Section: Books

Light Plot Deconstructed Contest

During the month of October, iSquint.net and JimOnLight.com will be running a very special contest together.  Rather then butting heads trying to out do each other with this contest, we decided to work together and give you, the value reader more chances to win.
Greg Hillmar, the author of Light Plot Deconstructed has graciously donated not [...]

New Book: Concert Lighting: Techniques, Art and Business, Third Edition

Looking to learn more about how to design and work on lights in a live event venue or concert setup? The latest book from Focal Press can help. In it’s third edition, Concert Lighting: Techniques, Art and Business by James Moody and Paul Dexter take you on tour to get a first hand [...]

Review: Light Plot Deconstructed Book

Less then a month ago, we wrote about a new book on the market designed at understanding how a lighting plot is laid out called, Light Plot Deconstructed, By Gregg Hillmar.
The author and distributor, Nemetschek, (the makers of Vectoworks) was kind enough to send us an advanced copy to do a review for you, our [...]

New Book: Light Plot Deconstructed

Towards the end of 2008, we talked with lighting designer Gregg Hillmar about his latest book, Light Plot Deconstructed.  Just in the past couple of months, the book has been finalized and sent off to the publisher.
Light Plot Deconstructedis the debut work of accomplished scenic and lighting designer, Gregg Hillmar. Mr. Hillmar has developed proven [...]

Trivia Contest Over in Record Time

We ran a trivia contest last week to win a copy of Richard Cadena’s latest book, Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician.  The winning answer was posted in record time of 18 hours after the contest began. Tom Baldwin of Hampshire (UK) had the winning answer with a detailed explanation of why.
The resistance of [...]

Review: Richard Cadena’s New Book Electricity for the Entertainment Elec. & Tech

A month a ago, we announced the upcoming release of Richard Cadena’s latest book, Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician form Focal Press. iSquint is honored to have received an advanced copy of the book to do a review.
About The Author
Mr. Cadena is the editor of Projection, Lights and Staging News (PLSN), an ETCP [...]

Outside the Box, 25 Design-Tech Strategies Publication

While walking the show floor here at SETC (Southeastern Theatre Conference), we noticed that SETC had a booth selling shirts to help support the organization and the endowment. While contemplating which shirt to purchase to help support SETC, we noticed a publication that SETC put together called Outside The Box: 25 Design-Tech Strategies to [...]

New Book Out by Richard Cadena

Richard Cadena, the author of such books as Lighting Design for Modern Houses of Worship and Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light in Theatre, has just released a new book titled, Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician.
Richard’s new book explains the fundamentals of electricity and explain the principles of power distribution, [...]