The KAP community have been sending a large banner around the world, allowing KAP enthusiasts to take photos incorporating the banner. People are then expected to add their name and location to the banner, and then send it on to the next participant.

I received the banner in the mail a number of weeks ago, but due to a lot of travel and other committments, and non-ideal weather conditions for kite flying, I was not able to get a kite in the air until yesterday.

Take note of the dark clouds in the background in these first few photos!

Samantha

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

Coogee Beach from the air

Coogee Beach, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

Today was a public holiday in Western Australia, and we headed out to Coogee Beach for a breakfast BBQ with some other families from our church. The weather was fantastic, and after a quiet start, the wind picked up a bit, providing great kite flying conditions.
After breakfast, I launched my Delta kite, and got my camera into the air for some aerial photography.

getting the camera rig into the air

Sandpatch, Albany, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

While holidaying in Albany recently, I tried out my new 9' Levitation Delta kite at the Sandpatch, near the Albany Wind Farm. Not surprisingly, the winds were pretty good for kiting (that's exactly why there is a wind farm there), and I got my GoPro camera airborne for some aerial photos.

I am definitely enjoying the Delta kite. Although it doesn't pack down as small as the FlowForm 16' that I have been using for the last few years, the Delta provides a much steeper line angle, flies in a wider range of wind, doesn't require as much wind, and is easier to launch and retrieve.

Albany Wind Farm

Sandpatch, Albany, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

thongs

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

I recently bought a new kite for kite aerial photography (KAP), a 9' Levitation Delta. The Delta should allow me to KAP in lighter winds than the FlowForm 16' that I have been using for a few years. Delta kites also will fly at a much steeper line angle than a FlowForm, which should allow higher viewpoints for KAP.

Shelley Beach from above

Shelley Beach Lookout, West Cape Howe National Park, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

Earlier this month, my wife and I had the pleasure of taking two of my cousins from Holland around the south west of Western Australia. While staying in Albany for a few days, we drove out to Shelley Beach, located about 30km west of Albany.

The lookout high above Shelley Beach is apparently a favourite spot for hang gliders, as there is almost always plenty of wind there. The large wooden platform that I'm standing on is a launch ramp for the hang gliders.

The lookout is located high above the beach, and after launching my kite, I managed to get some photos of us standing at the lookout, with Shelley Beach far below us.
Here is a selection of photos from this KAP session at the lookout.

I've previously posted a photo from a KAP session at Prevelly, near Margaret River in the south west of Western Australia. Here are a few more photos from that KAP session, all taken with a GoPro Hero2 suspended from the line of my FlowForm 16 kite.

canoeist at the Margaret River

Prevelly, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

When I was younger, my parents would take us to Prevelly (in the south west of Western Australia, right near Margaret River) for a few weeks every summer holidays. I have lots of great memories of our times there, and like to visit the area whenever I'm in the vicinity.

The area has changed a lot over the years, with many more houses, hotels and resorts in the area. While on holidays in Yallingup recently, we visited Margaret River and Prevelly. The photo below was stitched using several photos taken by my GoPro HD Hero2 camera, lifted airborne by my kite.

The end of the Margaret River is visible on the left hand side, while the right hand side shows the Indian Ocean. All the plants on the dunes had been decimated by a major bushfire that swept through the area in November last year, so it looked quite different to what I remembered.

Be sure to click the image below to see a larger version of it.

mouth of the Margaret River and the Indian Ocean

Prevelly, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

While on holidays in Yallingup recently (in the south west of Western Australia), I took the opportunity to get my GoPro Hero2 camera airborne with my kite. These photos are from a KAP session at Wyadup, located between Canal Rocks and Injidup Beach, just south of Yallingup.
These photos were taken in the late afternoon, while on our way to Injidup Beach to shoot the sunset.

Here is an aerial photo looking south from Wyadup, showing the fantastic Injidup Beach.

aerial view of Injidup Beach

Wyadup, Yallingup, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

Looking almost straight down from the kite shows the rock formations at Wyadup. However, this angle doesn't give you any appreciation for the height of these rocks.

rock formations at Wyadup

Wyadup, Yallingup, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

Yesterday afternoon we took the family to Kwinana Beach. While the kids were having a lot of fun in the water, I got my kite airborne in the gusty seabreeze, and took some aerial photos.

Here's my favourite from the KAP session, with the camera pointing directly down towards the beach:

straight down

Kwinana Beach, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

After having dinner in Rockingham, as we were driving back home, we noticed the sunset was looking very nice. We stopped at Kwinana Beach, and got some photos of the sunset (from the beach, without the kite this time), with the Grain Terminal providing an interesting silhouette.

Kwinana Grain Terminal at sunset

Kwinana Beach, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 35mm f/2 @35mm, 1/200 sec, f/6.3, ISO100