Category Archives for Light & Learn
Manipulating light
Hainan 6th June 2013 Our key task as a lighting designer is to manipulate (artificial) light into lighting effects that either create the mood or the visual performance required or conceptualised for the application. While we have computer rendering programs … Continue reading
Joy and disappointment
Perth 11th April 2013 I have just been notified that a lighting event that was to be held in Qatar next month has been cancelled (actually postponed)…that’s really disappointing. A phone call from the organisers informed me that they found … Continue reading
Sharing
Perth 10th April 2013 While I am preparing some presentations for upcoming speaking engagements and doing a remote magazine interview, I am very much aware that as we grow older, supposedly wiser and have more experience, we have the duty … Continue reading
Myth Busters
Perth 7th March2013 I don’t watch that much TV but occasionally I do and a few days ago I caught a program called Myth Busters in which they tried to debunk a “Myth” as seen in a movie (I believe … Continue reading
Seeing is believing
Kuala Lumpur 28th February 2013 In Kuala Lumpur today and tomorrow…follow up on one of my previous blogs on doing visual mock ups. We spent the afternoon preparing the site and mock up for our night time testing. While we … Continue reading
Sharing
Singapore 19th February 2013 This year is shaping up as an interesting year in regards to speaking engagements. As you grow older (and supposedly wiser) you have more experiences to share and being able to do so with your peers … Continue reading
Colleagues
Singapore 23rd January 2013 An important part of our life as lighting designer is to spent some time with colleagues in the business…for many reasons. First of all there is little to no reason to lock yourself up in an … Continue reading
Breaking a Lance
Singapore 18th January 2013 Today will probably go down in history as the day that Lance Armstrong took ownership of his life and came clean on his doping and drug taking. Like many in the world I switch on the TV … Continue reading
Not from behind my desk!
Singapore 16th January 2013 Life of a lighting designer is not one that is executed from behind a desk…oh no! While we may spent quite some time behind our computers to communicate, research, document or create, getting out and about … Continue reading
And the cowboys keep coming…
Singapore 14th January 2013 This year will be like the last one…a continuous fight against the LED cowboys. I was confronted to it yet again twice today. Once just by public observation and once through my professional dealings. I had … Continue reading
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