Aerial photo, video, and mapping on California's Central Coast. FAA Part 107 certified. Focused on public safety, community operations, and the work that matters.
Get in TouchStraightforward aerial services on the Central Coast. Flown personally, delivered cleanly, focused on work that has real purpose behind it.
Clean, professional aerial imagery for events, organizations, properties, and projects across the Central Coast. Delivered fast, edited well, ready to use.
Aerial mapping and site documentation for properties, terrain, and projects that need accurate overhead perspective. Useful, organized, and delivered in formats that work.
Aerial support for SAR teams, public safety operations, and training documentation. FAA Part 107 and ICS-100/200 certified. Active volunteer with the SLO County Sheriff's SAR team.
Not everything fits a box. EVAN7 takes on community projects, nonprofit work, expedition documentation, and specialty aerial briefs where the purpose is clear and the work is worth doing.
EVAN7 is operated by Evan Nelson — FAA Part 107 certified drone operator, ICS-100/200 certified, and active volunteer with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Underwater Search and Recovery Team.
The focus is public safety and community operations. Not real estate shoots or marketing content. Aerial capability that serves the people doing the hard work on the ground — planned carefully and executed with the same precision that dive and SAR operations demand.
Every flight is flown personally. Every deliverable is handled with care. The person you call is the person who shows up.
EVAN7 operates throughout San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, supporting agencies, SAR teams, and municipalities from Paso Robles to Santa Barbara. Available for statewide deployments for the right mission.
Answers to the questions agencies and SAR teams ask most. If you don't see what you're looking for, send a message and you'll hear back within 24 hours.
Yes. EVAN7 operates under FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certification and holds ICS-100 and ICS-200 FEMA certifications for incident command integration. Evan volunteers with the SLO County Sheriff's SAR team and is integrating into their drone unit. Certificates of training are available on request.
Night operations are covered under Part 107 with FAA-compliant anti-collision lighting. For operations in controlled airspace, EVAN7 coordinates all required LAANC authorizations in advance. Airspace planning and documentation is handled before every flight.
It starts with an assessment of your agency's current capabilities, operational needs, and airspace environment. From there, EVAN7 can help with platform selection, SOP development, operator training, and FAA compliance — built around what your team actually needs in the field, not a generic template.
Yes. EVAN7 is built around the reality that SAR operations involve both sworn personnel and volunteers working side by side. The ICS framework ensures clean integration with either structure. Volunteer teams with limited budgets are a priority, not an afterthought.
Current personal hardware is DJI. For any official public safety work requiring NDAA compliance, EVAN7 operates under agency-provided NDAA-approved platforms (Skydio, Autel) or can advise on compliant hardware procurement for agencies standing up their own programs.
Yes. While the core focus is San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties, EVAN7 supports missions and agency engagements throughout California and beyond for the right operational need. Travel and logistics are coordinated transparently for any deployment that requires it.
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