Tobin from Barbizon posted this on the Barbizon Blog on Monday — in a move of complete awesomeness, PLASA (the Professional Lighting and Sound Association) has teamed up with the specialty insurance carrier ProSight Specialty Insurance to bring us all the PLASA Technical Standards, completely free, for instant download. With everything that has gone wrong [...]
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It's an interesting question to ponder because it requires you to not only think about what you *think* you want light to do over the course of a year, but it requires you to know what it is you think you *thought* about light and imagine where it *should* go. Right? Right. "What the f*ck [...]
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Hey, are you in Stamford, Connecticut – or anywhere near? Are you a fan of light and lighting? Do you love going around to trade shows seeing what's new and hip in the world of light? Then hop the albatross and get to PLASA Focus Stamford!!! It's today and tomorrow, November 11-12, 2012. I'll be [...]
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it's another Sunday, everyone! I'm in Stamford, Connecticut this week for PLASA Focus Stamford, one of the smaller PLASA shows that are gaining a lot of popularity. I have to admit that these PLASA Focus shows are pretty awesome — smaller booths, smaller rooms, and the knowledge of the people attending that a manufacturer or [...]
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I do a hell of a lot of trade shows, as you all know already because mostly I see a lot of you there, and I'm curious as to what the readers of JimOnLight.com do in your respective individual trade show seasons. I'd love to know, so if'n you don't mind, would you leave a [...]
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Now that I'm back in North America AND I am all but caught up with sleep, I want to share some of my photos from the fun that was PLASA 2012 at Earl's Court, right off the Earl's Court tube stop and only a moment's tube ride from a great Indian restaurant that really ended [...]
Read More jet lag, Lighting Life, london, photos, PLASA, PLASA 2012, trade showthree kings of lighting online at PLASA 2012 — Rob Sayer from OnStageLighting.co.uk, Jim Hutchison from JimOnLight.com, Justin Lang of iSquint.net Happy Sunday, everybody! I'm back from PLASA 2012 in London, and I think I am finally caught up with sleep and no longer grumpy (sorry, principessa) after a grand return. I had a blast, [...]
Read More Flickr, iSquint, jim hutchison, JimOnLight.com, Justin Lang, online, OnStageLighting, PLASA, Rob Sayer, Sunday, Sunday JimOnLight.com Flickr GroupEver go through one of those phases where you've had so much coffee on a regular schedule where you actually have the sh-shhhakes?! I'm having one of those times right now. I'm getting wysiwyg and Vivien ready for NAB 2012, managing and coordinating the site load-in, living in an empty apartment until April 20, trying [...]
Read More addiction, coffee, iPhone app, JimOnLight, JimOnLight TV, NAB, PLASA, PLASA FocusAWWWWWWW YEAH BOYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE You know, sometimes I crack myself up. No, actually, I crack myself up all the time. If you've ever hung out with me, you know that I am prone to these outbursts of laughter pretty much constantly because I think the world is awesome and hilarious often, so you can imagine what [...]
Read More Cast Software, Jim's Travels, JimOnLight, PLASA, PLASA FocusSo, for those of you who don't know, there is a pretty cool organization called BTS, or Behind the Scenes. They're always at the tradeshows, and the people in their booth are great folk. BTS is an initiative of the ESTA Foundation, aiming to help out industry folks when they're down and out. BTS does [...]
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