Unlike drones, kite photography insists on staying under the radar

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NEW YORK, New York — On a frigid winter day at Brooklyn Bridge Park, I found myself flying a kite for the first time in 20 years

The kite’s owner and my instructor for the day was Scott Dunn, a tall, cheerful man. He handed me a remote control. It operated a complicated mechanical rig mounted with a digital camera dangling from the kite

I used the remote to twist and tilt the contraption. With another button, I triggered the camera’s shutter. In the brisk wind, I pointed the lens all over the place, snapping greedy, sloppy pictures. After some fiddling, I managed to face the kite to the Manhattan skyline Read more...

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