The first logo doesn't reflect the nature of your business; it implies general photography. The components in the second logo are better, however the drone/camera graphic overpowers the business name. I'd make the graphic smaller, so that the eye is drawn to "CAPTURED MOMENTS". Don't make the camera bigger; the proportion under the drone is realistic.

The designer should give you the logo in both black and white and both should be on transparent backgrounds.

To those who commented about the registered "R", that's part of the designer's logo which is on a layer beneath the client logo. The designer will remove it once he/she has been paid.

Is the designer a graphic artist? The drone and camera seem to be clip art. That's OK as long as you're paying for the layout and not paying for original art.

(I owned a sign company and designed many logos before retiring.)

You are right, I wasn't clear, but publishing your phone number isn't always good, I'm glad that you have removed it from your UHH sig. On a business card it is just fine, but I think you understand.

If your business is drone centric, then I think your logos are going in a good direction, but you might want to have a different logo (camera but no drone) if you also do non drone related stuff.

It is a sensitive issue for a number of reasons, not least the air misses and intrusion on privacy concerns...

Not a huge fan of the "waterseal" over the logo. Chances are you'll already be putting this over an image with some sort of transparency. If you do you'll loose the waterseal part. Consider how this will look on a dark image vs on a light image. And then there's the tough 50% contrast backgrounds.

Are you truly going to "register" your logo...there are fees associated with it. If not, dump the register mark.
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/register-company-logo-3481.html

Please tell the designer to use optical kerning, and take it off of auto. The "CA" is touching at the the bottom.

That's it for now...

toptrainer,
Personally, I really like the second one. What I like is the fact you included the drone since you are doing drone photography. I do agree with you, I think the camera should be a bit larger, but why move it from under the drone? I like it there because it specifically states you do drone photography without the words. Separating them might leave potential clients confused. Please let us know which way you go and if you do choose the 2nd one let us know how you decided to place the drone and the camera.
Laura