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Kite Aerial Photography

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A guide to kite aerial photography including background, equipment, a discussion section, and a gallery of 2,000 aerial photographs (CA, USA).
http://www.arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/

Well published KAPer with clear diagrams of rigs. Rokkaku plan (NY, USA).
http://home.sprynet.com/~jmaxworthy/kap1.htm

Assorted experience. Note the panaramas from composite images.
http://members.aol.com/mjbrown/HTML/kap.html

The experiences of a beginner.
http://freecloud.com/danphoto/kap/

David McGeachy offers kite and poll aerial photography galleries and detailed images of equipment. (Florida USA)
http://www.bird-shots.com/

KAP onboard the "Rose" tall ship.
http://www.tallshiprose.org/stories/whitman/index.html

Small site about photographer using video view finder (South Africa).
http://users.iafrica.com/g/gt/gthomas/

Many good images of kites at Fano (Germany).
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/KraftSchmidt/kap.htm

Comprehensive site including Japan Kite Aerial Photography Association (JKPA), Pinhole cameras and no-wind KAP.
http://www.interq.or.jp/world/m-naka/

KAP centred around Parramatta High School. Includes details of the kites and rigs used. (Australia)
http://faxmentis.org/html/kap01.html

Commercial KAP system, proven for 15 years.
http://freespace.virgin.net/rob....een/greens/home/aerial/index.htm

Ultra lightweight camera rig plan, gallery, book reviews and a survey of historic KAP articles.
http://www.rtpnet.org/robroy/KAP/

Kite Monger - pictures of kites and pictures from kites.
http://www.kitemonger.com/

KAP in Pennsylvania around 1900.
http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/nei...borhoods/northside/nor_n243.html

Ingenious KAP on a very limited budget.
http://www.btinternet.com/~fulton/kap.htm

Using KAP to build a library of images for texture-mapped graphics (CA, USA).
http://www.cgsd.com/rlatham/kap.html

Professional photographer using KAP in Florida.
http://www.geocities.com/seragram/

The feeling, the involvement, and the serendipity of KAP. Extensive site with 3D KAP and GameBoy KAP.
http://www.harb85.freeserve.co.uk/

New KAPer in Sweden, just getting started.
http://www.geocities.com/kitephoto/

Holland kite enthusiast Cees Kuppens offers instructions to build the Video Controlled Kite Aerial Photography system and shares aerial photos from around The Netherlands.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/9551/

Description of KAP method and equipment [Shockwave]
http://www.geocities.com/jabomano/kapstfld.html

Experience and notes from Bandar Lampung, Indonesia.
http://www.unila.ac.id/~djausal/kap/2index.html

Annotated pictures of his rig. Malden, MA.
http://users.erols.com/ramirault/page0002.html

Photographs, safety advice, and tips. New York, USA.
http://home.rochester.rr.com/srinz/kapgallery.html

A photographic Index of my Experiences with KAP. Includes Information about History and Techniques. (US)
http://www.kitekam.com

Gallery of images taken from kites and gliders by Yvan(Belgium)
http://www.birdseye.be/

Tom Nied uses a disposable camera with a manual rig producing a low cost, low weight, low tech system that offers maximum results.
http://community.webshots.com/album/22701470jgsExZlWxS

KAPing using commercially available kites with home built carbon fibre high-tech rigs. With picture galleries. (Belgium)
http://www.altina.cx

Kite Aerial Photography gallery and how tos.
http://www.kiteseyeview.com

Comprehensive Japanese/English KAP site with JKPA section.
http://www31.ocn.ne.jp/~jkpa/

KAPER is an electronic journal by David Hunt for Kite Aerial Photographers.
http://www.kaper.us

Kite Aerial Photography ideas and images; camera cradles, KAP rig kits, complete KAP systems custom-made by Brooks Leffler.
http://www.brooxes.com

Kite aerial photography gallery by Gerke Visser, Rene van der Werff and friends.
http://www.kiteview.com

KAPer Using a Large Stratoscoop with Video Link and kiteline Failsafe, with Gallery and Diagrams. Ian Coxhill (UK)
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/Stratokap

Information on equipment, triggering systems, and wind speed conversion table. (Germany)
http://kap-man.de/e-index.htm

Collection of old KAP photos held in the Library of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/187_pans.html

Digital encyclopaedia of Kite Aerial Photography
http://www.bults.net/kapnet/

Aerial photos and 360 degree virtual reality panoramas taken from a kite. With a brief introduction on equipment.
http://scotthaefner.com/kap/

Cees Kuppens from Holland takes pictures with a remote controlled digital camera attached to a kite. Here you can find information about KAP and a lot of aerial pictures of Holland.
http://www.english.vliegerfoto.nl