February - 2021

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

Fun and Flying Above Planina Karst Field

February winds are good (so far), and not a day hould be lost - so we went for some easy kite flying and a KAP session to Planina karst field, an hour drive south of Ljubljana. A couple of kites by Dr.Agon and a 16 sq m trilobite One of the members of our club got a new kite and was eager to test his flying and KAPing skills: Ivor and his Red dot Rokkaku during his first KAP session Planina field is a beautiful place, offering different scenes every time we visit. As a flood-

Start of a KAP Season - and a 1000 Year Old Prize Fight

Hello all! The first real KAP session of this year came a little late (we've been busy in January, and the winter wind conditions in Slovenia are usually less than favourable), but then we had enough - we just had to fly. Mali graben creek flowing by the launch site - and one of the hungry trees waiting for their kite meal Even though the wind was not perfect and the day was cloudy and grim, we set out to find a new launch site in Ljubljana - we have already covered most of

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.