Long ago, a boy was born who was so fair and pleasing to the eye that he was named Love-to-see – Ljubo-vid in the language of the land. Lovely Ljubovid lived beside a beautiful green river; in the story of Narcissus the boy was mesmerized by his own reflection in the water, fell into it, … Read more
When the Summer turns the air into molasses and brains into mush, kite aerial photography is not uppermost in mind (nothing is); standing on a meadow millions of insects call home (and are ready to defend it) under a blistering sun is very bad for your health, regardless of holding the kite line being so … Read more
There are a few things that captivate and mesmerise people. An open flame. The clouds drifting across the sky. A stream, swirling and winding across the stones. And kites in the air. Kite flying is really zen. It’s simply the wind, the line singing, the kite dancing… you sit down, hold the line in one … Read more
Slovenia is … an aeolically challenged country (more kiters than wind turbines here), and we constantly struggle with winds too low for decent kite aerial photography. We tried a lot of things, having different kite designs for most of the wind force spectrum – rokkakus for low, deltas for medium to strong, sled for strong … Read more
Koseze are a nice and calm northwestern suburb of Ljubljana. Located at the foot of Koseški boršt, Rakovnik, and Debeli hrib, it used to be a small village that started to grow in the second half of 20th century. Although a small village and later a quiet suburb its history is rich; a Paleolithic site … Read more
‘Twas a nice Sunday … sunny, windy … just made for some relaxed kite flying. So we took our kites to Zajčja dobrava (‘Rabbit’s Grove’), a small landscape park on the eastern part of Ljubljana. There is not much to say; the place is less than ideal, a grove of trees just behind us did … Read more
When people gather to have some fun and others come to watch them, it’s a festival. If the fun is flying kites, then it’s a kite festival. And if people flying kites come from different countries, it’s an International kite festival. A formal definition of an international kite festival: an IKF is when more than … Read more
We are oftentimes waxing poetically about our first KAP kite, the Venerable Blue Rokkaku. The constant praising of the old kite even while flying new(er) ones, and an opportunity of someone of us having a birthday, prompted the indomitable Janez Vizjak, founder, chief kite designer and kite maker of Dr.Agon kites, to make another Rokkaku … Read more
The eastern part of Ljubljana basin – Polje, Zadobrova, Beričevo, Zalog, Kašelj – is a curious mix of agricultural, industrial, and leisure areas. The fertile soil brought by Sava and Ljubljanica rivers supports a thriving vegetables production, the flat and well connected area is ideal for industrial and infrastructural enterprises, and Zajčja dobrava – Rabbit’s … Read more
It wasn’t much of a KAP session… and we were back at the location we had flown over so many times before that we could make a fairly long movie just using the photos as frames. But this time was different – the old guy was back in the sky! This venerable blue Rokkaku was … Read more