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Kites: Build them, fly them, take pictures with them

© Wayne Dawe

(Note: The Internet is a dynamic place and web sites can come and go quite quickly. This is one of my older and some of the links may not work anymore. If you find that this is the case I invite you to look at some of my more recent articles. My links section has my favorite links from past articles and is checked regularly for non working links. Wayne)

I was watching TV the other day and they had a story on about aerial kite photography and that got me thinking about kites and kids.

I've always been partial to kites. For as far back as I can remember I have memories of kites that flew and those that didn't. I also remember many, many crashes. I'm not sure that kite flying is in vogue in these days of video games and computers but it is one pastime that can quite enjoyable at the beach (notice my continuation of the beach theme). Quite often you can get a nice breeze off the water and A nice breeze is something that's definitely required for successful kite flying.

Getting started in kite flying is simplicity itself. If you don't feel like building your first kite then most toy and hobby shops will gladly sell you a simple plastic delta wing kite. These kites are very easy fliers, very forgiving and not very expensive. You're better off starting with one of these than something more elaborate and expensive.

When you decide that you want to build your own you can usually find a wealth of kite resources at the local library. If you prefer not to leave the house then you can check the following Web resources. 20 kids, 20 kites, 20 minutes give instructions on how to quickly build simple kites when confronted with a group of kids. A really dynamite resource is Kites for Kids Only, a great site targeted towards kids with links to kite related sites, kite plans and much more. This is such a great site that I'm only going to mention a few more links because "Kites for Kids Only" is such a complete resource. Kites and Kids takes a more education bent and mtxlink.co.nz/whangam ata/kites.htm which I found through "Kites for Kids Only" are also worthwhile stopping points.

Aerial photography from kites was what get me started on this quest so I thought I should throw in a few links to this hobby. Kite Aerial Photography Links is a listing of other pages that feature the works of these photographers. One of the best I saw was

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