SUNRISE, FL – CHAUVET Professional is taking its popular Maverick series to new heights with the introduction of the Maverick MK3 Wash, a powerful and intensely bright RGBW LED moving wash. Powered by 27 40W OSRAM OSTAR LEDs, the new pixel mappable fixture has the output and performance features needed for even the largest arena […]
LONDON, UK – After 14 years, Strictly Come Dancing has become something of a British institution, with millions tuning in every Saturday evening to watch celebrities compete in a televised ballroom dance competition to the backdrop of big band and Latin music. For the latest series of the long-running television show, the show’s lighting designer […]
SECAUCUS, NJ – For millions of Americans, The Today Show is an entertaining and informative way to start the day. For the executive team at WorldStage, the iconic morning TV program was also a way to start a growing investment in the Maverick MK2 Spot fixtures from CHAUVET Professional. Last summer, WorldStage invested in 10 […]
ZAKOPANE, Poland – Standing out against a giant fireworks display isn’t easy, but Adam Tyszka and the Polish team from Aram and TVP accomplished this feat in stunning fashion recently with help from a collection of CHAUVET Professional STRIKE 1 fixtures supplies by LTT. Tasked with lighting a massive televised celebration and concert in central […]
LOS ANGELES – On August 1, 1981, MTV made history when it became the first network in the world dedicated to broadcasting music videos. For years, the home of celebrated “video jockeys” like Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman and Martha Quinn was the center of all things musical. Then, as new digital competition arose, MTV moved […]
Not long ago, broadcast concerts were the exclusive province of large television networks, but technology, as we all know, has a way of changing everything – and making it more democratic. To wit, the rise of the small concert broadcast studio. Virtually unheard of a few years ago, these pint-sized performance platforms have been popping […]
For Max Koehler and Ryan Warffuel, LED video walls are more than a medium for displaying stunning breakout patterns and other images. The two young designers, who are partners in Minneapolis-based Antic Studios, view these panels as living, breathing vibrant entities in their own right — and not merely repositories for colorful images. Panels themselves […]
Steve Jennings on Concert Photography Although he is known throughout this industry for his uncanny ability to distill the essence of even the most elaborate lighting design in still images, this acclaimed California-based photographer does not see his work – strictly speaking — as taking photos of lightshows. Defining his mission as photographing concerts, not […]
Mickey Mantle, Mariano Rivera, Derek Jeter…many of baseball’s greatest legends have experienced butterflies in their stomachs the first time they entered the colossus that is Yankee Stadium. Apparently, so too do country music superstars. “I’m nervous as hell,” Garth Brooks, the best-selling solo album artist in the history of the US, said at a press […]
Listening, truly listening, as opposed to simply hearing, has been described as a “rare gift.” If that’s the case, then this universally acclaimed lighting designer is uniquely gifted. Over the past 35 years, Morse has combined his formidable design talents with an uncanny ability to accept and synthesize input from others to reach the pinnacle […]
SUNRISE, FL – With an output greater than that of a 750-watt HPL ellipsoidal, the Ovation E-260WW IP is bright enough to work effectively at outdoor events, theatrical performances and concerts. What’s more, the new LED fixture from CHAUVET Professional will also keep working without issue if the weather at those outdoor projects turns bad, […]
NEW YORK – Pink is the most “in” color. Straw baskets are one of the hottest accessories. Pants are getting higher. New York Fashion Week can always be counted on to make some clear trend declarations. Happily, the one thing that always seems to be in style during this week-long (actually nine-day) celebration of haute […]