Kite Aerial Photography on MAKE: television from make magazine on Vimeo.

How awesome is this? These are photos taken by Charles Benton using rigs and contraptions designed and built by himself.

Benton creates his own gear for mounting his DSLR on a kite and controlling it from afar — you might be surprised at how creative some of his contraptions are (for one rig he uses a disposable camera, rubber bands, and a ping-pong ball).-- PetaPixel

Benton's Gallery can be accessed here.

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For once, I'm honestly more interested in the rig he used rather than the photographs. And the courage, man, the courage to send a DSLR up in a kite. Nonetheless, and in all fairness the photographs are STUNNING.