For over two decades, the annual Lighting Dimensions International trade show has been our window into the world of live event production. And this year, there was a big elephant staring back through that window. The elephant in the room, of course, was LED technology.
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Twenty-five years ago, faxes were becoming popular, but there were no websites, very limited e-mail, no industry-wide tradeshows and moving lights were in their infancy. Today, of course, the world is a much flatter and smaller place.
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Words can't describe it. Photos don't really do it justice. Even videos posted on Youtube after every one of their concerts can't quite capture the immersive laser experience at a Ghostland Observatory concert.
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The Projection Studio's Ross Ashton and sound artist Karen Monid recently collaborated on a son et lumière titled Rose. The 40-meter-high projection lit up York's Gothic cathedral and its large rose stained glass window, serving as a centerpiece for the 2010 Illuminating York festival of light.
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XL Events supplied LED screens and camera systems to Pope Benedict XVI's recent state visit to England and Scotland, including video support at three of the four major sites where the Pope made formal appearances.
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Since moving to Las Vegas a little over two years ago, I've had the opportunity to work on a wide variety of projects including corporate industrials, conventions, private casino parties, televised broadcasts and concerts.
Read More »In a world where it's harder than ever to be surprised, don't be shocked if Live Nation or AEG Live appears on the marquee of your neighborhood megachurch. The people who install their staging systems say it's increasingly difficult to distinguish what's inside them from any other theatrical venue anymore.
Read More »Automated lighting programmers are, of course, always working with light, but often they are required to work in the dark. Most lighting consoles have a button and function known as "Blind." When activated, any edits or modifications to fixture data will not directly affect the output of the console.
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Every once in a while, we take on a gig where it becomes evident that we are dealing with someone who cannot handle his or her job competently. We witness some questionable decisions being made by someone in charge. It's politically correct to grin and bear it, as we work long hours to make the best of an errant design. In short, part of our job description is not to laugh, but just deal with the amateurism of what I call "the hack designer."
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The new Quad Phase from American DJ is a moonflower effect with a 10-watt, four-color LED source that can be mixed to produce 13 colors. It has a 65° dispersion angle and 160 individual beams are moved with stepper motors.
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Barco/High End Systems' new Intellaspot XT-1 is a hard-edged moving yoke light featuring 20,000 lumens output using an 850-watt HID lamp with a zoom range of 11°- 55°.
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Coemar's new Reflection FullSpectrum is an LED lighting fixture with an interchangeable LED light source that directs light from an array of LEDs onto a parabolic reflector and reflects it back towards the front of the fixture. The extended beam path eliminates the projection of individual RGB LEDs and multi-colored shadows.
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