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Table of Contents
KAP webpages Photographic awards
Commercial sources More KAP webpages

**Table of Contents**
KAP webpages	Photographic awards
Commercial sources	More KAP webpages

Primary KAP webpages

Camera rigs and photos by the KAP mentor Brooks Leffler, California.
KAP equipment and electronic controls from James Gentles, Scotland.
History of KAP and more. English and Italian by Casalboni, Cardelli, Bonati, and Caselli.
The American Kitefliers Association and the Drachen Foundation.
La photographie aérienne by Bernard-Noël Chagny, France.
KAP photographic techniques by John Wells, Scotland.
Register of kite aerial photographers from from the U.K., Ireland, and worldwide.

Awards for photographic composition

Coastal transitions, Denmark was a top ten selection at the 2014 Emporia Camera Club annual members showing, Emporia, Kansas. Kite aerial photograph of the beach, lagoon, and shallow sand bars at Hurup in northwestern Denmark on the shore of the Kattegat. See European KAP; © J.S. and S.W. Aber (2014).

Kite's-eye view: Presque Isle and Lake Erie, Pennsylvania won best of show at the 2010 Emporia Camera Club annual members showing, Emporia, Kansas.

For additional shots, see Presque Isle.

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, as judged by Michael Melford, a National Geographic photographer.

Panoramic view over Pacific Grove, CA.
© J.S. and S.W. Aber (2006).

	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 KAP, 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. The KAP image depicts a solid dock projecting into a lagoon with sun glint from waves. The show judged was Larry Schwarm, who has gained critical acclaim for his photographs of prairie fire and the aftermath of the Greensburg tornado. See Gulf coast; © J.S. and S.W. Aber (2005).

Commercial sources for kites
and blimp equipment
Into the Wind	Gomberg kite productions
Premier Kites	Gone with the Wind
KAPshop.com

Selected KAP websites

Peter Bengtsson (Sweden).
Ralf Beutnagel (Germany).
François Demont (France).
Steve Irvine (Canada).
Nicolas Chorier (France).

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.