April - 2018

THE WORLD, VIEWED FROM A KITE

Welcome to the website of aerial photography enthusiasts, taking photos from the air in a natural, organic and gluten-free way: with a kite.

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High above Ljubljana Marshes (again)

River Ižica is one of the few rivers in Ljubljana Marshes that retained its natural course. Almost all the others were 'meliorated',...

Meandering river Unica

When the waters of Lake Cerknica disappear through the caves and sinkholes, they travel underground first to Rakov Škocjan, emerge there...

'Miracle of Nature': Lake Cerknica

Lake Cerknica is a true wonder of Nature: an intermittent karstic lake, one of the largest in Europe, that is very good at playing "now...

Prehistoric pile dwellings

Ljubljana Marshes boast a rich and complex history. 6.500 years ago there was a shallow lake covering the area, and people settled on it...

Urban KAP - Stožice, Ljubljana

Kite aerial photography in urban areas is exciting and intense (you always worry about a multitude of imaginary mishaps), but the results...

White gold of Strunjan (Strugnano)

Strunjan is a village on Slovenian coast between Izola and Piran in northern Adriatic. It is a quiet, pleasant coastal village - and at...

Stitching the view

Doing the kite aerial photography in a completely 'natural' way - bringing the camera up and letting it fire automatically - means that...

The Last Home - and the Ethics of Flying Above it

While cemeteries are inherently somber places, they can be beautiful too. Žale - the largest cemetery of Ljubljana - are both....

KAP JASA TEAM

KAP Jasa stands for Kite Aerial Photography - Janez and Saša. An ingenious name, isn't it?

Janez is the chief pilot, kite designer and maker, photographer and DTP wizard.

Saša is a co-pilot, know-it-all wannabe, pulisher, writer and editor.

We started KAP Jasa in July 2017, some months after the first try of taking pictures with a mobile phone taped to a stunt kite went rather awry. Our first true KAP kite was a 200 cm blue Rokkaku Dako, drawn ands sewn by Janez, and so delicately made it can lift a compact camera in a 5 km/h breeze. A 160 cm Royal 69 Sled followed, suitable for stronger winds, and a 333 cm Great White Delta is the latest addition. All kites are made by Janez on his venerable Ruža sewing machine.

Those kites carry various photo and video equipment: a Braun Jumper II and a Denver 5020TWC action cameras for video, and a Canon A810 compact camera and a Nikon 1 J1 mirrorless camera for stills.

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