Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
Kite Aerial Photography

Maker Main Stage (Fiesta) , Saturday 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

The Bay Area hosts a particularly active community of kite aerial photographers. Local KAP artists will demonstrate several approaches to controlling an aerial camera including inexpensive robotic cradles, radio-controlled apparatus, and specialty panoramic rigs.

Web site: http://www.flickr.com/groups/kiteaerialphotography/

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Topic(s): Arts

Tags: KAP kite+aerial+photography robotics kite

About the Maker(s)

Cris Benton [
This year¹s kite aerial photography (KAP) booth will feature the images and apparatus of several Bay Area KAPers including: Cris Benton, the Berkeley author of MAKE¹s original KAP article and moderator of the KAP Discussion Page. Elaine and Don Dvorak, who have been photographing Easter Island¹s Moai and local wetlands with video-assisted camera cradles. Brooks Leffler, a Pacific Grove based master builder of the only commercially available KAP cradles and editor of the influential Aerial Eye quarterly. Sharon Kato, a relative newcomer who brings fresh eyes to the Bay Area KAP scene. ... and most likely a few others as well.
http://ostro.ced.berkeley.edu/~crisr/discuss/

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