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Tech Support

I’ve worked shows in clubs all around the world. Most of them have an in-house lighting system. With that comes at least one tech who knows how his system operates. Or we would like to think he does. Clubs usually do not possess a lot of state-of-the-art fixtures, nor fixtures with all of their parameters functioning correctly. Half of the time I will have a console I know little about. So I am dependent on my local lighting guy. And it’s uncanny how little some of these professionals know about their own gear.

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ELP lights the Royal Wedding

The World Watches ELP Light Royal Wedding

LONDON — What does it take to light the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton? Production meetings five months prior to the Big Day and backups for the backups. When an event is live and all eyes of the world are watching, there’s only one chance to “get it right.”

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Is Technology Making Us Lackadaisical?

I’m addicted to technology. I love technology; overall it is a wonderful thing, both in our personal and professional lives. But is technology making us lazy? Not physically lazy, though technology could be blamed for my extra pounds; I’m talking about being lazy with our communication and designing habits.

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Penthouse Club in Reno, NV

Designing for Nightclubs

Designing for nightclubs is vastly different then designing for a stage. Don’t take our word for it, however — PLSN sat down and talked with three of the leading club lighting designers out there. Each designer has multiple nightclub designs under their belts and many more in the planning stages. PLSN talked with John Lyons from the Lyons Group, Michael Meacham from iDesign and Stephen Lieberman from SJ Lighting.

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Three Musketeers at UT El Paso photo by Raymond Aguirre

Measuring Up LEDs at University of Texas El Paso

Incandescent lighting has been crossfading with more-efficient Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for years, with interest spurred on by, among other things, government regulation. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, signed into law by then-President Bush, will start phasing out the most common incandescent light bulbs in 2012.

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Ozzy Osbourne photo by Steve Jennings

Ozzy Osbourne: All in the Family

Patrick Woodroffe, Michael Keller and Upstaging Shape the Looks of Ozzy’s Scream Tour

Ozzy and Sharon’s family lifestyle may differ a bit from the previous generation’s Ozzie and Harriet, but LD Patrick Woodroffe, lighting director Michael Keller and other longtime-supporters of Ozzy’s live shows say an extended family feeling exists nevertheless.

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