PLASA 2012 Show Report
As PLASA London waves goodbye to it’s Earl’s Court home to seek new pastures at ExCeL in 2013, On Stage Lighting guides you through the retina burning LEDs to see what 2012 show had to offer. [...more]
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Stage Lighting Design Software – Choose Your CAD
With a newly updated article on a popular topic at On Stage Lighting, we look at stage lighting design software and CAD options when it comes to planning and communication in our lighting world in an extended Guide To Choosing Stage Lighting Design Software. [...more]
Featured, Lighting Design Software
PLASA 2011 – Show Report
Armed with nothing but a well worn pair of shoes and four days supply of anti-migraine pills, On Stage Lighting hits Earl’s Court in London for the 2011 assault on the senses that is the PLASA show. [...more]
Featured, Stage Lighting Equipment
The Samoiloff Effect – Lighting Magic and Colour Effects
Looking at the Samoiloff effect, an old stage lighting trick using the physics of reflected colour, On Stage Lighting brings together the old with some new technologies in the form of colour mixing LED fixtures. [...more]
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Shit happens, But..
Fed up? Do you find that you spend too much time on things that go wrong? Does your time on shows seem to be a series of fire fighting opportunities rather than “higher lighting” (?!) opportunities? Why do things go wrong so often? Why is equipment always letting you down? Best laid lighting plans going [...] [...more]
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PLASA 2010 – Show Report
To bring you a PLASA Show round up for 2010, On Stage Lighting braved the crowds and sensory assault that is two exhibition halls stuffed with the brightest and most efficient light sources in show business. [...more]
Featured, Stage Lighting Equipment
Chasing the Lion – Getting To The Top In Lighting
Many On Stage Lighting readers are young aspiring lighting designers, keen to get into the industry and begin their journey to the top of their chosen profession. In this guest article, Lighting Designer, Author and all round stage lighting guru Richard Cadena tells it like it is. [...more]
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Lighting An Orchestra
In the stage lighting calendar, the Christmas season is awash with choirs and orchestras, carol concerts and recitals. On Stage Lighting considers how to light a classical concert ,an orchestra or choir (while keeping conductors and musicians happy) including a simple rig design without overstage rigging postions. [...more]
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Pan & Tilt Invert – Why Life Is Sometimes Better Back To Front
This week we look at attribute inversions in intelligent lighting control, the use of Pan or Tilt Invert in particular. So what is attribute inversion, why would a console programmer use it and when is an invert most useful? On Stage Lighting turns your world upside down. [...more]
Console Programming, Featured
Dance Lighting – Introduction
A guest post from Lucas Krech, a Lighting Designer with a passion for lighting dance performance. An great introduction to dance lighting that looks at some history, theory and the use of side light in particular. [...more]
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21 Ways to an Easier Programming Life
Programming moving lights is complicated, especially when you’re taking those first steps with some hired waggly heads and an unfamiliar console.On Stage Lighting lists 21 ways to make programming easier, more efficient and how to avoid mistakes that waste valuable time. [...more]
Console Programming, Featured
Guide To Pixel Mapping
Media Servers and Digital Lighting was a quick introduction to “convergence” and the technologies involved in using digital media for stage lighting. Current lighting trends include the use of arrays of fixtures such as RGB LED units to replay images and effects, using Pixel Mapping. This article looks at the basics of pixel mapping and [...] [...more]
Featured, Media / Video, Stage Lighting Control
Lighting & Shadow
In this guide to “the dark side”, On Stage Lighting looks at light’s oppo – shadow. Understanding shadow, the lighting designer can control it, avoiding unwanted shadows while creating others for effect. [...more]
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Boom and Bust in the Lighting Business
On Stage Lighting looks into a current hot industry topic – the immediate and and long term future of jobs in live events . [...more]
Featured, Stage Lighting Jobs
Lighting Design with Moving Lights – A Small Show
This article looks at lighting design using moving lights and helps you think about what to do with those four waggly spots you were hoping to hire in for your next show. [...more]
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Using Submasters for Busking Band Lighting
Following Concert Lighting Programming in 30 mins, Dimitris asked for more information on organising submasters/playbacks when lighting a concert. So here it is – ideas on how to layout your lighting console playbacks for simplicity and flexibility. [...more]
Band Lighting, Console Programming, Featured
Glastonbury 2008 Update – The Tea Boy Returns
At the end of June we heard from 18 year old Joshua Simms who was about to start a summer job with the lighting crew at Glastonbury 2008. We’ve managed to track Josh down to ask him about his first festival experience. Did he make the tea or what? [...more]
Featured, Your Stage Lighting
Concert Lighting Programming in 30 Minutes
In the middle of summer(?) music festival madness, On Stage Lighting gives you a 30 minute schedule and a cheat sheet to help program up your lighting desk for three days of bands. The mud has been removed from this article for reasons of hygiene. [...more]
Band Lighting, Console Programming, Featured
Reflected Colour in Stage Lighting Design
A look at a simple principle of stage lighting colour theory – reflected light. This article explains how coloured light interacts with sets and costumes and how to avoid errors when choosing saturated colour for your theatre lighting. [...more]
Featured, Lighting Design
Stage Lighting Education – What You Need To Get A Job
In a series of interviews, On Stage Lighting spoke to four industry professionals about getting a first job in the lighting business. This article considers the results and what to think about when choosing your stage lighting education. [...more]
Featured, Learn Stage Lighting
DMX Fault – Finding and Fixing DMX Problems
DMX512 is the most common stage lighting control system that can control both intelligent lighting and DMX dimmer systems. A DMX control system is pretty simple and robust and DMX faults are a less common problem in stage lighting, compared to blown lamps etc. If you do have a fault in your DMX chain, it [...] [...more]
Featured, Stage Lighting Control
Focus Stage Lighting – Orginal
Have you ever worked with a Lighting Designer, whether amateur or professional, and wondered what they are doing wandering around on stage waving their arms about? Have you noticed an LD, directing the lighting focus standing on the stage with their backs to the rig, and wondered what they were looking at on the floor? [...] [...more]
Featured, Learn Stage Lighting
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