I fly a single string Flow Form Kite above and attach my Nikon Coolpix 5000 with a true 180 º Fish Eye Lens to a suspended picavet cross camera rig to the kite line about 100 feet below the kite. As the kite flies higher in altitude, an intervelometer triggers the camera shutter every 30 seconds to get unique perspective from the air. You can often see the black kite line running down the middle of the photo to where I am holding the kite line. With the 180 º circular photo you can sometimes make out the kite and fuzzy tail on the edge of the photo. The circular photos often give the impression of the subject at the center of the spherical Earth from space. The photos are printed at full resolution on metallic photo paper.

I have been blessed to live and work at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse in Pescadero, California for the past 12 years. I taught outdoor environmental education for 6 years at the Pigeon Point Environmental Education Program. I was a Senior Park Aid at the Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park as a docent coordinator and I am currently the General Manager at Hostelling International at the Pigeon Point Lighthouse Hostel.