On July 26, 2025, I took my KAP equipment to Svartskjær in Råde. Exactly twelve months later, on July 26, 2026, I was back out again — this time heading for Rambergbukta on Jeløya in Moss, Norway.
The plan was simple: find a good spot, launch a suitable kite, lift my camera rig into the air and capture video of the beautiful coastal landscape from above.
Read about my previous KAP expedition
A perfect day for KAP?
The weather forecast looked promising: sunshine, temperatures around 20°C and wind from the west-southwest, gradually turning more southerly.
The wind was also expected to increase during the day, so I decided that morning and early afternoon would be the best time for my kite aerial photography adventure.
I arrived at the parking area before 9:30 and walked for around half an hour towards Rambergbukta.
When I reached the bay, the forecast seemed spot on. Sunshine, beautiful scenery, and wind coming in from the fjord.
Time to get the kite and KAP rig ready.
Waiting for the wind
There was just one problem.
The wind wasn’t quite strong enough to give the kite the power it needed to lift the camera rig.
So I waited.
Fortunately, the forecast promised stronger winds later in the day. And waiting beside the water on a beautiful summer morning isn’t exactly a hardship.
I enjoyed the landscape, the sunshine and, naturally, a cup of coffee.
Eventually, the wind increased enough for another attempt.
This time everything came together.
The kite climbed into the sky, the line tension increased, and the camera rig followed.
I was finally airborne.
The unique perspective of KAP
This is what makes Kite Aerial Photography over water so fascinating.
From the ground, you experience a coastline from a familiar perspective. From the air, everything changes.
The shoreline becomes a pattern. Islands and rocks reveal their relationship to the surrounding water. The landscape suddenly becomes something completely different.
And unlike drone photography, KAP has an element of unpredictability. The camera moves with the kite and the wind, creating a distinctive aerial perspective that is difficult to reproduce any other way.
After a year away from KAP, it felt great to experience that perspective again.
And rather than writing another thousand words about the day, I’ll let the video below tell the rest of the story.
Sometimes the best way to experience a landscape is to look at it from above — with a kite.
