iSquint Podcast: Episode 13 – Super Saturday 2011
Episode 13 of the iSquint Podcast is out! Yes it is un-luck number 13, but so what! I sat down with Mr. Scott C. Parker, the organizer of the Stage Lighting Super Saturday. We talk about what Super Saturday is and who should attend as well as what to expect. The 2011 Super Saturday [...]
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Less Than A Week Till Super Saturday in NYC and Save $50 on Registration!
The count down has begun, there are only 5, yes 5 days left until Super Saturday. No, it is not some huge blowout sale happening in New York City. I am talking about the Stage Seminars, Stage Lighting Super Saturday. Here is more about Super Saturday. A dozen theater lighting professionals will speak and about [...]
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Remote Control Battery Lighting Session Added to Super Saturday
Stage Lighting Super Saturday adds a new session “Remote Control Battery Lighting” to its all day lighting workshop. James Smith will speak about how remote control makes it easy to put lamps, motors, solenoids, and much more, anywhere in a show without visible wires. Scott Parker says “This session provides insight and assistance with wireless [...]
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Book Review: Intelligent Lighting: A Curriculum in Entertainment Technology
A couple of weeks again I mentioned a new book out on the market named Intelligent Lighting: A Curriculum in Entertainment Technology. The author, Matthew Haber was kind enough to provide me with an evaluation copy to write a review of the book here on iSquint.net. I always like to start a review by what [...]
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GAM Product Offers Color Workshop January 11th, 2011 in LA
Do you live in the Las Angles area? On January 11th, 2011, GAM Products is offering workshop on color at their GAM Arts Center right in the heart of LA. Learn about color temperature, kelvin, spectral distribution, foot candles, mired shift and CIE tri-stimulus values; how they all relate to correcting light sources and balancing [...]
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ESTA Host 2nd Annual Control Protocol PlugFest January 2011
It’s times like these that I wish I lived in the lone star state! ESTA’s Technical Standards Program is holding their second annual Control Protocol PlugFest in Westlake Texas on January 21st and 22nd. The PlugFest just happens to be at the same exact time and place as the Technical Standard Program meetings! What a [...]
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Lighting for Worship Session added to Super Saturday, January 22, 2011
Lighting for Worship session at Stage Lighting Super Saturday. Tom Sanziano will present a beginner’s guide to starting the lighting process in the Worship Market. This session will provide an excellent introduction for anyone taking their first steps into worship lighting. Scott Parker says, “We are excited to have Tom join us this year. The [...]
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TOMCAT Announces 2011 Hoist & Rigging Workshop
TOMCAT is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 2011 Hoist & Rigging workshops on February 16-19 in Midland, Texas. A team of world-class instructors has been assembled to deliver the Hoist & Truss workshop and the Rigging & Truss workshop. This ETCP recognized training program will provide a unique, hands-on-learning experience [...]
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Review: Nooks Ultimate Punt Pages DVD
A couple months before LDI this year, the Academy of Production Technology announced the arrival of their latest training tool, Nook’s Ultimate Punt Pages DVD. No, it is not a training DVD for football kickers on how to punt the ball correctly, that is just silly. Punting is the US term for running a lighting [...]
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Events: Super Saturday – Save Even MORE on Registration
Are you on the right coast? Drop all your plans January 22nd and head to New York, IT’S SUPER SATURDAY! No, it is not the Super Bowl, or the Super Heavy Weight Fight of the Year, it’s the Saturday when Lighting Designers, Professionals and enthuses come together to talk, share, learn and celebrate the best [...]
Read More ...Richard Pilbrow Joins Super Saturday Faculty, January 22, 2011
Richard Pilbrow, internationally known lighting designer, has agreed to speak at the Sixth annual Stage Lighting Super Saturday seminars. Richard is passionate about the advancement of computer technology that allows lighting designers to free themselves from that same technology. He will discuss his recent use of the Apple iPad during a production of “Evening Primrose.” [...]
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Academy of Production Technology Offers Electricity Training in Dallas, TX
Are you looking to increase your self worth or gain renewal credits to your ETCP certification? Good news, the Academy of Production Technology is offering a 3 day training session in Dallas Texas next month. From December 1st through December 3rd, the APT is offering a training session on Entertainment Electricity, Power Distribution, and Controls [...]
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