Further Information on Kite Aerial Photography

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KAP webpages	Special announcements
Commercial sources	More KAP webpages

• KAP--An excellent overview by Charles Benton.
  
• Camera rigs and photos by the KAP mentor Brooks Leffler.
  
• KAP equipment and electronic controls from James Gentles.
  
• History of KAP and more. English and Italian by Casalboni, Cardelli, Bonati, and Caselli.
  
• The American Kitefliers Association--see AKA.
  
• Japan Kite Aerial Photography Association--see JKPA.
  
• Kite and balloon aerial photography--see La Photographie Aerienne by Bernard-Noël Chagny (French).
  
• KAP E-Resources--see KAPER by David Hunt.
  
• Blog and digital encyclopaedia of KAP by Peter Bults.
  
• KAP--A semi-serious need by Roy Latham.
  

• KAPiCA/06 was held in November '06 in California, organized by Brooks Leffler and Peter Bults. During the conference, we attempted a centennial recreation of Lawrence's panoramic view of Pacific Grove (1906). Our effort was selected as the Best KAPiCA Photo taken during the conference.

For more information, see Lawrence centennial.

Harbor entrance was a top ten selection at the 2006 Emporia Camera Club annual members showing, Emporia, Kansas. Kite aerial photograph of the seawall and navigation tower at South Padre Island, Texas. Sun glint highlights curved wave patterns on the water surface. See South Texas; © J.S. and S.W. Aber (2006).

Autumn color, Estonian bog won the photography category of the National Science Foundation 2005 Visualization Challenge--see Science magazine. This vertical photograph, taken in Sept. 2001, demonstrates remarkable autumn bog colors, in which the complex spatial organization of bog features is portrayed in stunning detail. See Estonian bog color; © J.S. and S.W. Aber (2005).

Water, waves and sun won best of show at the 2005 Emporia Camera Club annual members showing, Emporia, Kansas. A digital image taken from a kite depicts a solid dock projecting into a lagoon with sun glint from waves. See Gulf coast; © J.S. and S.W. Aber (2005).

Commercial sources for kites
and blimp equipment

Into the Wind	Gomberg kite productions
WindPower Sports	Sun Oak Kites
Gone with the Wind	Wind Wizards
Kite Classifieds	Premier Kites
KiteLines bookstore	Southern Balloon Works

Selected KAP websites

Sergio Agramonte (USA). Peter Bengtsson (Sweden). Wolfgang Bieck (Germany). R. Joe Brandon (USA). Bob Brown (USA). Nicolas Chorier (France). Cary Clements (USA). François Demont (France). Rich Douglass (USA).

Marc Guétré (France). Simon Harbord (United Kingdom). Steve Irvine (Canada). Gary Madison (USA). John Maxworthy (USA). Dave Mitchell (United Kingdom). Masami Nakajima (Japan). Kraft Schmidt (Germany). Glen Thomas (South Africa).

Kites have been featured on postage stamps from many countries. This issue of Scott Stamp Monthly reviewed the theme of kites on stamps from around the world. Kites on stamps by Russ Mozier (USA).

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Last update Jan. 2007; © J.S. & S.W. Aber.