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title: Aerial Photography Drone Operator Project Hours Log Template | Paperform
description: Track billable hours for drone photography projects with this professional timesheet template. Log flight planning, capture time, and editing hours with detailed breakdowns for accurate client billing.
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generatedAt: "2026-03-28T00:42:59.285Z"
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### Professional Time Tracking for Aerial Photography Projects

Whether you're a freelance drone operator, running an aerial photography agency, or managing a fleet of pilots, accurate time tracking is essential for billing clients fairly and understanding your project profitability. This **Aerial Photography Drone Operator Project Hours Log** gives you a purpose-built solution for documenting every phase of your drone photography workflow—from pre-flight planning through to final image delivery.

#### Built for the unique workflow of drone operators

Unlike generic timesheets, this form recognizes that aerial photography projects involve distinct phases: planning and site assessment, equipment preparation, actual flight time, battery changes and repositioning, and the often-substantial post-production work of sorting, editing and delivering final images. Each phase can be tracked separately, giving you and your clients complete transparency on where time is spent.

The form captures essential project context including client information, location coordinates, weather conditions, equipment used, and deliverable specifications—details that help you justify your rates and provide a professional paper trail for every job.

#### Seamless billing and client transparency

By breaking down hours into flight planning, capture duration, and editing time, you can easily identify which project phases consume the most resources and price future jobs more accurately. The time log integrates naturally with your invoicing workflow: export data to your accounting software via [Stepper](https://stepper.io) automation, or connect directly to tools like QuickBooks, Xero, or your CRM.

For agencies managing multiple pilots or projects, Paperform's collaboration features let your team submit timesheets that roll up into a single dashboard, while conditional logic can route different project types (real estate, construction, events, surveying) through customized approval workflows.

#### Designed for photographers, built for business

This template works for solo drone operators billing hourly, creative agencies pricing per project, or production companies managing subcontractors. Because it's built on Paperform, you get the flexibility to customize fields, add your branding, embed the form on your client portal, and connect it to the tools you already use—no coding required.

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