ChamSys MagicQ console review::part I
Thursday, December 6th, 2007 Posted in Stage Lighting | No Comments »I don't know how to pronounce it, but I like it! This review is based on my impressions gathered from a few minutes of hands-on experience at LDI 2007, and the MagicQ PC software that I downloaded from ChamSys. I ...
LDI Report::Part 3::Midrange Lighting Control Consoles
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 Posted in Stage Lighting | No Comments »My real mission at LDI was to review lighting consoles--management is considering replacing our Hog 1000 in the next year or so. The Hog is serving our needs well, but we've already used up both DMX outputs, and Hog programming ...
LDI Report::Part 2::Cool Products
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007 Posted in Stage Lighting | No Comments »These are a few interesting products that I saw at LDI. I spent most of my time at the show looking at and trying out various lighting control consoles. I didn't have time to prowl around the smaller booths where ...
LDI Report::Part 1::Eye Candy
Sunday, November 18th, 2007 Posted in Stage Lighting | 1 Comment »LDI is where lighting designers go to dream. Companies spend big bucks to bring their products and show them off in the most spectacular fashion. Ironically, some of the less-reputable names have some of the largest booths. ...
Lighting design review: Mutemath in Orlando, FL
Friday, November 16th, 2007 Posted in Stage Lighting | No Comments »I don't go to many concerts. I don't want to spend the money to hear a band play a poor version of their CD. But I heard from several people that Mutemath was a great live act, and it turns ...
Hog Programming: Cuelists vs. Palettes
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007 Posted in Stage Lighting | No Comments »I've always programmed the Hog 1000 lighting console using cue lists. Why? My prior lighting experience involved HogPC, which is essentially the same software running on a standard Windows PC. The HogPC software emulates the hardware of the Hog console ...
Truss warmers
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 Posted in Stage Lighting | No Comments »Truss warmers are lights used to illuminate truss. Truss is fun to light because it's semi-reflective and has a neutral color, so it easily reflects whatever color is used to light it. We used a little par light ...
April 22, 2007: The importance of haze
Sunday, May 27th, 2007 Posted in Stage Lighting | No Comments »If you are not "into" lighting, then you may not have paid any attention to the beams of light that seem to descend from the lighting fixtures towards the stage. There's nothing special about the lights --the beams are ...
Why the people are blurry
Sunday, May 20th, 2007 Posted in Stage Lighting | No Comments »This is a simple post to explain why the people are usually blurry inmy lighting photographs. As an illustration, I took three photos of a speaker on stage, using different exposure times. An exposure time of 1/40 second produces ...
April 1, 2007 Lighting for solo vocalists
Sunday, May 13th, 2007 Posted in Stage Lighting | No Comments »This weekend, two songs started with a solo vocalist. I used the front lights to highlight the solos and provide a transition when the rest of the singers and the band joined in. In the following song, the female vocalist at ...