Kite Aerial Photography

Brad Barnes started the KAPWiki. It is hosted by Wicherd Knetemann on: http://www.vogelblik.nl/index.php?title=Category:Jargon.

After 2 or more years new KAP books appeared. Craig Wilson’s book “Hanging by a thread” and Gerrit Bart Volgers’ “Terschelling in vliegervlucht”.

Craig’s book already got many positive comments on Benton’s Discussion pages. Gerrit Bart’s book is equally good but much less known, sofar.

Gerrit Bart Volgers lives and works on an island called Terschelling in the North of the Netherlands. And that’s where all 67 pictures in the book were made.

Some of the pictures in the book are published on Flickr (where new ones can be seen too) and on Gerrit Bart’s website (Dutch text).

Gerrit Bart got the idea to go KAPing while he was kite fishing. He still uses his fishing equipment and that might explain why all photos in the book are made on more or less the same height. Often that leads to some boredom. Not in this case. It is a binding element.

Gerrit Bart was his own publisher for this book and got 1500 copies of it printed. Half of them are already sold to the islanders. KAPshop will get a small stock of them soon. So KAP book collectors, grab your chance.
The book has a hardcover and measures 30 by 22 cm.

Team Drachen (Skinner, Fujino, DF board member Sainz, and videographer Matthew Stubbs) joined 2006 DF grantee Oscar Frey at San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja Mexico for Phase III of a project using KAP to document whale behavior. Read more >>>

Scott Haefner did the reshoot of Lawrence’s famous SF earthquake KAPicture. See it here or here.

Here’s are article called “Fisheye Digital Imaging For Under $20″. And even the words “Kite Aerial Photography” are in it. Interesting …

Here are some new websites from KAPers in Germany and Austria:

• Gerhard and Daniela Zitzmann
• Manfred Schwarz and Andreas Napravnik
• Jan Houtermans

Enjoy!

Scott Haefner:

Photographer George Lawrence documented the damage of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake by lifting his panoramic camera over the city using a series of kites. Together with Drachen Foundation, I plan to reshoot his photo using modern day equipment and techniques. More >>>

PENTAX Corporation announced the launch of the new PENTAX Optio A10 compact digital camera with an 8.0 effective megapixel CCD, which combines a slim, lightweight, stylish design with a new proprietary Shake Reduction system for sharper quality images.
This might be the perfect camera for AutoKAP. It has that IR sensor so it should work with a GentLED or a Tucit and much more. Read the Pentax press release >>>

On Saturday, January 28th, the Drachen Foundation invited members of the local kite community to a reception, showcasing Kite Aerial Photography and honoring the winner of the first Young Explorer Field Experience grant. More >>>

The oldest (and still the best) meeting point for KAP and KAPers has moved to a new, and hopefully spam free, place (thanks, Cris). You can find the new KAP Discussion Forum here. Please update your bookmarks and the links on your website(s) now!