Question

Nicholas Chorier is not your usual photographer. He is a kite aerial photographer. He uses a kite to hoist his

camera into the skies and clicks photographs while the camera dangles precariously mid-air. As a teenager,

Nicholas had two passions – photography and kite flying. During a trip to India to make a photo report on kite

making, he learnt about this unique style of photography. Fascinated, he literally tied his two hobbies

together for a living. Nicholas learnt to make strong kites modelled on the Japanese kites, Rokkaku that

could endure harsh winds. A novice in his chosen field, he then set out to train himself. Today he is one of

the most well–known kite aerial photographers in the world. The technique is to tie a cradle containing the

photography equipment to the string of the kite and then fly it, thus launching the camera into air. From the

ground, Nicholas manipulates the angles of the camera with a remote. An air–to–ground video link enables

him to see the view from the kite’s vantage point. Once satisfied with the frame, he clicks a picture. However,

the job does have its pitfalls too. Once, his kite disappeared in the Yamuna river, with his expensive camera

in tow. He is especially fond of India, having made a couple of trips and taken many spectacular photos.

“India is too vast and beautiful a country to be captured through the lenses in one life” he says. He recently

released a book, Kite’s Eye View : India between Earth and Sky. Though it includes photographs of off taken

sites like the Taj Mahal, it shows them from a totally different perspective.

1. What were Nicholas’s two passions ?

2. How does Nicholas take aerial photographs ?

Answer 1

Ans. 1.... Nicholas had two passions... Photography and kite flying

Ans2..the technique is to tie a cradle containing the photography equipment to the string of the kite and then fly it, thus launching the camera into air..................... He clicks picture