HBO

Josh is the owner of One Zero Digital Media, LLC,  He provides video and photography services from the ground and in the sky with high end drones and industry standard cinematic camera He has been involved in the aerial imaging industry since purchasing one of the first DJI Phantom 2 drones in February of 2014, and has worked for ESPN, HGTV, Caribbean Cruise Lines, the Anaheim Convention Center and many other companies, providing aerial media services such as videography, photography and 3D models and maps.

Emily Kaszton

Based in Southern California, Emily is a photographer and videographer who specializes in landscape, aerial, and portrait work for her clients. It was through working with high-end commercial real estate clientele that she fell in love with drone photography, and she now lives for the thrill of capturing images that would otherwise be missed by the human eye. Her unique aerials created through her focus on composition, colors, and contrast have caught the attention of industry influencers. 

Johnny Miller

Johnny Miller is a photographer, activist, and multimedia storyteller based in Cape Town, South Africa and Detroit, USA. He is interested in exploring inequality, architecture, displacement and climate justice from the ground and from the air.

His photographic project Unequal Scenes has garnered widespread praise and been featured in many of the world’s top publications.

Johnny is also the co-founder of africanDRONE, a pan-African organization committed to using drones for good. He attended Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, USA, and the University of Cape Town in South Africa.

 Jenny Mirkovic

As COO for AirVuz, Jenny is responsible for managing the Content Curation, Social Media, Community Relations, Media Licensing, and Product Management functions within AirVūz. With a 20+year background in communications, technology and management, her previous posts include management positions with Citibank, IP Commerce, Business Aviation, and Augustana University. Jenny was part of the original AirVūz management team and continues to love celebrating both the incredible content shared by the AirVuz community, as well as the talented drone pilots who create it all.