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Back !
After a long and much-needed break, I'm back to shooting with this large format contraption. Along with shooting, I have some more ideas...
Nicholas Vidal
Feb 111 min read
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Reflecting and future plans
After using the two stitch adapter on the last shoot I began organizing together a book. This book features some of my favorite photos...
Nicholas Vidal
Dec 5, 20241 min read
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Testing stitch adapter and working on the book: Week November 14th
Finshed new stitch adapter took pictures processed more images started book This week I finished my new stitch adapter that allows me to...
Nicholas Vidal
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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Stitch adapter version 2: Week November 7th
This week I worked on a new version of the stitch adapter which will hopefully be the final version. This one will make it very easy to...
Nicholas Vidal
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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Stitch adapter version 1 :Week October 31st
This week I worked on what's called a stitch adapter for the camera. This will allow me to capture much more high-res images with the...
Nicholas Vidal
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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Taking photos and connections: Week October 24th
Camera is built This week I made some minor improvements to the camera itself. The final touches were put on the new focus adjusting...
Nicholas Vidal
Nov 14, 20243 min read
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Third camera draft and computer renders: Oct. 17th
This week was planned to be my last week really designing the components of the camera kit. My big additions this week was a finalized...
Nicholas Vidal
Oct 24, 20241 min read
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Second camera draft and sketches :Week Oct. 10
To Begin Before starting on version two of the camera I looked at my list of what I needed to focus on. Reinforce body Fix focusing...
Nicholas Vidal
Oct 10, 20244 min read
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First Camera Draft: Week Oct. 3
This week I put together a rough working model of the camera. The following breaks down the process of creating the camera along with the...
Nicholas Vidal
Oct 10, 20243 min read
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First camera tests and sketches: Week Sept. 26
The first working week of this thesis project started strong with a reworked and focused pitch. Previously my idea was a little too...
Nicholas Vidal
Oct 10, 20242 min read
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Initial Research Week Sept. 19
Photos Taken with kodak folding camera These pictures give a good idea of what the image is gonna look like from the camera. Open Source...
Nicholas Vidal
Oct 10, 20242 min read
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Mind Mapping and Schedule Sept. 12
Schedule: [x] First Prototype pieces for the big camera bellows [x] Revised Pitch [x] Mood board [x] Meeting with Steven (Math Professor)...
Nicholas Vidal
Oct 10, 20241 min read
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