We’ve all been there – you have an area that you want to project a gobo onto (usually a blank wall), but the only point you’ve got to place a fixture is nowhere near a straight shot, and the gobo you...

Costumers often choose a fabric for a number of reasons, including its feel, color, translucency and weight. Oftentimes, however, that fabric needs to be modified to fit the needs of the production....

If you have visited an optical shop lately, you might have noticed a trend. Most stores tend to pack as many frames as physically possibly into a dedicated display space. Unfortunately, this tends to...

Rosco’s LED design partners over at The Black Tank have done it again! Behold the Miro Cube UV365 – an amazingly efficient product upgrade to their original Miro Cube black light design. The original...

At NAB last year, I met filmmaker Micah Van Hove who was shooting booth videos for NoFilmSchool.com. While he was there – I introduced him to the LitePad Vector. Since then – he and I stayed in touch...

According to photographer Karen Yaniv-Guidanian, bringing a fog machine on set adds an element of mystery to her pictures and highlights the beam’s path of light in the frame. Karen recently reviewed...

Amy Benson Sachse is an artist that creates painted murals & custom art projects, and also provides various art & design services for her clients. One of her recent mural projects introduced Amy to...

Like many lighting designers, Herrick Goldman puts his talents to work designing large parties and corporate events, in addition to the arena shows and stage productions he also works on. Below,...

Last summer, we celebrated our 5th Blogoversary with some fantastic prizes, one of which was a Mini-V Fog Machine. The lucky winner of that prize was Heidi Hoffer, a scenic designer and Professor of...

With space and power continually at a premium, backlighting scenic graphics or creating interesting color backgrounds can be a formidable task for set and lighting designers alike. The solution to...