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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Surviving LDI to MFA Programs to Avoid.
Join David, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: The LDI Awards; Our LDI most interesting products reports; Vari*Lite's hidden booth with "The Hive"; How to budget resources for a production; Wearing multiple hats at a lighting production company; How to handle work that you might not be qualified to do; "Las Vegas LDI Convention Mites"; How American MFA lighting programs are failing to prepare lighting students for the profession; and, Is lighting equipment becoming too complex?
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, Lumen Brother David welcomes Opera Resident Lighting Designers Michael Clark, John Froelich, Chris Maravich, and Justin Partier to the show.
Join Chris, John, Justin, Michael, and David as they pontificate about: How do lighting designers meet; Followspots anyone?; The responsibilities inherent in being a Resident Lighting Designer; Discussions with visiting guest designers; The time contraints of lighting opera; Organizing the lighting tech time; Ballet companies adapting to new technology; Heartbeats and Humans; Draining the Chicago River; Fond memories of the VL3500; Our fantasy moving lights; Why lighting designs are getting brighter and brighter; We love Robert Juliat; Can AI and VR technology be applied to the opera lighting process?; How and when to adapt to new technologies; Remounts vs. new productions; Working with international designers and directors; Expectation management with American designers; Surprising and classy paperwork from some designers; Advice for young designers; and Blaming it all on Chris.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sisters) present their 7th Annual LIGHT TALK LIVE show from LDI! The Lumen Family talks about everything from AI Madness to Our Favorite Sandwiches.
Join Anne, Steve, Brackley, Zak, Stan, Snoot, and David as they pontificate about: The future of AI in our industry; What will be the relationshop of lighting and video sources in the future regarding output and control; Chapter 7 of "Bobby Danger... The Lighting Guy"; Our favorite lighting fixtures; Our favorite Vegas lighting displays; Zac's Casino heritage; The Neon Museum; Who thought that a Podcast was a good idea; and How do you tell an actor that they continually miss their spike mark?
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Time Warps to Bette Midler.
Join David, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: Our big Light Talk celebration at LDI; Does it make sense to retrofit old Source 4's with Source 4WRD's?; Using AI and Chat GPT in Projects; When is a design finished; Freezing a show; "The Perfectionism Trap"; Bad Hombre Productions' "The Mist Liquid Hydrogen Fogger"; Our Dream products for LDI; What to do with a professor who is a Jerk; and Stan's Valley Girl impersonation.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Horrible Programmers, to "Mr. Midnight".
Join David, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: What to do when your show sucks; Scar Tissue; "The Endpoint Effect"; Respecting and researching other cultures when you design a show; "Blue Hawaii"; What to do when your programmer disappears; Stan becoming "Tom from CarTalk"; "Evil Kitten Clothing for Stagehands"; Stan's collection of Bowties; Escaping the madness; Standing your ground and fight for your students; "The Prime Directive" in education; Ignoring the background noise; LDI daily routines.; and What new technology will be at LDI.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister welcome lighting designer Christina Watanabe to the show.
Join Christina, Ellen, Stan, and Brackley as they pontificate about: Early days of discovering lighting design; Hitting the pavement in NYC; The "Christina Questions"; Christina's Knights of Illumination Award project; Most challenging productions; The issues with Zactrack; Losing the human element; Taking over from Brackley at UNLV; Teaching Graduate and Undergraduate lighting designers; Hard lessons to learn; Balancing an academic career with a professional career; Taking students with you on professional gigs; Advice for the LDI Portfolio Review; and words of advice to young designers.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Having Nothing to Say, to The Musical Box.
Join David, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: Election night plans; The "Lumen Family Zoom Spin Room"; Sustaining a converstion in design meetings; Picking the perfect frontlight; Getting a quick and unified blackout from a variety of sources; "The Musical Box"; The Cheeky Rigger of Sheffield's "Chatterbox 3000"; Pedegrees vs. People; and Lighting for Arena and Thrust theaters.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister welcome lighting designer Manny Treeson to the show.
Join Manny, Ellen, Stan, Brackley, and David as they pontificate about: The ongoing search for LDI Swag; Episode 1 of "Great Failures of Artificial Intelligence"; Manny's journey as a lighting designer; Grad school at Carnegie Mellon; NYX Design; Disney Days; Designing with Generative Content; Working with Notch; More thoughts on The Sphere; The challenges of designing large-scale corporate shows; Designing Movie Premiers; Sequeing into architectural lighting; Most challenging projects; Manny's LDI panel; and Wise advice for young lighting designers.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister welcome lighting designer Michael Stiller to the show.
Join Michael, Ellen, David, and Steve as they pontificate about: Becoming a lighting designer without any formal training in the field; Bard College; Finding gigs in New York City; Media and generative driven lighting; Experiential lighting; How disruptive will AI be to the architectural lighting world; Where design ideas come from; Combining pixels with lumens; Element Labs; "A gentle blast of wind"; Thoughts about The Sphere; "A Place for In Your Face"; Teaching lighting design to non-lighting designers; Do architects understand lighting design?; Michael's "Breaking Rectangles" session at LDI; Advice for young designers who want to get involved in large scale architectural lighting design; and How to talk about light.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister discuss everything from Color Pickers to Las Vegas Implosions.
Join Ellen, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: The changing face of Vegas; RIP Gel... again!; How to meet directors and designers if you don't go to graduate school; Using the gel color picker on a console; Hoarding Gelatran; Tesla Trucks; "Tech Table Etiquette"; How to balance your academic and working craeers; Using Zoom for your lighting classes; and "Pool", "Puddle", and "Egg".
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister discuss everything from Cheese Curds to Stan's "Secret Announcement".
Join Ellen, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: Live Nation's new Seasonal Stadium in Toronto; Stan's LDI Business decisions; Focus priorities; Matching colors among different moving lights; LLC, S-Corporation, or a Collective?; "Puff... The Magic Dragon Fogger"; Succession planning; Is Tungsten officially dead?; and Free LDI Passes at [email protected]
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) discuss everything from Ellen's Mother-in Law's Personal Power Station, to Stan's "Table of Curiosities".
Join Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Remembering Catalyst; Who gets paid for revisions of drawings; How clean is the energy in clean energy festival stages… and how safe are the batteries?; "Sleep Fast, Sleep Deep, Lighting Slumber Device"; How "UL" affects our lives and the lighting profession; and Designing your first outdoor event.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and SISTER!) welcome acclaimed lighting designer Rick Fisher to the show.
Join Rick, Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Billy Elliot; Rick's amazing work at Santa fe Opera; Watching the sunset, and other things in the glorius vista behind the stage; Santa Fe's wonderful apprentice program; Rick's incredible journey into lighting design; Not a 'Small Print Person'Doing a bit of everything; You want to be noticed; Moving fluidly between Dance, Opera, and Theatre; Falling in love with Musicaals; Working in England as an American; The Association for Lighting Production and Design; Helping designers during tough times; Incredible charities including "Behind the Scenes" and "Backup Tech"; "The Knights of Illumination" and "The Profile Awards"; Educating theatre critics about stage lighting; "Not a Clean Cut"; Keeping up with technology; Borrowing high tech equipment; Being in the room"; ShowLight; and "Arrested Decay".
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and SISTER!) welcome Honorary Lumen Brother Dennis Size to the show to discuss his lighting for the historic Harris/Trump Debate.
Join Dennis, Ellen, Steve, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Steve's vacation at "The Dairy Queen Nudist Colony"; Dennis rebutting David's AI Programmer comments; The history of how the debate was designed and produced; The lighting mission of a debate; Set and Video Wall decisions; "The Sea of Blue"; Interesting moments at The Candidate Walk-Thru; Covering all the angles of face light; Backlighting with a video background; Covering all possible camera angles and adjusting on the fly; Adding theatricality and drama to a debate; Balancing color temperature and intensity with multiple channels on one person; Using 4500K (TV White) as a base color temperature; Using 20 footcandles as the intensity levels; Video monitor layout; Having technical acting skills as a candidate; Lighting the Spin Room and the exterior of the theater; Dream Projects; and a Shout Out to the "Uncommonly Good Looking" Bobby Hale!
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) discuss everything from AI in your iPhone to "Light Talk: The Book!"
Join Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Steve on the beach; Lighting report from The Nudist Colony; Apple Airpod Pro 2 hearing software and possible theatre use; New iPhones with Apple Intelligence; Getting a job with a lighting maunfacturer at LDI; Which software tools should you learn before you graduate; Being a "Software Hound"; LDI Video and Media Server courses; "Ever-Glow Financial"; Transitioning from grad school into the profession; and "Light Talk Detox".
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) discuss everything from "The Lumen Brothers' Institute of Stress-Free Living" to Keith Richards on the Shuffleboard Court.
Join Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: A new floating arena idea for green performances; The good old days of touring in a van; Waiting to get paid and How to ask for your money; Architectural design cash flow; Avoiding trouble with the IRS when working overseas; The Accounting Firm of Jacques and Kaye; “The Dude’s Approach to Life in the Theatre"; Has lighting design changed from an obscure profession to a recognized profession by the general public; Talking politics at the production table; and New lawyers.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) discuss everything from Conflict Resolution to Creative Chain Saw Techiques.
Join Ellen, Brackley, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: LDI News; "Stage Managers Academy"; Time boundaries when off work; Is it wise to buy used automated lighting fixtures?; Manufacturers honoring warranties; Buying "The Latest and Greatest"; Getting a good deal; Where to find parts for old equipment; Road-Kill Laboratories' "Creative Light Worm"; Trying not to get fired when the Director is not happy with your work; Finding the right chemestry; and Upgrading your lighting fixtures: Incandescent or LED?
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Timing Cues, to Monkeys in Stan's Bidet.
Join Stan, David, and Steve as they pontificate about: Stan's Greek Cruise; Lox, Bagels, and Avocado Toast; USITT coming to Long Beach; David' Pre-tech at the San Francisco Opera; The best team ever!; Educating yourself in architectural control systems; Assigning timing to your cues; Following the music; Better Than Nothing Industies' "Easy Mop and Sweep"; Starting on the right foot; Ownership in the project; Synergetic Collaboration; and Getting the most from your limited lighting budget.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister discuss everything from Lasers on Sharks, to Steve Trying to Drive to Dairy Queen.
Join Ellen, Stan, David, and Steve as they pontificate about: New lighting books; What to do when your budget is cut by 50%; How many lights do you really need?; Lili's at LDI; Incorporating AI into lighting controllers; Apple Vision Pro and how it may change the lighting design process; Illegitimate Panda's new solar-powered moving lights; Good short-throw fixtures; and "The Weasel's Last Fart Fogger".
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview Tony Award Winner Lighting Designer, Jane Cox. Join Jane, Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Winning the Tony for "Appropriate"; Getting light into difficult spaces; Your career is a series of relationships; Working with John Doyle; How to Play in the theater; The fun and pleasure of creating lighting cues, transitions, and atmospheres; Co-designing "Teeth"; Teaching and developing a curriculum for non-majors at Princeton; Engaging with diverse communities through theatre-making; Getting in touch with your senses; Park Avenue Armory Symposium; Representation in the theatre world; Cultural critiques of theatre design; Supporting young designers of color; Afro-futurism and Theatre Design; Different backgrounds and cultural experiences on the design team; CreativeX - “Rhythm Box” Project; Exploring Rhythm and Visual Enterainment; AI and furture lighting consoles; and How a woman can have a successful marriage and a family as a professional lighting designer.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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