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Lighting and production designer Alex Reardon’s concept for a DJ Avicii’s LE7ELS tour starts with a 17.5-foot-high “head,” but doesn’t end there. Among many other… Read More »Letting the DJ Control the Show Visuals

Welcome to the newest service in the lighting industry: meet-hot-fixtures.com. Much like arranged marriages in various cultures, often your LD and/or the lighting vendor will… Read More »Meet-Hot-Fixtures.com

Certain lighting rental houses are huge, as they always acquire new acts and more gear. They are great places to try and get your foot… Read More »Little Companies, Big Opportunities

We’re in a new cycle now in the H.O.W. universe, one where many and small is the paradigm, replacing few and huge. The so-called satellite… Read More »Churches Going from Mega to Mini

Many of the more specialized services that were previously available only to those with big budgets and deep pockets are becoming more mainstream. An exciting… Read More »Tap New Technologies for Corporate AV Production

Okay, you’ve gotten the word out and you have some people that are willing to join but they don’t have any previous experience. Now what… Read More »Plug Volunteers into the Right Serving Opportunities

While corporate events can be fun to work on and pay well, they also have their own sets of requirements for the automated lighting programmer. … Read More »For Corporate Events, The Podium Comes First

Seemingly difficult technological concepts aren’t impossible to teach or learn, you just need to find everyday words to describe what’s going on. In the June… Read More »What’s an IP Address?

When you are freelancing, networking is essential to your chances for success. As your network continues to expand, keep a database of all your contacts. … Read More »Networking is Essential for Freelance Success

While a 2D image is a non-animated image, motion can be created with this type of content easily by rotating the image on the screen,… Read More »Animating Still Images