WTF Files: 4Wall Las Vegas vs. Stage 1 and Mark Triebwasser

Posted by Jim - May 3, 2013 - Crime Light, Industrial, Industry News, Political HooHaa, Rental News, What?, Working in the Biz, WTF Files

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Another post from the WTF Files here on JimOnLight.com — have you heard of what's going on between 4Wall Inc. (Las Vegas) and Stage1 Inc. out of Folsom, CA? From the 4Wall Blog: Sacramento, CA – A federal judge in Sacramento has granted 4Wall’s motion for a writ of possession in an equipment rental dispute [...]

San Francisco Bay Bridge Lightning!

Posted by Daphne - April 20, 2012 - from the lips of LEKOGIRL, Just Plain AWESOME., Light and Nature, Light and Photography

This image of our friend electricity was so neat I had to share! Phil McGrew took out this photo in a single 20-second exposure during one of the recent thunderstorms in beautiful San Francisco.

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JimOnLight.com in San Francisco – the Non-Work Photos – at Photonics West 2011

Posted by Jim - February 4, 2011 - Alive Lighting, Conventions, Corporate Theatre and Events, Fiber Optics, Industry Professionals, InLight Gobos, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight.com, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Life, Photonics, Seachanger and Ocean Optics, SeaChanger and Ocean Thin Films, Trade Shows

I did have a hell of a time in San Francisco, that much has to be said. Between working our butts off to make the booth look great, not getting some of the gear we needed shipped for our booth, and stumbling around looking for a Starbucks, I had a BLAST! (Come on. I kid [...]

The Ocean Thin Films Booth at Photonics West 2011

Posted by Jim - February 4, 2011 - Alive Lighting, Conventions, Corporate Theatre and Events, Designers, Dichroics, Fixtures, Industry Professionals, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight.com, Just Plain AWESOME., Lighting Design, Photonics, Seachanger and Ocean Optics, SeaChanger and Ocean Thin Films

Last week, I was in San Francisco exercising my lighting design muscle for Ocean Thin Films's booth at Photonics West 2011. Fun was had by all – I got to see Jax from JimOnLight.com, I got to see Phil Buchsbaum from Ocean Thin Films, Rick and Adri Hutton from InLight Gobos, Beth from SeaChanger, and [...]

LA Voters Vote Down 400MW of Solar Power

Posted by Jim - March 24, 2009 - Alternative Energy, Political HooHaa

I don't know if you remember this, but back in November of 2008, Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa introduced a plan to get 1,280 megawatts of the city's power needs from solar sources by 2020. It's only about 10-11% of the city's power needs, but it's a start, right? The plan has a few issues [...]

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Primal Source at Santa Monica's Glow 08

Posted by Jim - March 23, 2009 - Atmospheric, Digital Light, Just Plain AWESOME., Light and Sound, Light Art, Lighting Art and Installations, Lighting for Enjoyment!

Santa Monica city government and the Santa Monica Arts Foundation produced an even in Summer 2008 called Glow 08 – it was an evening to morning event featuring music, light, and art installations and projects. From the website and other articles I've read, it was pretty fantastic. One of the projects I ran across was [...]