[ Why JHat Productions]■
One Point of Contact
From the first conversation to final delivery, you work directly with me. Photography, drone imagery, video production, editing, and revisions are all handled in-house, giving you a faster turnaround and a consistent look across every project.
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FAA Part 107 Certified
Every commercial drone flight is performed legally under FAA Part 107 regulations. Many people offering drone services aren’t licensed, which can expose businesses to unnecessary risk. When you hire JHat Productions, you know your project is being completed professionally and legally.
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Ground + Aerial Media
No coordinating multiple companies. Whether you need interior photography, exterior photography, aerial imagery, cinematic video, property line overlays, or social media reels, everything is available from one source.
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Built for Marketing
Photos shouldn’t just document a property—they should help sell it. Every image and video is edited with marketing in mind, whether it’s for MLS listings, social media, commercial advertising, or business promotion.
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Local Knowledge
Based in Corpus Christi and serving the Coastal Bend, I understand the lighting, landscapes, neighborhoods, waterfront properties, ranches, and commercial businesses that make South Texas unique.
My Story
Before JHat Productions, I spent most of my career as a blue-collar worker operating cranes across Texas. For the last several years, I worked at a refinery here in Corpus Christi while building this business during every hour I wasn’t on the job.
Photography wasn’t part of some lifelong business plan, it started with something much simpler.
After spending three years stationed in Germany, I came home with one regret: I hadn’t taken enough photos. So many incredible experiences existed only in my memory. That realization stayed with me.
Later, after becoming a father to two daughters, I found myself wanting to capture everything. Birthdays, walks downtown, hikes, ordinary afternoons—moments that seem small until they’re suddenly years behind you.
I bought my first camera, a used Nikon D610 from Facebook Marketplace, before a trip to Enchanted Rock. Around the same time, I started teaching myself photo editing and spent countless evenings photographing my daughters and exploring Corpus Christi with a camera in hand.
Eventually I bought a drone—not for business, just because I thought it looked fun.
Then something unexpected happened.
People started asking if I could create those same images for them.
That curiosity slowly turned into a business.
After earning my FAA Part 107 certification, I began working with real estate agents and land investors before expanding into professional photography, video production, marketing content, Photoshop design, and commercial media.
What started as “Property Aerials” quickly outgrew the name. I realized I didn’t just enjoy flying drones—I enjoyed telling stories. Rebranding to JHat Productions reflected something much bigger than aerial photography. It reflected everything I wanted this business to become.
For nearly two years, I balanced full-time refinery work—sometimes 80-hour weeks—with late nights learning photography, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, marketing, web design, client acquisition, and every other part of building a business from the ground up.
Eventually I realized something.
Time had become more valuable than security.
Leaving the refinery wasn’t running away from blue-collar work—it was choosing to spend more of my life doing what I love while my daughters are still young enough to remember it.
Today, every project starts long before I ever pick up a camera. I’m studying locations, planning shots, imagining edits, and thinking about how to tell your story in a way that feels genuine.
Because I believe the best photos and videos aren’t the perfectly scripted ones.
They’re the honest moments in between.
Whether I’m photographing a home, documenting conservation work, creating content for a business, or filming a conversation that wasn’t in the script, my goal is always the same:
To create something that still means something years from now.
Thanks for taking the time to learn a little about mine. I hope I get the opportunity to help tell yours.
