September - 2019

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.

Island at the End of Summer

The Power of Bora

Kite Science: Assessing Water Pollution from the Sky

World Wide KAP Week Part II. - Ljubljana Marshes

Kite aerial photographers are prone to exaggeration, and World Wide KAP Week 2019 is no exception: it's a week that lasts for three weeks. So as we went to the Ljubljana Marshes Landscape Park to test the Giant Wiener Doggo Kite, we had just enough time to do a quick kite aerial photo session. The almost-autumn sun was low, the shadows were getting longer, and a soft, warm light was embracing the Marshes ... The kite testing grounds are rather far from any particular landmark

And Now for Something Completely Different - A Giant Show Kite

While KAP Jasa kite society is mainly doing kite aerial photography, we do kites too ... We have made a couple of KAP workhorses (a venerable Rokakku, a couple of deltas, Millie the french military kite, a fled and a Royal 69 sled), but we designed and made some showkites too - to fly them for fun, at kite festivals and for the amusement of general public. Exaggeration is the word when we - and by 'we' we mean Janez, or dr.agon as he prefers - design and make kites. This one

World Wide KAP Week 2019 - Part I.

Every year - around the time when Autumn announces itself - kite aerial photography afficionados participate in the World Wide KAP Week. This year WWKW 2019 lasts from 14th to 29th of September (yes, KAPers do exaggerate things), and flying the camera is a must. Our first try didn't go as expected - the wind was uberturbulent (even at 150 m our venerable Rokkaku wouldn't stay still) and way too strong for the large, soft wind loving kite. So this hard and exhausting KAP sessi

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.