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WELL in Union Station

Posted on February 9, 2012

Here is a quick photo of WELL fixtures uplighting Union Station in Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros. Thanks to Bright Star Productions for sharing this photo.

COLORado a Dream and a Force

Posted on February 8, 2012

At a recent Salesforce event held at Moscone Center in San Francisco, entitled Dreamforce, 4Wall Entertainment specified 64 COLORado 1-Tri Tour static wash lights. Lighting Designer Paul Efron, of Seeing Eye Lighting Design, used them to tone the truss flown above the stage. The event went seamlessly from conference to a Metallica concert. Take a […]

Ahoy, Legend 412!

Posted on February 6, 2012

In Ahoy, Rotterdam was a trade show called CUE2012. Our distributor in The Netherlands, M Works Distribution, exhibited a few selected pieces of CHAUVET Professional gear in their stand. (And were kind enough to share some photos, too!) The stand showed Legend 412 moving heads, COLORdash Par Tri wash lights, COLORdash Batten and COLORdash Batten […]

Tech Talk: Tooling Around

Posted on February 3, 2012

Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional A universal theme among us in this industry is that we have to travel to do our jobs. Planes, trains, and automobiles, that’s us. I have to say; sometimes I really envy people who only go on planes for vacations. Since the unfortunate events of September […]

LD Profile: Bob L.

Posted on February 2, 2012

Six questions with Bob L. Lighting designer, playwright and director. He started experimenting with lighting when he wrote Visions, a theatrical drama, in 1991. 1. How did you get into this field? While traveling on the road of life, I encountered some bumps in the road. I decided to join a small community theater and […]

Parlez-vous CHAUVET?

Posted on January 24, 2012

Our distributor from France, Algam, visited CHAUVET HQ after The NAMM Show 2012. While they were here, we had a little fun while shooting a video short starring Algam President, Gerard Garnier. Our top question: “Parlez-vous CHAUVET?” (translated to ‘Do you speak CHAUVET?’) While we await its completion, here are a few behind the scenes […]

My (Way) New Year’s Resolution

Posted on January 16, 2012

Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional I have seen The Matrix a ton of times. Not only do I like the story, but the effects were really cool. The problem with cool effects is that you start to see them over and over again. The effect known as “bullet time” was developed […]

Q-Wash 260-LED Lights Jimmy Eat World

Posted on January 11, 2012

Added to the rig, designed by Lighting Designer Gigi Pedron, on the last few stops of Jimmy Eat World‘s recent tour were 24 CHAUVET Professional Q-Wash 260-LED moving heads. Dwight Slamp, business development manager for production / contractor for CHAUVET, caught one of the shows in California and brought back these great shots of the […]

SparkliteLED Tours with Brad Paisley

Posted on January 5, 2012

Jeremy Pace, Central U.S. and key accounts sales manager for CHAUVET, attended Paisley’s concert,  H2O II: Wetter & Wilder World Tour, in West Palm Beach at the Cruzan Amphitheater. “I have seen Brad Paisley perform the last three years and he and his crew always seem to step up their game year after year,” Pace […]

COLORado makes a ‘Splash’

Posted on December 22, 2011

Check out this awesome footage of a holiday light and video display inside Jordan’s Furniture in Rhode Island. A new store, the chain’s fifth, opened its doors with a two-story theater and a 15-minute synchronized waterworks show, entitled “Splash”, projected on a unique surface–a sheet of water shot from thousands of water nozzles. On deck […]

LD Profile: Austin Grundberg

Posted on December 15, 2011

Six questions with Austin Grundberg At just 14 years of age, Grundberg has already started his own lighting company, AGLite Inc.His future goal is “to do concerts and touring.” 1. How did you get into this field? I have always been fascinated with fire trucks and their lights. When I finally saw my first concert, I still […]

LD Interview: Take 5 with Richard Cadena, pt. 3

Posted on December 15, 2011

Part three of three of our interview of Richard Cadena, who sat down for talk with our own Ford Sellers, senior product development manager for CHAUVET. (If you missed it, see part one here and part two here.)