The Dragons Ate Our Light

Urban kite aerial photography is hard (except for István, but he’s different), and while we’ve tried to lift our kite within Ljubljana proper a lot of times, we can claim only one partial success (besides, flying in the open Tivoli park doesn’t really count as urban KAP). A city just isn’t made for serious kite … Read more

You Tried, Now Back To Your Swamp!

Sometimes it’s frustrating. The days are shorter and there are few hours of light. The good (suitable, never mind ‘good’) KAP targets are scarce and far from home. The weather is bleak and wet and cold. So we tend to fall back to our, shall we say, ‘regular’ places, where we can be sure that … Read more

Requiem for a Manor: Haasberg Castle, Slovenia

Castles are epitomes of History. They are almost eternal, defying the ravages of centuries, standing tall and seemingly timeless. Seemingly. For castles are ephemeral. Fleeting. More like a dandelion puffball than a slab of granite. This is the story of two of them. One a castle proper, a Medieval fortress; the other an exquisite manor, … Read more