K A P i F r a n c e  2005

 INTERNATIONAL  SEMINAR

 ON  KITE  AERIAL  PHOTOGRAPHY

    Organized by the Cerf-Volant Club de France

P R O G R A M M E
Progress
Sunday, November 20th ...
 
Welcoming the participants in the afternoon,
Opening dinner.
 
... from Monday 21st
       to Thursday 24th...
 
mornings: lectures.
afternoons: lectures,workshops,KAP outings.
Themes evenings, pictures shows, discussions, and Jack-in-the-box.
 
.... thursday evening......
 
Ceremony and closing dinner.
 
            .... friday morning.
 
 Goodbye
 
Lectures
 during mornings
 
 
 
Historic on kites and aerial photography
        - homage to Jean. Lienaux
        - archeology at Djebel Moya in 1911
Accessories for kiting
        special hooks
Typology of rigs
        - unusual cradles
        - cradle with large size camera
        - picavet (analysis of tests on different types)
Technology of rigs
        - composite materials, sandwich, bonding, fasteners
        - customization of radio-control
        - power source, batteries, loading and maintenance
        - trigger : IR technique and other means
Unusual shooting
        - video record(camcorder)
        - bubble panoramas
        - other panorama types
Applications of kite aerial photography
   Agronomy 
         - follow-up of cultivation in Niger
   Archeology
         - rig with 3 anchoring lines for archeological photography
         - integration of photographs in SIG,
            follow-up of yards, surveillance of monuments
 
Forums
 

 

Forum cradle technology
Forum suspension :  pendulum / Picavet
Forum lifting kite
        Which advantages- drawbacks, kite trains or no
        materials (spars and sails)
        types of bridles (fixed, compensating..)
 
Shows
The shows are done by the authors,or another people with relation to the author.
 
The photograph exhibition was done on vertical railings.
 
The diaporamas were displayed on screen with a video-projector

 

Presentation of books
        - "les Moulins des Flandres" of Patrice Bourel
        - "Nos paysans sont des artistes" of Philippe Feret
        - "L'oeil du cerf-volant" of Eric Tielkes
        - "Kaze no me" of Noriaki Hayashi
Presentation of photographs
        - exhibition
        - archeological pictures
        - pictures of south of France seashore
        - pictures of Iran, Turkey, Sudan
        - diaporamas
 
Kap outings
 
 
Three sites for which the necessary steps have been successfully taken:
      Medieval castle of Blandy-les-Tours
      Collegial church of Champeaux
       Royal castle of Fontainebleau and its gardens.
 
Construction
    workshop
3 workshops
 
make a simple not powered cradle "goldcrest"
make a mechanized cradle "BBKK"
make a 2.4MHz receiving video antenna
All components are charged to the attendants.
 
Infography
    workshop
 
 
At demand, the specialists herein showed and explained the infographic possibilities on aerial pictures, and particularly the 360° panoramas and the bubble panoramas.
 
 
Presentation      Program        Trophees        Links