LIGHT TALK Episode 378 - "An Outlaw Solution"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
Release Date: 06/29/2024
LIGHT TALK Episode 399 - "Embracing the Suck"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Horrible Programmers, to "Mr. Midnight". Join David, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: What to do when your show sucks; Scar Tissue; "The Endpoint Effect"; Respecting and researching other cultures when you design a show; "Blue Hawaii"; What to do when your programmer disappears; Stan becoming "Tom from CarTalk"; "Evil Kitten Clothing for Stagehands"; Stan's collection of Bowties; Escaping the madness; Standing your ground and fight for your students; "The Prime Directive" in education; Ignoring the background...
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LIGHT TALK Episode 398 - "Being Kind - Our Conversation with Christina Watanabe"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister welcome lighting designer Christina Watanabe to the show. Join Christina, Ellen, Stan, and Brackley as they pontificate about: Early days of discovering lighting design; Hitting the pavement in NYC; The "Christina Questions"; Christina's Knights of Illumination Award project; Most challenging productions; The issues with Zactrack; Losing the human element; Taking over from Brackley at UNLV; Teaching Graduate and Undergraduate lighting designers; Hard lessons to learn; Balancing an academic career with a professional career; Taking...
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LIGHT TALK Episode 397 - "Kerplunked, Farmisht, and Having Some Real Issues"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Having Nothing to Say, to The Musical Box. Join David, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: Election night plans; The "Lumen Family Zoom Spin Room"; Sustaining a converstion in design meetings; Picking the perfect frontlight; Getting a quick and unified blackout from a variety of sources; "The Musical Box"; The Cheeky Rigger of Sheffield's "Chatterbox 3000"; Pedegrees vs. People; and Lighting for Arena and Thrust theaters. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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LIGHT TALK Episode 396 - "Designing with Generative Content - Our Conversation with Manny Treeson"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister welcome lighting designer Manny Treeson to the show. Join Manny, Ellen, Stan, Brackley, and David as they pontificate about: The ongoing search for LDI Swag; Episode 1 of "Great Failures of Artificial Intelligence"; Manny's journey as a lighting designer; Grad school at Carnegie Mellon; NYX Design; Disney Days; Designing with Generative Content; Working with Notch; More thoughts on The Sphere; The challenges of designing large-scale corporate shows; Designing Movie Premiers; Sequeing into architectural lighting; Most...
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LIGHT TALK Episode 395 - "Breaking Rectangles - Our Discussion with Michael Stiller"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister welcome lighting designer Michael Stiller to the show. Join Michael, Ellen, David, and Steve as they pontificate about: Becoming a lighting designer without any formal training in the field; Bard College; Finding gigs in New York City; Media and generative driven lighting; Experiential lighting; How disruptive will AI be to the architectural lighting world; Where design ideas come from; Combining pixels with lumens; Element Labs; "A gentle blast of wind"; Thoughts about The Sphere; "A Place for In Your Face"; Teaching lighting design...
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LIGHT TALK Episode 394 - "I'll Have a Half-hat, a Quarter-hat, and a Pancake!"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister discuss everything from Color Pickers to Las Vegas Implosions. Join Ellen, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: The changing face of Vegas; RIP Gel... again!; How to meet directors and designers if you don't go to graduate school; Using the gel color picker on a console; Hoarding Gelatran; Tesla Trucks; "Tech Table Etiquette"; How to balance your academic and working craeers; Using Zoom for your lighting classes; and "Pool", "Puddle", and "Egg". Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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LIGHT TALK Episode 393 - "Feed the Weasel!"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister discuss everything from Cheese Curds to Stan's "Secret Announcement". Join Ellen, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: Live Nation's new Seasonal Stadium in Toronto; Stan's LDI Business decisions; Focus priorities; Matching colors among different moving lights; LLC, S-Corporation, or a Collective?; "Puff... The Magic Dragon Fogger"; Succession planning; Is Tungsten officially dead?; and Free LDI Passes at Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.
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LIGHT TALK Episode 392 - "Sleep Fast, Sleep Deep"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) discuss everything from Ellen's Mother-in Law's Personal Power Station, to Stan's "Table of Curiosities". Join Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Remembering Catalyst; Who gets paid for revisions of drawings; How clean is the energy in clean energy festival stages… and how safe are the batteries?; "Sleep Fast, Sleep Deep, Lighting Slumber Device"; How "UL" affects our lives and the lighting profession; and Designing your first outdoor event. Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes...
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LIGHT TALK Episode 391 - "Lighting is a Contact Sport - Our Conversation with Rick Fisher"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and SISTER!) welcome acclaimed lighting designer Rick Fisher to the show. Join Rick, Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Billy Elliot; Rick's amazing work at Santa fe Opera; Watching the sunset, and other things in the glorius vista behind the stage; Santa Fe's wonderful apprentice program; Rick's incredible journey into lighting design; Not a 'Small Print Person'Doing a bit of everything; You want to be noticed; Moving fluidly between Dance, Opera, and Theatre; Falling in love with Musicaals; Working in England as an...
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LIGHT TALK Episode 390 - "Lighting the Presidential Debate - A Deep Dive with Lighting Designer Dennis Size"
Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers
In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and SISTER!) welcome Honorary Lumen Brother Dennis Size to the show to discuss his lighting for the historic Harris/Trump Debate. Join Dennis, Ellen, Steve, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Steve's vacation at "The Dairy Queen Nudist Colony"; Dennis rebutting David's AI Programmer comments; The history of how the debate was designed and produced; The lighting mission of a debate; Set and Video Wall decisions; "The Sea of Blue"; Interesting moments at The Candidate Walk-Thru; Covering all the angles of face light; Backlighting...
info_outlineIn this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Finding Qualified Technology Teachers to Sipping Buffalo Milk on the Bay.
Join Steve, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: How to critique lighting designs; Controlling lighting systems remotely; How to integrate lights that can't be dimmed into a lighting design; Ken Billington's prodigy moment; Legal help to protect your AI designs; Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks; The days of pontification are over; Faculty directors not embracing technology in design; Different ways to deliver teaching content; A question of control; A little color never hurt anyone; and How to self-learn advanced design software programs.
Nothing is Taboo, Nothing is Sacred, and Very Little Makes Sense.