And he reckons that aviation rules means environmental stories will be the main focus for drone journalism in the UK.
"In the UK you can't fly over congested areas and crowds," he explains. This makes it nearly impossible to use drones to cover major events in city centres.
More problematically it's illegal for journalists to be paid for drone footage until they attain Civil Aviation Authority qualifications.
"It's about £1,500 to do the exams and there's other charges on top of that. Your initial outlay may be over £10,000 to get one person trained up with one camera on one helicopter. It's not that straightforward. There's only the BBC and the Telegraph that are doing it in house."