We had a great weekend in Chicago for the opening of the Planet Wisdom Student Conference tour for this year.  1200 kids and youth leaders piled in and lives were impacted…God is so good!  We were hosted by a great church that has some very gifted and servant-hearted people.  Thanks to Josh and Dave!
Being the lighting director [...]

Now this is what’s I’m talking about!  Make the stage an instrument!  I want Nine Inch Nail’s visual system…
Watch this video.

I’ve always wanted to project on my own house; so tonight I went to the backyard and ran through some imagery.  I’m sure the neighbors loved it…especially when I projected jumpbacks of fireworks all over the neighborhood.  I even had a little snow.
Check out all the pics here!
Please excuse the Photoshop skills, or lack thereof.  [...]

A tiny glimpse of the set for the upcoming tour I’m lighting…

Wow!  As they say…there is nothing else like it.  I’m still blown away how talented, dedicated, disciplined, and creative the Chinese are.  They put on an incredibly beautiful display telling the story of their culture, both past and present. Their integration of technology with dance and movement was simply gorgeous, and dare I say, flawless?
And what about the [...]

I love old lighting fixtures. Ok, I love all lighting fixtures…
I picked this up on eBay a while ago from California, and thought it would cool to share.  (Shipping this from CA to TX wasn’t cheap by the way.)  It’s an old 10k Fresnel that was apparently used on Disney sets for years.  (That’s 10,000 watts, [...]

I’ve been using the Road Hog console from High End for about 48 hours now, and I can say that I love it; at least for what I’m using it for.  This is my first console with the Wholehog core and while it has it’s own funkiness and quirks, overall it is fast to learn, packed full of [...]