Skip to content

Buffalo Chip Campground 2016

Lynyrd Skynyrd augments the lighting with side torms they carry. Photos by Ryan Terry

Buffalo Chip Campground 2016

35 Years of Camping and Festivities in Sturgis, SD

Motorcycle enthusiasts have been flocking to the small town of Sturgis, SD to attend one of the largest bike rallies in the world for years. The Sturgis rally got its start in in 1938 by a group of riders of the Indian motorcycle brand, who originally held stunts and races, including the Black Hills Classic, as the first original event was known. The rally was canceled due to gas rationing in WWII, but roared back in the postwar years and has since grown into a magnet for motorcycle riders from around the world. The 2016 rally was the 76th event.

Read More »
View from FOH of Donald Trump speaking at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, photo courtesy RNC 2016

Programming History

The Republican and Democratic National Conventions, from the View of the Lighting Programmers

This summer saw the two major U.S. political parties hold their presidential national conventions in July — the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, OH at the Quicken Loans Arena, and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, PA at the Wells Fargo Center. Both had large multi-level stages, venue-covering lighting rigs, enormous video wall elements and audiences full of enthusiastic delegates. Lighting a convention is no small assignment when you consider that the live images broadcast globally are indelible moments in history. The lighting designer for the 2016 RNC was David Grill, principal of David Grill Associates, Inc. Previously lighting director on five consecutive conventions, this was his first as the lead lighting designer. In Philadelphia, returning for his sixth DNC was lighting designer Robert Dickinson, Principal of Full Flood, Inc.

Read More »
Hudson Yard

Image Production Services Uses Chauvet Video Panels for Vessel Reveal Event

NEW YORK – Talk about an enthusiastic reception. “This Monument Could Be Manhattan’s Answer to the Eiffel Tower,” screamed a headline in the online edition of Fortune Magazine on September 14, when the design of a towering abstract structure called “Vessel” was reveled at a ceremony in New York’s Hudson Yards.  Providing the gathered crowd with a better view of the proceedings and adding visual impact to special exhibitions at the reveal event were two large LED video walls created by Image Production Services, using CHAUVET Professional PVP and MVP tiles.

Read More »

Stampede 2016 AV Tour & Conference Series Heads to Washington DC on Sept. 22

AMHERST, NY — Continuing its roll across the United States, Stampede, North America’s leading value-added distributor of ProAV Solutions, announced today that its 2016 Big Book of AV Tour & Conference Series will make its next stop in Washington, D.C. on September 22 at the Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel. The one-day reseller, end-user conference and tech showcase will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Attendee registration is now open at link below.

Read More »
HITACHI Z-HD5000 Cameras

Four Village Studio Goes HD with Hitachi Z-HD5000 Cameras

WOODBURY, NY — Government access television facility Four Village Studio (4VS) strives to produce and deliver high-quality community interest programming to its viewers, while offering a practical educational environment for local students interested in media careers. When the studio began to upgrade its production capabilities to HD, it purchased four Z-HD5000 HDTV cameras from Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) to support its immediate and forward-looking needs.

Read More »
Blizzard TURBO-SCAN

Blizzard Turbo Scan 150W LED Scanner

Blizzard’s Turbo Scan LED Scanner is a bright, fast LED scanner that makes use of a 150-watt LED light source. Promising crisp, clear beams, the scanner features two gobo wheels and rotating, indexing and interchangeable gobo functionality along with 3-facet and 8-facet rotating, indexable prism features. There’s a frost filter and a variety of built-in programs and sound active mode to add further variety to the looks. The moving mirror design also offers speed, with 3-phase motors capable of 180° pan in 0.8 seconds and 90° tilt in under 0.5 seconds. The MSRP is $1,899.99.

Read More »
moe.

Main Light Industries Provides Chauvet’s Rogue R1 FX-B Fixtures for moe. Tour

NEW YORK – People who go to a moe. concert thinking they know what to expect, have probably never been to a moe. concert before. The quintet from upstate New York epitomizes the freewheeling improvisational unpredictability of jam band music, as it reels off 10-minute riffs with casual ease and seamlessly moves from song to song with nary a break in between. No two moe. performances are ever alike, which is why so many dedicated fans (aka “moe.rons”) have been to 30…40…50… or more of the group’s concerts.

Read More »
George Benson

George Benson Gets U.K. Tour Assist from HSL

UK – Leading UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied lighting equipment and crew to the recent UK tour by iconic soul and jazz singer / songwriter and guitarist George Benson. Benson, who had his most popular hits in the 1970s including the album “Breezin’” still has a huge following, and tours worldwide from May to October every year.

Read More »
Laura_Pausini

Laura Pausini World Tour Rig Includes Robe Pointes, BMFLs

ITALY – Multi award winning Italian singer / songwriter and music producer Laura Pausini started her 2016 world touring campaign in support of her new ‘Simili’ studio album with a brand new lighting design created by Alain Corthout and Ignace D’Haese from Belgian based creative visual design practice, Arf & Yes. This includes 128 x Robe Pointes and 109 x BMFL WashBeams which are right at the center of a complex and eye-catching rig.

Read More »