Huddersfield student Joe Warnes is, quite literally, flying high.

Not only is he celebrating graduating from the University of Huddersfield this week with a first class honours degree, but he is enjoying a soaraway success with his drone aerial videography.

Graphic design student Joe is a man in demand.

Flying drones and filming supercars, whilst getting paid for it, sounds like many a man’s dream, but this is all in a day’s work for the Huddersfield student and entrepreneur.

Wakefield born Joe, 22, is the director of production company Wiisetree Creative, which offers a complete package of graphic design, film production and most recently, aerial videography.

Joe officially registered the company in January 2015 with the help of the University’s Enterprise Team in The Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Centre. However, he has been producing high-quality films since he started University.

His first professional job for a client was a promotional video of the 2013 supercar rally Cannonball 2000. The rally took part over six days and to get the footage he needed, Joe travelled a total of 2,500 miles through London to Amsterdam, Geneva to Cannes and finally, Valenica to Marbella. It was also where Joe first witnessed a drone being flown and from then on he was determined to do it professionally.

“The aerial video industry was, and still is, a relatively new industry,” said Joe. “It gives you a completely different perspective on places and I wanted to be able to offer this to my clients as part of the Wiisetree package and to help us stand out from the competition.”

Joe’s impressive work with Cannonball 2000 has led to him working with Redline247 who are a luxury supercar events team.

The first video Joe produced using his drone was an impressive aerial video of Castle Hill.

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“I created the video at Castle Hill because it is one of my favourite places. I like the views and the peacefulness up there.

“The video was featured on the website of the Huddersfield Examiner newspaper and the response was amazing, on the website and via social media,” he said.

One of Joe’s ongoing projects is producing footage for his cycling media channel Wonky Pedal, which he created because of his love for the sport. The video Winter Warrior was filmed using a drone and obtained over 5,000 views in just one night.

Not everyone can pick up a drone and start flying it around. There is new legislation and laws that need to be passed before you can fly a drone commercially as part of a business. It has taken Joe a total of eight months and plenty of financial investment to obtain the qualification BNUC-S, which stands for Basic National UAS Certificate for Small Unmanned Aircraft. Joe also had to complete the Civil Aviation Authority’s Health and Safety and Risk Assessment.

Joe has graduated from his degree this month with a First Class Honours in Graphic Design.