About
About Blue Nose Aerial Imaging of Northern Virginia
Centreville-based. Built for project teams who need accurate, insightful, efficient, and decision-ready data without complications.
Projects do not fail because teams and leaders “didn’t try hard enough.” They fail when small issues go unseen, updates get messy, and surprises show up without warning.
Blue Nose Aerial Imaging of Northern Virginia helps teams and leaders get consistent, decision-ready aerial reporting that is organized, repeatable, and easy to share. A Strategic Partner to help ensure there are no surprises.
- FAA Part 107 Certified
- OSHA Certified
- OSHA Radiofrequency (RF) Safety Certified
- Fully Insured
- Safety-First Operations
Our Mission
Be a Strategic Partner to enable leaders and teams to make decisions based on high-quality, repeatable, and reliable information and insights.
We exist to help you. When you win, we all win
- Reduce blind spots and avoid “gotcha” moments
- Spend less time walking the site just to get basic visibility
- Share clear updates with owners, ops, and subs with confidence
Meet Adam Valdes
Adam Valdes owns and operates Blue Nose Aerial Imaging in Northern Virginia, serving Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Southern Maryland. He is an FAA Part 107 Certified Remote Pilot and Fully insured, committed to high operational standards.
Adam brings 15 years in the military and over 20 years as an Intelligence Analyst, which shows up in the work as precision, documentation discipline, and clear reporting.
He built this service based on a simple concept: combine decades of proven operational and analytical experience with personal, professional, honest service. Be a force-multiplier for his clients and their teams and forge lasting relationships.
What Makes Us Different
The drone isn't the focus, the end result is
Blue Nose is designed as a premium, tailored service, not a cheap, one-size-fits-all drone shoot. The focus shouldn’t be on the tools and tech. Instead, it must be on their expert use and the end result.
What you can expect
- Repeatable missions and capture plans so progress is measurable, accurately, over time
- Stakeholder-ready delivery of clear, actionable information and data
- Concise summary notes that highlight what changed, risks spotted, and next steps
- Language that sounds like your jobsite, not a drone expo: “If it doesn’t sound like something a PM would say out loud, don’t use it.”
Our Operating Standard (How We Work)
We follow a repeatable delivery framework so every project is consistent, predictable, and low-friction for the site team:
S.I.T.E. Method
- Scope: 10-minute intake to lock goals, outputs, and cadence
- Inspect: airspace check, permissions, site rules, safety, flight plan
- Track: fly the same plan, capture progress visuals and mapping outputs
- Export: Procore/SharePoint-ready delivery + 5-line summary
Who We Serve (and Who We Don’t)
Best fit: Project leaders who need visibility, documentation, and fewer surprises, including PMs and ops leaders.
Not our focus: general photography, weddings, and residential real estate shoots.
That focus keeps the service sharp, repeatable, and valuable for our clients.
Certifications, Safety, and Trust
- FAA Part 107 Certified Remote Pilot
- Fully insured
- OSHA 10 and OSHA RF Safety Certified
- CPR/First Aid Certified
- DroneDeploy and Pix4D Certified
- Airspace checks, permissions, risk assesment and site coordination built into every job
- Insurance certificate link
- Safety checklist
- Restricted airspace planning available
Ready for Construction Owner-Ready Visibility?
Start with a simple first step: a quick scope call and a pilot capture that proves value fast.