Contacts
Speaking of contact phone numbers, it is always a good idea to know who you can call if you get into trouble. You should know… Read More »Contacts
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Clearwing – Where it all begins…
"Back To School" Super Prepping for concerts and corporate is very organized at Clearwing Productions. Everything is labeled properly for who, what, when, where, why, how much aspects of the packing and shipment for the clients. A very dedicated and knowledgeable staff has helped me learn so much in the past few weeks. So here’s what I came up with from all the note and picture taking I’ve done.
Read More »Ass Time
I just spent a couple days lighting some scenes for an upcoming action movie. I forgot how boring it is to work on these things. Everyone works at a frantic running pace for 15 minutes to set up a scene, then sit on your ass for 2 – 3 hours while they film it.
Read More »Daylight Lighting
I am the self proclaimed king of Daylight Lighting. Every year I get a call for my expertise in lighting outdoor concerts while the sun is still up. I realize you are either laughing or shaking your head in wonder, but I am serious.
Read More »The Law of Averages
The more photos you take, the better your chance is of getting a winner. Unexpected, isn’t it? Shockingly, most people expect to pull out their… Read More »The Law of Averages
Read More »CCR not Creedence but Cross Canadian Ragweed
I recently attended a Cross Canadian Ragweed show with a lady friend of mine. I heard of the band once while I was on tour with EastonAshe in Indiana. We were at load in and a song came on talking about “folks in Oklahoma roll their joints all wrong.” The lyrics began to humor me and the rest of the song is a riot to boot.
Read More »I just Love par cans
I love doing shows with no moving lights on occasion. Nowadays it seems like such a rarity that I get to do this.
Read More »Paying Homage
Hey everyone I'm back with a couple blogs this week. I'm going to be playing catch up on some stuff for awhile because a lot has been going on! For this week I'm leaving a two part blog to pay homage to everyone I've meet near and far along the way in my career so far that I owe a definite thanks to for being such great influences, family, friends, and mentors. Enjoy!
Read More »Homage Part Duex
After my move from Maryland to Arizona with the boys is when things got really busy with me. Matt Brown of Guitar Center- Peoria Ave. got us on our feet with sound and light initially (before I knew about ClearWing and Four Wall). I first started going through Four Wall Entertainment getting my gels together from Roscoe special thanks to Nancy Tallman for her help at the time and pointing me in the right direction which led to ClearWing Lighting who have been my go to guys ever since Adam (LTP vs. HTP), Dave, Nick (Repair Extraordinaire), Tiffany, Ashley, Seth, Christian, and Jeff you all rock and have helped me learn so much technically and aesthetically much respect.
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The State of the Lighting Tech Today
I’ve been hearing some disturbing stories lately. And I’m getting upset. It seems like its becoming normal for touring shows to fire lighting techs. On several occasions in the last two years, I’ve heard stories of whole crews being replaced. I get calls from people who hate working with techs that I know do great work for me. I don’t get it. Is it the new generation of youngsters and their attitudes? Or the fact that many techs don’t know what they’re doing these days?
Read More »A Few Shining Lights at NSCA
High-tech users means the lighting industry can find profits in low-tech gear.
The National Systems Contractor Show (NSCA), which was held in Orlando in mid-March, reflects an industry trying to figure itself out. If you didn’t know what the show was about — putatively, commercial AV systems design and installation — and you were suddenly, magically plopped down in the middle of the hall, it could take you the better part of the day to figure it out from the hodge-podge of technologies that make up media systems these days.
Read More »Personality Counts
You’re going to work with it a lot, so it’ll help to choose a console that matches your style.
As new digital lighting fixtures and media servers are introduced into our industry, there is a crucial need for an easy way to control what can be a very complicated set of video functions. This is where the lighting console layout can hinder or help the programming process. How a personality for a digital lighting fixture or media server is implemented into a lighting console has a tremendous impact on the performance of the lighting programmer.