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A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting – Even CHEAPER!

Written By: Justin Lang on April 22, 2010

Late last night I got an email about a new discount off Steve Shelley’s book, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, 2nd Edition from Focal Press. It seems that Amazon really wants you to purchase his book and save money at the same time. First, here is the boiler plate on Mr. Shelley’s book: Construct [...]

iSquint.net Podcast: Episode 9 – Interview with Steve Shelley

Written By: Justin Lang on March 29, 2010

It’s that time, everyone is gearing up for USITT Conference and Stage Expo in Kansas City. As you travel to USITT today or tomorrow, I put together a podcast with Mr. Steven Shelley. You may know Mr. Shelley from his book, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting or possibly through his company, Field Templates. Or, [...]

Special Offer on A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting Book

Written By: Justin Lang on March 9, 2010

More SETC fun and excitement! Steve Shelley was ablaze in his lime green shirt and hat while at SETC, (Southeast Theatre Conference), informing students and educators the benefits of his Field Templates and Soft Symbols drafting library’s. While on the show floor, Mr. Shelley was happily signing copies of his latest book, A Practical Guide [...]

Field Template Releases New 1/2″ Striplight Placemat

Written By: Justin Lang on February 3, 2010

Steve Shelley, the owner of Field Templates sent me a note about his latest drafting template, the new 1/2″ Striplight Placemat. More from the Field Template Press Release: FIELD TEMPLATE is proud to introduce the updated 1⁄2″ STRIPLIGHT PLACEMAT. Fresh off the grill, this template sizzles with the latest technology. Along with the latest ETC [...]

Review: A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, Second Edition

Written By: Justin Lang on February 2, 2010

Towards the end of 2009, Steve Shelley, noted lighting designer and drafting template guru, released the second edition to his book, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting (published by Focal Press). Soon after the release of Mr. Shelley’s book, Focal Press was kind enough to send me a copy of the book to review. Hands down [...]

Where is the Industry Heading – An Interview with Steve Shelley

Written By: Justin Lang on February 1, 2010

This months Where is the Industry Heading Column is an interview with noted Lighting Designer and drafting symbol guru, Steven Shelley. In addition to Mr. Shelley’s design talents and drafting template genius, he has also found time to write a book for the lighting industry, A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting which just recently went [...]

Field Template Releases SoftSymbols V3 For Vectoworks 2010

Written By: Justin Lang on November 2, 2009

Seems like Steve Shelley has been quite the busy man lately. First he updates his book, A Practical Guide to Stage Light and releases his second edition. Now he releases his latest version of SoftSymbols Version 3 for uses with Vectoworks 2010. SoftSymbols™ is a CAD-based theatrical lighting symbol package created in the VectorWorks® environment. [...]

Update: Wanna Save Some Money?

Written By: Justin Lang on October 4, 2009

So who doesn’t like saving money? No one, just as we thought! We just heard back from Steve Shelley, the author of A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting, Second Edition, That Focal Press is offering a 20% discount on his latest book for the month of October. The means you save $9.99 of the cover [...]