Meetings
Information regarding the gathering of KAPpers including the upcoming KAPiCA '06
WWKW 2018 ( 26 May - 03 June 2018 )
Hi Everyone!
"Can we have a World Wide KAP week this year??"
I asked the same question last year at arround this period, I always look forward to have this yearly event since I start to do KAP.
Hope that everyone can throw in some new idea to make this yearly event more fun & meaningful.
Good wind,
Erich Chew
"Can we have a World Wide KAP week this year??"
I asked the same question last year at arround this period, I always look forward to have this yearly event since I start to do KAP.
Hope that everyone can throw in some new idea to make this yearly event more fun & meaningful.
Good wind,
Erich Chew
Comments
Perhaps with a twist....highest and lowest KAP shots....
Keep the ideas flowing!
WW
Low KAP (because it is more responsible than flying too high!)
Silhouettes
Trees
Family/friends gathering
Local landmark
Photos by fixed rigs only
What do we all think?
Or Wind Watcher Jim getting his rig back in the sky after a story-full outing ?
Peter
My idea would be: rhythm.
Smooth winds for you all
(When is it scheduled?)
Paul C - fixed as in you have to choose your angle before sending the camera up, whether it be straight down, in landscape type orientation or otherwise. I think going back to basics makes us all think about our targets more carefully rather than relying on something like AutoKAP to shoot everything for us.
I was being tongue-in-cheek about it being one of Jim's rigs....
Sometimes with my 10 sec SDM interval approach, I feel guilt of "machine-gun shutter firing ".
I have nothing but the greatest respect for people like Simon who would use an ice cube to trigger
one shot on film, bring it down for another cube and advance the film...
Allowed me to get super close to other kites:
Dates?
Dates.... End of this month? 26 May to 03 June. That covers 2 weekends. Do we need to wait any longer? :-)
1. Date : 26 May - 03 June 2018
2. Theme : Rhythm
3. KAP Method : Basic / As simple as possible!
How about Photo upload page? should we just simply upload to WWKW flickr page?
Dates OK by me
Fly High
Sue
Yes, confirmed
Date : 26 May - 03 June 2018
Flickr URL for photos upload : https://www.flickr.com/groups/wwkapweekend/ (Edited)
However, I almost lost my 10.5 ft Rok and my auto RIG, and 360 Camera.......
https://theta360.com/s/2MCRSLiBKxKaUKxboXbcdMz1I
there is zero wind here since friday ... :-)
Every year arround this period, someone will initial a start for this WWKW, and someone will suggest a date..... and when members here agree, we will fix that date.
Hopefully, next year you will be the one who initial and fix the date for WWKW2019 :-)
I believe that this WWKW is like a gethering, and share out KAP photos. Dates and times, is just a guide..... if you are facing weather, work schedule or other issue, you can always give your self another weekend to bring your kite and camera out for a KAP session and share with us your photo & Stories.
Good wind,
Erich Chew
I did get a brief and unexpected 45 minute period between rain storms with a splash of sun and 5-10 mph winds....just enough lift from my BKT 8' Rokkaku to lift my dual camera auto KAP rig into the sky above Wind Watcher proving grounds. The KAP rig never got more than 100 feet off the ground.....not use to flying so low.
Given the short period of time between the rain storms I decided to do a quick display of my travel KAP kites (ones that I take on airplanes).
The KAP rig floated back to the ground several times during lulls in the wind including a few soft touch downs on top of my kites!
Pictured in the shots below are the four kites that I travel with:
- 10' BKT Rokkaku - used with wind in the 5-10 mph range
- 9" BKT Dopero - used with wind in the 10-20 mph range
- 9' Into the Wind Levitation Light delta kite fitted with Mike LeDuc's dynamic spreader - used in 10-30 mph range
- 3' Stow Away delta with a very long 50' tale - used in winds between 30 - 75+ mph
A few additional pictures are included showing the KAP rig, and the travel kites (4) packed up into their individual kite bags which fits into the larger red/blue bag on the left side of the photo. This is the carry bag that I place in the overhead compartment during air travel.
Additional WWKW 2018 photos taken during this brief KAP session can be found in this flickr album.
Enjoy the photos.
I'm on the board! Took up until the last until the last day of KAP Week to do it though. And it almost didn't happen.
The last day of WWKW fell on the first day of my drive up the West Coast, so that was to be my day.
I've been wanting shots of the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, near San Simeon, but access to the lighthouse is extremely limited. You can stand on the Pacific Coast Highway and look at it from almost a mile away. Last year, I discovered a newly built trail that traverses the coastal bluffs inside the lighthouse fence. From the Elephant Seal viewing area parking lot it's a beautiful half-hour walk to the historic lighthouse gate, within 200 yards of the lighthouse. Close enough for KAP work.
My appointed day came with a forecast of clear skies and breezy conditions, but when I got to the lighthouse in the afternoon it was foggy with calm winds. Rats! After about an hour, the breeze came up a bit - enough for my trusty 9' Levitation Light to lift the rig a few feet above the ground. Not enough altitude for lighthouse shots, but just enough to get a few shots of some of patches of California Poppies, which grow like weeds here. I was thinking maybe I should have brought the Dopero with me, but it was 3km away, where I parked.
After snapping a few shots looking straight down on the poppies, or so I thought, my Ricoh GR had zero photos on the card. Rats! again.
That turned out to be a blessing in disguise, because after I ran down my problem - I had plugged the GentWire into the wrong socket - the breeze came up as forecasted and the fog thinned such that I could see the lighthouse. Happy day! Then I went back and got the poppy shots I started with. I didn't want to leave any unfinished business out there.
I tend to get pretty lucky during WWKW. This was my tenth year (I still have the shirt from '09) and I haven't been skunked yet!
Glad you had success during WWKW 2018. Post so of your shots here.
WW
Best slack line session I ever experienced, a pure joy...
Some samples on flickr here https://www.flickr.com/photos/tahitipix/sets/72157697190853934