A few weeks ago, I was at an event where the focus was on some very impressive sculptures. I got there early enough to watch the lighting designer try to light the artwork in such a way as to make the event organizer happy. Her job was to light the sculptures to make them look […]
Here is part 2 of Zen in the Art of Lighting. Enjoy! Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET® Professional Question: How many grains of sand are in the desert? Answer: Not one more than there has to be. When you are working on your design of your light plot, it is important […]
Up and coming LD Matt Collier from Arizona-based jam band Brothers Gow is in the blog today, talking about light, inspiration, and rock and roll with our Customer Engagement and Education Manager, Jim Hutchison. Check it out! Jim: Tell me about Matt Collier the lighting designer. How’d you get started with Brothers Gow, and how has […]
Back by popular demand after a small pause for the LDI Show preparation… THE WEEKLY RIG from CHAUVET Professional and Trusst!!! This week’s installment is called Duas Arces, which means Two Towers in Latin. But obviously DUAS ARCES sounds way cooler than Two Towers, right?! And look — you just learned some Latin! How cool […]
It’s that time again – another installment of The Weekly Rig from CHAUVET Professional and Trusst! This week’s installment is called Quatuor Erro, which translates to Four Hallways in Latin. Now you’re learning Latin!
It’s time for another installment of The Weekly Rig from CHAUVET Professional and Trusst trussing! This week’s rig is geared towards EDM and unconventional bands like The Black Keys and The White Stripes — meet Digital Buddha! This week’s installment of The Weekly Rig brings a relatively new fixture to the forefront of design and […]
It’s the fifth installment of THE WEEKLY RIG from CHAUVET Professional and Trusst! This week’s installment is affectionately called THE GREAT WALL — check it out! The Great Wall, built from TRUSST Trussing, gives a solid structure on stage for you to use in any configuration you can invent — the edges of The Great […]
It’s that time again — time for THE WEEKLY RIG from CHAUVET Professional and TRUSST! This week’s rig is a very vertical design featuring three 4m towers loaded to bear with a mix of narrow shooting COLORado 4 IP wash fixtures, LEGEND 412 washes, LEGEND 230 SR Beam fixtures, and COLORdash Par Quad 7 truss […]
If you haven’t heard of Umphrey’s McGee, you’re really missing out! How about a little taste for your Monday afternoon? Here’s a great tune called Sociable Jimmy, and this cut is live from this summer’s UM Summer Camp, an event the band throws every year in Chillicothe, IL. Umphrey’s is also playing a sold out […]
Six questions with Lighting Designer Eduardo Aviles, owner of Musique Xpress Lights of Puerto Rico. Eduardo designed the stage for various high-profile events, such as Premios El Nuevo Día Educador, Yanni’s concert at Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Puerto Rico, Victor Manuelle’s concerts, the competition for Miss Universe Puerto Rico, for artist Luis Fonsi and much more. […]
Happy Tuesday, lighting industry! We’ve got lots of cool photos and video to share of this year’s LDI 2013 booth! The theme was In Motion — the lighting design and structure was conceived by CHAUVET Professional’s lighting designer and Education manager Jim Hutchison, with the video and audio content created and mastered by Chauvet’s Video Director […]
We here at Chauvet Professional love to know what is going on in the industry, especially when it comes to how you’re designing with Chauvet professional fixtures and equipment! Every day in this business there are hundreds upon thousands of events and performances happening in every corner of the world, and that amount is staggering. […]