December - 2020

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

Good Riddance, 2020 - and Happy 2021!

What shall we say about this bizarre, long, awful year? And it started so well ... Girls dance at the opening ceremony of 31st IKF Gujarat 2020; Saputara, Gujarat, India. Photo Ragvanj Nikuni We had such a fantastic time flying kites in Gujarat, India ... we met old friends and made new ones, and the while trip was completely unforgettable ... we were flying giant kites and were stars of Indian TV (though the real stars of kite flying are these girls and guys (article in Slov

Flying Kites on Independence Day

On 26th of December Slovenia celebrates Independence day - the day in 1990 the results of a plebscite showed almost everyone living in Slovenia (95 % of those who voted and 88 % of all eligible voters) wants it to be an independent country.. So the day after Chistmas is a holiday here - and after all those bleak windless weeks of November and December it delivered plenty of sun and wind. Even too much of the latter! Kite aerial view across the marshes towards Ljubljana, the c

Blue River

Days were passing by and the bleak November turned into the bleak december ... Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December ... and it looked as if you'd ask the Raven will the wind blow again o'er this wretched land, the ominous bird would just quoth ... Nevermore. But then, three weeks into December and over than a month of still, damp, dreary, windless fog covering central Slovenia, suddenly the flags on the Tower of Ljubljana castle started to flutter! Wind! Le

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.