Marshes are a perfect target for infrared kite aerial photography, as the interplay of plants and water create an intricate web of patterns when seen in near-infrared light. This can be used for monitoring of such a fragile ecosystem, because the NIR/visual photography brings out small differences, either seasonal or random, like water level changes, … Read more
While we had so much fun flying kites in Gujarat, we are *KAP * Jasa, a kite aerial photography-oriented kite club, And surely we’ve had some cool KAP sessions down there! Most of the time the wind was not suitable for flying a camera, and when it was, patangs on manjhas were threatening anything that … Read more
What a time we’ve had … Dancers at the opening ceremony of IKF Gujarat 2020 in Saputara. Photo by Nikunj Raghvani. Team KAP Jasa was again invited to Gujarat, India – to represent Slovenia at of the largest kite festivals in the world, International Kite Festival Gujarat 2020. The festival took place in Ahmedabad and … Read more
Well, we sun went down too soon, it was cold as hell, and the landscape of Ljubljana Marshes is rather bleak this time of year … In this bend of Iscica river the remains of Neolithic pile-dwellings were found, and the place is a part of Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage … Read more
How’s this for a misleading title, eh? Bloke [‘bloːkhe] refers to a high plateau south of Ljubljana, Slovenia – a wild, forested and pristine piece of nature that was once a cradle of skiing in Central Europe; a gently undulating land lying between 700 and 850 meters above sea level. This kite aerial photography session … Read more
For over one MONTH (!) the weather conspired against our core business, Kite Aerial Photography. The draught finally came to an end – over an aptly flooded Planina karst field. But it wasn’t just a kite aerial photo op that brought us here. KAP Jasa Kite Society was invited again to represent Slovenia’s kite flying … Read more
True, our main business is kite aerial photography, not flying show kites. But kites are beautiful and fascinating and fun flying on their own too, especially if they are big and colorful and when they fill up the sky. That’s why kite festivals are such a big thing in many parts of the world; large … Read more
We’ve just returned from an amazing kite & KAP experience on the magical adriatic island of Prvic, Croatia. Prvic and the islands of Šibenik archipelago Prvic is a small island not far from the coast with less than 500 inhabitants, and – after the hordes of tourists leave – it’s a true mediterranean pocket paradise. … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more