Last weekend I got my KAP rig (kite aerial photography) airborne for the first time. KAP is a form of aerial photography, where a camera is suspended from a kite line to allow aerial photos to be taken, with the camera either being triggered by an intervalometer, or controlled and triggered via radio control.

Here's a self-portrait taken during my first KAP attempt. Also in the frame is my 12 year-old son Ashley, another keen photographer.

KAP self-portrait

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
Canon PowerShot G5 @7mm, 1/400 sec, f/4

I didn't have the kite and camera very high, or airborne for very long, as I was pushed for time, and the wind was quite gusty. The photo below is stitched from 7 individual photos taken with the KAP camera.

Bob Blackburn Reserve and Armadale Aquatic Centre

image stitched from 7 photos

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
Canon PowerShot G5, f/4

I am intending to post some more details about KAP and the gear I am using in the future. In the meantime, here's a photo of my radio-controlled camera rig (a Canon G5 point-and-shoot) hanging from the line of my kite (a FlowForm 16 with a 5 metre fuzzy tail).

camera rig hanging from kite line

photo by Ashley Pot, used with permission

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
Canon EOS 350D, 17-85mm IS @85mm, 1/800 sec, f/5.6, ISO100