lighting design principles and process

A look at the career
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Lighting Designer – A Look at this Career

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The Lighting Designer’s Professional Decorum

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How to be a Bad Lighting Designer

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The Lighting Design Process

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Where do I Place my Lights?

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An Introduction to Show Control: Timecodes and Triggers

stage lights and lighting concepts

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Spot, Profile, Wash and Beam Moving Lights

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Static Lights

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Beam Angle, Field Angle, & Viewing Angle

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Introduction to the Leko or Ellipsoidal Reflector Spotlight

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Introduction to the Fresnel, or Wash Light

Lighting a Stage Video Series

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Lighting a Subject Video Series

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Harman Professional Training

Lighting Essentials Course

Covers Lighting Basics, Brightness, Color, Controls, and Smoke

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Harman Professional Training

Martin Lighting Technician: Level 1

Entry level course that walks the student through all the elements of lighting, fixtures, smoke, trouble shooting, color and light.

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Wrapping Cables Like a Pro

When working with stage lights, this cable wrapping technique is one you will need to master.

Roadie Wrap Video
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The Roadie Wrap

light plots, gobos, and more!

Light Plots. How to draft a light plot by hand, Symbols, templates, etc.

Drafting Light Plots –
Notations, channels, dimmers

Drafting a Pipe full of Lights

Look Inside a Moving Light
3+mins video

Dichroism
Dichroic filter technology
1+mins video

How to Choose the Right Beam Angle for LED Lights
2+mins video

Using Gobos on the Stage

Calculating Source Four Gobo Spreads

Excel Calculator Spreadsheet

How to Operate a Followspot

House of Worship Lighting

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Lighting & Video in Corporate Worship

Church Lighting &
Effects Example