One of the key factors photographer Jay P. Morgan focuses on in his photo tutorials at The Slanted Lens is great lighting. In a recent lesson, he provided some tips on how to shoot a hummingbird. In...

If you operate a busy dance studio, spring break is an excellent opportunity for cleaning and re-taping your existing dance floors. If you’re not jet-setting off to a beach-side resort while your...

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...

For a production of The Tempest at Western Illinois University, I needed to create a world that complemented the “geode design,” constructed by scenic designer Tammy Honesty – while still playing...

The Nutcracker and Christmas... sugar plums, mice, and a chance for hundreds of little kids to wear leotards and slip into dance slippers. It's easy to be an audience member when it's your kid in the...

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...

Adrian Hillis is a manager at Jack A. Frost – a Rosco dealer in Toronto, Canada. Theatre has not only been a big part of Adrian’s life, but also his girlfriend Emma’s too. “Emma and I first met in...

If you google the late lighting designer Patrick Latronica, you will find more than one entry that looks like a Rosco marketing piece. Patrick’s brilliant lighting designs were seen in major...

A couple of years ago, cinematographer Eduardo Fierro shot a commercial spot that made the semi-finals for Doritos’ annual “Crash the Super Bowl” contest. Fierro’s greatest challenge in shooting the...

When it comes to Valentine’s Day, there are symbols that are instantly associated with this amorous holiday – hearts, roses and the winged figure of Cupid, to name a few. It only makes sense that...