I finally got through ALL of my Bill Klages shots – last week at ETC's Summer Camp in Middleton (at the ETC Mothership!) I got to listen to Bill Klages talk about setting up shots for film and broadcast. You know who Bill Klages is, right? He's only the father of modern television lighting and [...]
Read More Bill Klages, Electronic Theatre Controls, ETC, ETC Summer Camp 2010, Fred Foster, Middleton, seminar, WisconsinWhile I was in Middleton this last weekend for the ETC Summer Camp, I was lucky enough to get a grand tour of the place where all Source Fours, Sensor dimmers, ETC consoles, and other ETC lighting lines are created, manufactured, and repaired when necessary. This was a pretty cool experience, quite frankly! I have [...]
Read More Electronic Theatre Controls, ETC, Middleton, mothership, WisconsinI had a great time this last weekend at Electronic Theatre Controls' 2010 Summer Camp – the great folks at ETC had me up to experience their Dealer/Rep Summer Camp Conference, where ETC dealers and representatives across the world learn about new products, existing products, talk to people working in the major leagues with their [...]
Read More conference, Electronic Theatre Controls, ETC, JimOnLight.com, Middleton, WisconsinOh wow. What a bummer of a thing to read. ETC's long time Promo and Ad Manager, Jody Hanson, passed away this last weekend. I just found out about it. That lady was awesome – a hard driving deal maker with a respect and knowledge of the lighting industry that we all call home. Jody [...]
Read More Electronic Theatre Controls, ETC, Jody Hanson, RIPOne of the more awesome things I saw this year at USITT was the Lighting Commission's exhibit on lighting equipment history – "Five Decades of Lighting." Todd Proffitt (@tm204) and Josh Williamson (@joshwilliamson) were involved with this exhibit, and I think they did an outstanding freaking job of putting it together. I'm sure I'm not [...]
Read More autotransformer, dimming, Josh Williamson, Kansas City, Lighting Control, lighting history, Todd Proffitt, USITTFolks, the readers of JimOnLight.com have been called a lot of wonderful things – "the most dedicated readership in the lighting industry," "a very engaged group," and my personal favorite, "the most supportive group of readers that a website could be fortunate enough to have." Yeah, that's right, you guys rock. Advertisements on JimOnLight.com are [...]
Read More advertisers, Electronic Theatre Controls, ETC, Genielux, iPhone apps, JimOnLight.com readers ROCK, mike zinman, wybron, Zinman SoftwareYou know, it isn't often when you see something that is a "shame." You know, like "aww, man – it's a shame that 21 million people have no health coverage," or "aww, man – they tore down that stem cell research drive through clinic and put up a Taco Shack, that's a shame." You know, [...]
Read More Color Wall, Joe Cox, Light Art, NCSU, North Carolina, North Carolina State University, RaleighElectronic Theatre Controls, maker of the Source Four line of luminaires and the Ion, Eos, Congo, and Express lines of control consoles, won a PLASA 2009 Award for Innovation at this year's conference for the Selador line of LED fixtures. Congratulations, ETC! The press release from the ETC newsroom: Lighting, dimming and controls manufacturer ETC [...]
Read More Electronic Theatre Controls, ETC, LED, PLASA, PLASA 2009, selador, Source FourA young lighting designer that I think we all need to watch for as she progresses in her journey to become one of the great illuminateers posted one of the funniest pictures I think I've seen in a long time – a creative, intelligent, and shamelessly excellent representation of an ETC Source Four ellipsoidal reflector [...]
Read More Daphne, ETC, ETC Source Four, leko, lekogirlWhat's that you say? Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC) has released a new series of consoles! So, to the huge family of consoles at ETC – from the Microvision FX way back in the day to the Expression line, the Express line to the Obsession line, the Congo, Eos, Ion, SmartFade, and architectural controls Unison and [...]
Read More Consoles, Electronic Theatre Controls, Element, EOS, ETC, etc express, etc expression, Ion, microvision fx, Obsession, SmartFade