Today we’d like to introduce you to Brandon Manchion.
Brandon, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
2023, this all started with the purchase of a drone in hopes of rejuvenating my YouTube channel. Flying the drone quickly turned into an enjoyable hobby, which led to drone photography as a side job. I already had camera equipment from doing YouTube, so it quickly transformed into full real estate photography as a side job.
Summer 2024, it turned into a part time job while I was still working full time for UPS. 2024 is when I also started getting more involved with real estate videography and professional content creation.
2025 was the year the business really took off, often making it difficult to work my full time job and run the business. Fast forward to September 2026, I left my full time job at UPS and started running my real estate photography business full time.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
From in 2024, from January to May, I seriously thought about abandoning real estate photography because I just couldn’t land any new clients or shoots. The end of May/June was when I finally started getting a little traction, and it was also around this time that I made a promise to myself to not worry about what other photographers in Maryland are doing, and that’s something I still abide by to this day.
July 2025 to the end of my full time job in September 2026, it was getting increasingly harder and harder to get decent sleep throughout the week. I’d regularly get 2 hours of sleep one night or 3 hours of sleep the next night. I didn’t mind at the time because I knew what I was working towards and what I was building. I knew that in the long run, that lack of sleep was temporary.
As you know, we’re big fans of Homes N’ Drones Photography, LLC.. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
Homes N’ Drones Photography, LLC is a real estate media company i started back in September 2023. I specialize in real estate media and marketing. I handle real estate photos, videos, certified drone pilot, and professional content creation. Im known for my cinematic-style videos highlighting featured homes. Im most proud of the business relationships I’ve built and the new ones im continuing to build. Biggest thing about my brand is the mantra of creating “Netflix” videos for social media. Where that comes from is the equipment I use for my business are all Netflix-approved equipment.
What sort of changes are you expecting over the next 5-10 years?
I would love to become a mid-sized media company creating short movies; eventually working up to possibly becoming a large media production company. Biggest motivator is a director by the name of Kane Parsons, a young entrepreneur who started on YouTube, to directing and creating the movie The Back Rooms. Seeing an ordinary individual like him, grow to make a major motion picture that beat Disney’s movie in an opening weekend was very motivating and inspiring to me.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Www.dronesTBA.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/home_n_drones_photography?stkn=MTZxbmEydjZoaDR5Mw%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
