Tips & Tricks

With the Internet at our fingertips (another remarkable result of Moore’s Law), it’s fairly easy to stay current. Learn, read, inquire or take a video… Read More »The Challenge of Keeping Current

"Here is what I tell young people: Work for a year or longer as a stagehand with whoever does that where you live. A college… Read More »Two Roads to Success

“But remember, in New York, you’re with thousands of designers who want work. In a town outside of New York, there might only be a… Read More »Wanna Take That First Step toward Lighting?

Large gauge feeder cable and multi-core power cable are common sights at various concert, corporate, and touring events. If the person in charge of the… Read More »The Reason for “Figure Eight” Coiling

Certification won’t produce dramatic results, but it will change the nature of the business; it will affect who works and who does not, and could… Read More »Certification Approaches

Once you know what you will be doing and how long you will have, it is vital to ask about the lighting equipment and the… Read More »Get the Gear You Know

Having a this level of control over the video images used in a show is highly efficient and attractive for many reasons. First of all,… Read More »Why use a binary preset number?

The most successful production designers I know are whizzes with the computer — CAD, visualization, rendering and animation for starters — they’re great communicators, they… Read More »Know Your Way Around

“You have to physically understand how the lights work inside. When someone asks you to do something, you have to be able to say, ‘Yes,… Read More »Only Say No if You Mean It

The business is still word-of-mouth, and how you behave effects the amount and type of work you get. Nook Schoenfeld says, “I call it ‘playing… Read More »You Gotta Have Heart

Once you know what you will be doing and how long you will have, it is vital to ask about the lighting equipment and the… Read More »Get the Console You Know

"If you ‘diaper’ a Fresnel (hang diffusion over the ends of the barn-doors), you increase the source size from the 10-inch lens to about 20… Read More »Diffusion’s Illusions