Blog Posts

Safety Tips for Lighting Movement Artists

I consider myself very fortunate to be able to work with many types of movement artists: Dancers, Gymnasts, Aerialists, Hand ...

Choosing Drafting Software for Lighting

I see many people asking what software to use for drafting.  There are many good answers (as there are many ...

Designer Education

One of the things I enjoy about working in live entertainment is how useful it is to have other skills ...

Happy Programming Errors

It’s holiday programming season right now, which for me means pulling every weird little lighting effect I have out of ...

Tiny Tip: The Wandering Singer

In case you don’t know already, singers sometimes don’t stay in their specials. If you are busking- no big deal ...

Tiny Tip: Skip the Center Channel

Being a theater lighting designer first and foremost, I love a center light. But there are times (because of space ...

Tiny Tip: Faster Zoom values for specials in EOS

Last week, I walked you through using the DMX Exchange feature between Capture and Eos. I use it for the ...

ICYMI: DMX Exchange between Eos and Capture

I’m a long-time Capture and Eos user, so I was very excited when Eos DMX talkback was released. If you ...

Moving Light Assistant

I avoided buying Moving Light Assistant (MLA) for years because I’m cheap, skeptical, and I didn’t know anyone who was ...

Tiny Tip: Reverse and Repeat

I program a lot in the movement arts.  Dance of all flavors, Aerial, and Musical Theater numbers are all familiar ...