THE WORLD, VIEWED FROM A KITE

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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....

Above st. Volbenk church, Zelše

Beyond the northwestern end of famous and beautiful Cerknica intermittent lake lies the village of Zelše. And on the top of the hill just...

New look at the old channel

This is Ljubljanica river's first (partly) artificial channel, called Stržen: The Romans dug it in the 1st century AD al the way through...

A strange bird above Iški Morost Nature Reserve

March 22nd is World Water Day, so KAP Jasa went to Ljubljana Marshes in search of the last remaining wet meadows: Iški Morost or Iška...

Giant squid in the air!

Not all kites are workhorses. Some are pure fun: This is our Giant squid called Liggie, a showkite. Sewn by Janez, plan by master...

Millie flies!

First flight of our new KAP kite; 2x2 m French military design; 3,3 square meters of fabric, 738 grams including spars. It is extremely...

Have we just discovered something?

We always say kite is a great scientific tool and that kite aerial photography can lead to actual discoveries (great masters at West...

A new kite!

KAP Jasa proudly presents - Millie! Millie is our latest - and so far the largest - KAP kite, of French military design. 2 meters high, 2...

Patterns in the snow

Water, ice and snow create those eerily beautiful patterns in Planina karst field, Slovenia. Check out this video, and this one with...

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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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