Wed 17 Feb 2010
Posted by Nailbanger under Lighting, Photography
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I was poking around iSquint and discovered that they “sponsor” a flickr lighting group called “iSquint.net Friday Lighting Porn,” where you can post whatever great lighting project/production you’re working on. There’s some really nice work in there.
Wed 17 Feb 2010
Posted by Nailbanger under Lighting, iPhone
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I was poking around in the Apple App Store today, and found Pocket LD, which: “is a photometric database and calculation tool for theatrical and TV/Film lighting professionals. Simply enter your throw distance, than select manufacturer, fixture and a lamp to calculate beam/field diameter and fc/lux.” Checking out the website for the source, I came upon LightingiPhoneApps. Pretty groovy…they have the LD app as well as a bunch of other apps relevant to LDs, stagehands and other assorted techs.
Tue 16 Feb 2010
Posted by Nailbanger under Electricians, Lighting, Link Dump
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Funnily enough, tho this blog is called “The Humble Nailbanger,” your humble narrator probably tends to work as an electrician more than as a carpenter, and so was pretty happy to find these links:
iSquint is “an entertainment lighting technology blog that covers new products, services and trends within the industry.”
The Lighting Archive “is developing a collection of actual plots, focus charts, cue sheets from real shows. We will place an emphasis on historical productions and designers who have made important contributions to our field.”
The Theatrical Lighting Database – Modern theatrical lighting is a uniquely American art form, which until now has been exceedingly difficult to study due to limited access to original lighting documents. This collection contains actual plots, focus charts, cue sheets and much more from four landmark productions digitized from the collections of the New York Public Library.
The database seems to be drawn from the Lighting Archive, at least based on my cursory exploration.
Jim on Light-Jim, talking about many things concerning lighting. I found this last night, and got completely lost in the first two posts, following links and finding all sorts of cool things. I’m looking forward to exploring much more here.
Much more to come.