Along with a bevy of Albanian beauties, the 2012 Miss Shqipëria pageant featured Bashtovë Castle, located in Vilë-Bashtovë near the banks of the Shkumbin River.… Read More »New Fixtures Let Designers Crown a Castle with Regal Looks – Without Haze
Mark Fisher and Patrick Woodroffe developed the scenic and lighting design for Elton John’s Million Dollar Piano engagement at Caesars Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas… Read More »Visual Support for Elton John Focuses on the Artist and His Piano
Since an infrared camera measures the variances in heat or heat energy to create an image (called infrared radiation), there are some details to consider… Read More »Masking with an IR Camera
Last November, Kelso & Co., the holding company for PSAV, which provides AV and related services to more than 800 hotels in the U.S. and… Read More »Corporate AV Focus Turns to New Technologies
Have you ever thought about exactly how many buttons you press on a console when programming a show? There are often many things you can… Read More »Reduce Button-Pushing with Macros
The cost of producing Chip On Board (C.O.B.) LEDs is coming down, which is making producing fixtures with COB LEDs a lot more viable. Advantages… Read More »C.O.B. Technology a Boon to LED Fixtures
Well, they’ve done it again. The 4K LCDs are coming; LCD flat panels that have four times the resolution of HD (high-definition) video. Some manufacturers… Read More »4K UHD (Ultra HD) Is Coming, Along with New Connectivity Options
Steve Comer, LD for Jackson Browne’s tour earlier this year, discussed the virtues of “lighting the music” and the artist’s all-LED touring rig. “I don’t… Read More »Creative Use of LEDs Can Avoid Lighting Excesses
Safety concerns have been brought to the forefront of many designs this year, and for good reason. Things that were once generally accepted as being… Read More »Safety Efforts Under Way, but Lapses Still Evident
When working alongside a lighting designer, the relationship between the two of you becomes very important. It’s important to keep in mind some secrets that… Read More »Secrets Your LD Won’t Tell You
From the early days of DMX-controlled media servers, something has been missing. Missing, that is, until recently. Two of the more recently launched media servers… Read More »Real-Time Video Pre-Viz Now Available
I was talking with Edward Marks, co-CEO of The Producers Group, a kind of collective-turned-corporation that pools its multiple event technology resources for large-scale projects… Read More »Large-Scale Productions Support Gear Manufacturing in Asia