Why Aerial Photos Get Attention: Our My-Chosen Café Shots Reach 8,000 Views
Earlier this fall, we spent a morning at My-Chosen Café, capturing a set of aerial stills of the restaurant and the surrounding countryside. I’ve been visiting My-Chosen for more than twenty years now, and it’s one of those places where the location is part of the experience. Even though I don’t live in Metchosin, the drive out — winding rural roads, open fields, coastal pockets — has always felt like a small escape.
That’s exactly why the property is such a strong fit for aerial photography. The setting already tells a story. The drone doesn’t create anything new; it simply reveals what’s already there.
Once the photos were added to My-Chosen’s Google listing, the response was clear:
several of the images quickly passed 8,000 views each.
For a local restaurant, that kind of steady engagement stands out. And it highlights something we see over and over again:
Most businesses already have hundreds of customer photos taken at eye level — selfies, snapshots, phone pictures at the table.
What they don’t have is a view from above.
Aerial photos offer a perspective no one ever sees in real life, and that alone makes people stop and look. The numbers back it up.
That’s one of the real strengths of aerial media. For a relatively small amount of work, you end up with evergreen content that keeps showing up where customers are already looking. A single strong image can quietly accumulate thousands of impressions on Google Maps without anyone boosting it or promoting it.
The team at My-Chosen was incredibly receptive and enthusiastic throughout the process, which made the shoot easy and genuinely enjoyable. When a place already has character, history, and a setting like theirs, the visuals almost build themselves.
If you're a local business owner in the Westshore or Greater Victoria area and you're curious what a new perspective might do for your visibility online, we’re always open to a conversation. Sometimes all it takes is showing your location from a different angle.
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