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Hello to my fellow KAPers in France! Below is a brief summary and links to a How To KAP video that was filmed in France with the help of Emmanuel, Jose, Jean-Daniel, Alban and others. Please excuse my English post.

The video provides an introduction to Kite Aerial Photography (KAP). https://youtu.be/5CRN5t7gBEg

See description below for details.

This was an impromptu, un-planned attempt to describe the basics of KAP. The sound track gets totally clobbered at several points due to extreme wind noise. Several important clips were excluded altogether due to wind noise.

The video was shot as part of an informal KAPnic (KAP with a picnic) at the Citadel of Montreail Sur Mer, France. (a side KAP trip as part of the larger Berck sur Mer kite festival).

Participants in the video included:
- Jose Wallos - France
- Emmanuel Colonnier - France
- Jean-Daniel Chantelauze - France
- Alban Vasse - Martinique (held the video camera (Hero3)
- Sue Story - England
- Wolfgang Bieck - Germany
- Jim Powers - USA

A write up of KAP at the Berck sur Mer kite festival can be found here: http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/discuss/index.php?p=/discussion/5503/french-winds-berck-sur-mer-2015-kite-festival

Examples of Kite Aerial Photographs taken at the Citadel of Montreail sur Mer the day the video was shot can be found here: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/wind-watcher/tags/montreail+kap+kite/

A wealth of Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) can be found on the KAP Discussion Forum here: http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/discuss/

Even more information can be found on the French KAP Forum!

A discussion on KAP safety can be found here: http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/discuss/index.php?p=/discussion/2107/safety-and-kaping-what-you-need-to-know-before-putting-the-kite-in-the-air#latest

Example of Kite Aerial Photographs can be found here on the flickr KAP Discussion Group. https://www.flickr.com/groups/kiteaerialphotography/

My thanks to my fellow KAPers who participated in this fun unplanned video session in the middle of a group KAP outing!

My thanks to fellow KAPer Alban Vasse for holding the video camera (my Hero3).

Looking back at a few of these video shots I laugh at the comments we made and the informal demos we pulled together on the fly....a fun day!

I learned a lot from this informal video session....I may plan to do version 2.0 video as part of the upcoming KAPiCA in May.

Enjoy

WW

Très sympa cette vidéo Jim ( même si bien sûr, la bande son n'est pas au top... )
Ca fait plaisir de retrouver quelques têtes connues et de voir les différentes options retenues par les différents kapers.
On pourra toujours se la repasser en boucle en attendant la version 2

Super vidéo effectivement une belle brochette de kapers!! mais il manque un bon blaireau!!! (sur le micro biensur )

Oui Sympa cette petite vidéo !
Merci pour le partage.

J'aime, dommage que l'on avait pas de retour son pour éviter le vent mais ça a été un plaisir d'être le caméraman pour cet exercice.

vivement la prochaine fois

Amitiés

Alban

Thank you Jim Powers from America !

Great work, Jim, and a wonderfull moment nicely shared now.
The light is perfect and the GoPro is better with image rather than sound.
Wathever, it's a pleasure to be among such great kapers.

Hope to see all of you this year. In Berck, why not ?

Emmanuel a écrit:Great work, Jim, and a wonderfull moment nicely shared now.

Ah ben ça, on l'avait deviné que c'était un chouette moment rien qu'à voir ta mine réjouie, Emmanuel

Et encore, tu ne m'as pas vu devant mon ordi
ça fait du bien de se rappeler des bons moments parfois.

Nice one guys. We can now call you "The followship of the Rig"