SCHOOL, COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY VIDEO, PHOTO & DRONE SERVICES CHICAGO
School, College and University Video Production, Photography and Drone Services in Chicago
Enrollment starts with how your campus looks on a screen. We make sure it looks like somewhere worth applying.
Based in Chicago, IL — Trusted Education Video, Photography and Drone Production for Over 12 Years
Kenneth L. Dixon Photography, Video Production & Drone produces video, photography, and FAA-certified drone content for schools, colleges, and universities across Chicago and Chicagoland. We partner with admissions, marketing, advancement, and athletics teams to create the campus tours, recruitment films, commencement coverage, and student stories that drive applications, engage alumni, and build an institution’s brand.
Prospective students and their families decide whether a campus feels right long before they ever visit, and increasingly that decision is made on a screen. We produce education content that closes that gap: immersive, authentic, and cinematic, held to the same commercial-grade standard we bring to brand work for clients like New Balance and Wilson. Twelve years of full-time professional production sit behind every project, and everything is edited in-house in 4K or 6K.
Education Video, Photography and Drone Services in Chicago
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A campus tour video is the single most important piece of content in an institution’s enrollment marketing. For every prospective student who cannot visit in person, it is the next best thing. We produce immersive campus tours that capture the atmosphere, the facilities, and the student life that make your institution worth choosing, combining ground footage, student and faculty interviews, and aerial drone coverage into a tour that helps applicants picture themselves on your campus.
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Admissions content has one job: turn interest into applications. We produce admissions and recruitment videos, from flagship brand films to program-specific and department highlights, built around the questions prospective students and families actually ask. Welcome videos, accepted-student films, and application and financial-aid explainers make your institution feel accessible and your process feel clear.
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Commencement is one of the most emotional and widely shared moments an institution produces all year. We provide multi-camera commencement filming and livestreaming that captures every ceremony with the production quality the occasion deserves, plus highlight reels that combine ceremony moments with student interviews, which families watch and share long after the day ends. For individual and class portraits, see our graduation photography services.
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Nothing sells an institution like the people who have lived it. We produce student and alumni testimonial and story videos that let real voices speak to the experience, the outcomes, and the community. It is the most persuasive content an admissions or advancement team can put in front of a prospect or a donor, and it builds on our testimonial video production work.
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Faculty expertise and research impact are central to how an institution builds its reputation. We produce faculty spotlights, research showcases, and program highlight videos that communicate academic strength clearly to prospective students, peer institutions, and funding bodies, using the same interview craft behind our interview video production services.
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Advancement and development teams rely on video to move donors. We produce capital campaign films, annual fund videos, and donor thank-you content that connect supporters to the institution’s mission and the impact their giving makes, built to perform at galas, in donor meetings, and across digital campaigns. Our nonprofit video production services cover the broader scope of fundraising video.
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Admissions, athletics, and campus life social accounts need a steady stream of on-brand content. We produce ongoing photography and short-form video packages that keep those channels active, from game-day coverage and athlete features to events, traditions, and day-in-the-life content. Our social media content services cover ongoing content programs.
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Beyond video, institutions need a consistent library of professional photography: campus and facility imagery, faculty and staff headshots, event coverage, and student life photography for websites, viewbooks, and marketing. Our headshot photographer and event photography services support faculty portraits and campus events.
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Aerial footage is what makes a campus look expansive, established, and impressive, and it is now a staple of admissions and promotional reels. As an FAA Part 107 certified operator, we provide legal drone coverage of campuses, athletic facilities, and surrounding areas across Chicago, with all airspace authorization handled in advance. Our drone services covers the full aerial scope.
Our work in action
AD | SUREWERX OBERON
SHORT FILM | “COMORBID”
REEL | Nike
AD | MARRIANI
MUSIC VIDEO | DERRICK’S PRIME BY SHYE
Drone Work | Sausage Company
AD | CDK GLOBAL
PROMO VIDEO | THE ELM
Influencer campaign
Why Chicago Institutions Invest in Professional Education Content
Prospective students and families now decide whether a school feels right long before they visit, and in a crowded higher-ed and private K-12 market, the institutions that win applications are the ones that tell their story clearly and emotionally on screen. The real challenge is producing enough high-quality content with limited staff and a calendar built around the academic year. By handling video, photography, and drone under one roof and planning around your admissions and event dates, we turn a single production day on campus into a flagship film, student stories, social clips, and a photo library, giving your team months of consistent, on-brand content from one engagement.
More Services from Kenneth L. Dixon Photography, Video Production & Drone
Education work connects to a wider range of production. Our corporate video production services cover interviews, overviews, and training content that translate directly to institutional needs. Student and alumni stories build on our testimonial video production and interview video production work, advancement campaigns draw on our nonprofit video production services, and ongoing campus channels are supported by our social media content services. Institutions also book us for graduation photography, standalone headshot photography, and drone services.
Why Chicago Schools and Universities Choose Kenneth L. Dixon Photography, Video Production & Drone
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Institutions need more than one format, and coordinating separate vendors wastes budget and breaks visual consistency. We handle video, photography, and FAA-certified drone coverage with one team, one creative direction, and one point of contact across every deliverable.
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Education production runs on fixed dates: commencement, orientation, homecoming, and application season. We plan every engagement around your calendar so the content is ready when enrollment and advancement teams actually need it.
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Legal, compliant aerial campus footage with full handling of Chicago airspace authorization. The expansive campus shots that anchor admissions reels are captured safely and legally, with no liability for your institution.
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We plan every production to maximize output: a flagship film, student stories, social clips, and a photography library from a single day on campus. Your team gets months of content and the best possible value from the budget.
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Twelve years of full-time commercial, corporate, and institutional production in Chicago. That experience means efficient shoots that respect a busy campus, strong creative instincts, and content that consistently performs.
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Editing, color grading, and sound are all handled in-house by the team that shot the project. That means consistent quality across your content, faster turnaround, and a final product that matches the original creative intent.
“The campus tour and recruitment films they produced became the centerpiece of our admissions marketing. Applications were up the following cycle and the content still performs.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — Admissions Director, Chicago Institution
Ready to Elevate Your Institution’s Content?
Enrollment, engagement, and advancement all run on how well your institution tells its story, and today that story is told through video, photography, and the view of your campus from above. The institutions that invest in it are the ones that stand out. Kenneth L. Dixon Photography, Video Production & Drone partners with schools, colleges, and universities across Chicago to produce campus tours, admissions films, commencement coverage, student stories, and the full library of content modern institutions need, all backed by 12 years of full-time professional experience. The work starts with one conversation.