I just read a press release from Barco about Loz Upton's design work on The Crystal Method's latest tour - he's using a ton of High End gear, and the images with the release are awe-some.I love those ShowBeam 2.5's! What a freaking bright beam - I have been dying to get my hands on one. Or twenty!From the press release: Barco lights the nights for The Crystal Method tourFamed rock band uses the newest creative digital lighting products from Barco to provide layers of looks to match their layers of sound.Sacramento, CA - 1 July 2009 - Digital and automated ... Read More»
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Jim on Light is written by Jim Hutchison, Chief Design Consultant of Alive Lighting. Jim has several years of experience in the Entertainment Lighting industry. Jim is a member of USA Local 829.
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Happy Fireworks and BBQ Meat!
July 3rd, 2009 by Jim
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Happy 4th, everybody! I hope your day is sunny, your beer is cold, and your meat is - well, barbecued!
News on Texas House Bill 2649 – Conference Committee Recommends LD Language Removal
May 31st, 2009 by Jim
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The Conference Committee on Texas House Bill 2649 met yesterday and recommended that the Senate language that would severely impact Lighting Designers in the state of Texas be removed. The Committee recommended that Sections 3, 5, and 6 of the bill be reverted to the House version of the bill, which contains no Lighting Designer provisions. Read the full report.Please be sure to write thank yous to the Senators and Representatives involved in this step of the fight against the Lighting Designer amendments in HB 2649. Be nice in your emails - be professional. Lighting Design is now on the ... Read More»
Digital Lightbox
May 16th, 2009 by Jim
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Doctors use such a simple concept to read x-ray imagery and other tests to diagnose what needs to be diagnosed - a light box. I just read about something called Digital Lightbox, employing the same backlit usefulness, but also turning that surface into a extra-large wall-mounted iPhone. Check this video out:I gotta ask my friend the ER doc what he thinks of this concept. What do medical professionals like? What's productive for you if you're someone who works in the field?I can't wait to see who comes up with an interactive lighting control surface for architectural and entertainment design - ... Read More»
HEY! I’m Giving Away Four Gigs of RAM!
May 4th, 2009 by Jim
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Another giveaway on JimOnLight.com - this time without a trivia question! I'm giving away a four gig, dual channel pair of OCZ high-performance RAM sticks - DDR2 PC2 6400 5-4-4@2.1V. These are 240-pin DIMMs, and run about $50 for the pair. Four gigs will certainly pep up your system! I upgraded to four gigs when I got WYSIWYG Perform, and it made all the difference.For this giveaway, all you gotta do is contact me through the contact form - you have until Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at 11:59pm to do so. I am going to take a random winner from ... Read More»
Multiverse, by Leo Villareal
February 28th, 2009 by Jim
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American lighting artist Leo Villareal has created a beautiful installation of LEDs and programming called Multiverse, located in the tunnel within the National Gallery of Art - you know, the big tunnel, about 200 feet long, escalators... very similar to the one lit by my friend Marcus Wuebker in the Detroit Airport. The lighting in the Detroit (McNamara Tunnel) is pretty amazing.From the video, so is Leo Villareal's tunnel installation. There are somewhere in the neighborhood of 41,000 LEDs in this installation - a beautiful work, and some beautiful programming. Watch the video below - I hope that it appears ... Read More»
The Rundle Lantern
February 23rd, 2009 by Jim
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Australian design firm Fusion has created a pretty awesome sight - a 1066 square meter, 748 panel lighting installation. Illuminated by LED strips, the Rundle Lantern (as it is called, being at the corner of Rundle and Pulteney streets in Adelaide) projects some pretty awesome animated sequences and big color. It's the front of a carpark!Check out a video or two, they're pretty great - the first has some chatter from people talking, FYI:Thanks, VJ.TV and Fubiz!
The Black Crowes, Riverwind Casino, Norman, OK
January 29th, 2009 by Jim
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I saw the Black Crowes this last May at the Riverwind Casino in Norman, OK - as you know, Phish is reuniting for both a summer tour, and a run of shows at Hampton Coliseum, to which I have tickets, and will be attending! I was running through footage of lighting designer Chris Kuroda's work tonight, and realized I had taken some video of a few of the moments in the show. Chris has been lighting the Crowes, and doing a beautiful job.If you're Chris Kuroda and you're reading - I have been trying to get through to you ... Read More»
Philips is Giving Lighting Professionals an “OLED Starter Kit”
January 24th, 2009 by Jim
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I was combing through press releases at Philips this afternoon when I discovered a very cool press release - Philips lighting is giving lighting designers, architects, and "creatives" an OLED starter kit of sorts! From the press release: Philips is offering lighting designers, architects and creatives from all disciplines a unique OLED technology ‘starter kit’, so that they can discover for themselves why OLEDs are going to be the lighting sensation of the coming years. This kit includes an information pack and DVD explaining the technology behind OLEDs and outlining possible future applications. It contains several OLEDs of various shapes, structures ... Read More»
The Way You Work
January 7th, 2009 by Jim
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Speaking as a lighting designer currently working on a design for a show, I have a "way" that I like to work when I'm in the math/design/drafting phase of the design process. Typically it involves my Sony MDR-7506 headphones, ignoring the cell phone, and jamming out to some random album that piques my fancy at that moment in time. A good friend and I had a revelation the other day that we both draft very quickly to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon," for example. I can remember a summer season where I designed and drafted a four show ... Read More»
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