Let's go Fly a Kite

Or take pictures of them in flight, that is. There's a specialized type of photography involving suspending my camera from a kite line - not for me.

It's something I've never done before - ever. This means this will be my dress rehearsal. Well, not today or tomorrow, but later in the month, during the Cherry Blossom Kite Festival later this month. Yes, I'm going to brave the crowds and take my chances. I have a lot of considerations, including:

1) Lens? Probably my kit lens. Also my telephoto lens.

2) Filters? They don't work with either lens, so, I guess not. 

3) Camera settings? Most likely low ISO, very high shutter speed. As high as I can get it.

4) Goal? To take at least a few "money" shots. I want to focus on interesting shapes and colors. Possibly a few abstracts, since the chance of motion blur is high.

I'm not sure why I've never tried this before. I love colors, and kites are the most colorful objects I'll see in a long time - in March.

This picture plus a few kites would be amazing:



Or this:



Does anyone have a good dress rehearsal idea for me? I'll need to think of one. In the meantime, though, I remembered a great tip about working with fast-moving objects - and making them disappear. I'll have to share that with you tomorrow.