TURNING GRIT INTO PIXELS
About Nada Khalaf-Jones
Nada Khalaf-Jones is a photographer and videographer, a London born journalist and scuba bum before she became the first FAA licensed female drone who regularly piloted the Florida Keys. She is considered by some in the industry 'Queen of Drone in South Florida.'
Not to mention her career as a journalist, and a lifetime of teaching scuba diving world wide. She does not disagree with this title.
In 1999 this monster of adventure worldwide settled in with her honey and former Naval Aviator, Jonesy, to this skinny island chain that she feels is tenuously held in place by mangrove trees and the pure and utter salty grit of its tough and determined residents.
Key Largo is home and her fantastic four girls are guilty of dabbling in Marine Biology, Naval Aviation, Publix Grocery Store Careers. She is a lover of rescuing dogs and cats and believes very strongly in all things free market and entrepreneurship. (Elon is a hero!)
Her London and Belfast, Egypt and Dubai careers left with an attitude. One that has seen her photographic and film as well as drone business thriving as well as the social media marketing that has met with such success for smaller businesses. Local families who need to turn on a dime in response to the economic climate of this century.
She knows there is no time and little money but she goes to bat for you with her super unrelenting determination, competitive soul and soft but sharp around the edges technical and creative skills.
Clients, owners of rental properties, food trucks, wedding clients all think of Jones as a technical whizz kid and artist who loves the details as much as the massive picture.
Find her on a bridge flying a drone, chasing tarpon and snorkeling the reef or paddle boarding the mangrove canals of the Keys. With a camera or a drone strapped someplace.
She harnesses science and graphic art into her work. That need to tell the story is what drives the little engine that could. Join me in the Florida Keys!
