Family Kite Festival

While the first day of the Family Kite Festival in Milwaukee was not a great day due to rain and low winds, the second day was great. It was sunny and bright, with strong winds.

The winds were strong enough, in fact, to keep the wings on the Burke Bries Soleil at the Milwaukee Art Museum closed for the day. So a problem for one venue worked to the advantage of another.

There were many different kinds of kites at the festival, like this star-shaped kite floating above Veteran’s Park, with the Milwaukee skyline in the background.

And lots of people took advantage of the great weather (although a spring jacket was definitely in order), bringing the whole family to either fly a kite, or watch the kites that were being flown.

Flying a Kite

This person choose to fly his kite while relaxing on his back. The winds were strong enough and steady enough that there was no need to run around in order to keep your kite aloft.

There was also a demonstration area set aside, with professional (who knew?) kite flyers demonstrating their skills with various types of kites.

The sky, however, was a bit dull, as there were no clouds to add visual impact to the pictures of the kites flying high. This makes taking an interesting photo a challenge – trying to capture the feel of the wind whipping the kite higher and higher.

To see more kite photos, click here.