The KAP community have been sending a large banner around the world, allowing KAP enthusiasts to take photos incorporating the banner. People are then expected to add their name and location to the banner, and then send it on to the next participant.

I received the banner in the mail a number of weeks ago, but due to a lot of travel and other committments, and non-ideal weather conditions for kite flying, I was not able to get a kite in the air until yesterday.

Take note of the dark clouds in the background in these first few photos!

Samantha

Bob Blackburn Reserve, Seville Grove, Western Australia
GoPro HD Hero2 (suspended from a kite)

Another installment in the "Faces of Timor" series - here are a selection of photos of some of the children from the Elpida School in Kupang, West Timor. I have no idea why the student in the photo above gave me such a sad-looking face when I pointed the camera at him, but it made for a nice photo.

During our time in West Timor, we spent quite a bit of time at the Elpida School, with some of our team working in the classrooms, while the rest of us were working outside on a concrete floor for a soccer pitch. I enjoyed capturing portraits of many of the children during this time, and they were normally all happy to pose for my camera.

Continuing the "Faces of Timor" series, here are some photos of some of the children living in the New Hope Orphanage, in Kupang, West Timor. The Orphanage has about 40 children - some are orphans, others have specific family situations that means they can't live with their families, and other kids are from remote villages and and live at the Orphanage so they can attend school and study.

Even though I know almost zero Indonesian, and the children don't know much English, we still had a lot of fun with the children at the Orphanage - and they were happy to pose for my camera.

Some more photos from a recent trip to West Timor - these are some neighbourhood children that were playing near the Elpida school when we came past to have a look at the school facilities on a Saturday. The children were all happy to pose for me, although some were initially a bit shy. Showing the resulting photos on the back of my camera definitely helped them to overcome the shyness.