Light Talk with The Lumen Brothers

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Game of Thrones to Sonny Bono. Join Steve, David, and Stan, as they pontificate about: Lumen Brothers return to LDI, Skiing under the Els, What are the advantages to LED fixtures in High School?, Mrs. Hatfield, Most common technical challenge to lighting high school productions, Ugly school colors, Where to "aim" the ligh...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Unexpected Snowstorms to Intellectual Property. Join Steve, David, and Stan, as they pontificate about: Kabuki Drops, Moby Dick, The GLP S350, The High End SolaFrame Theatre, How to handle reviews, Frank Rich, Ravi Shankar, Balancing Thinking and Doing, Missing deadlines,  Tracking or Cue Only, Block Cues, and Zip Cord.  ...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Painting your Bedroom to DDT Fog Machines. Join Steve, David, and Stan, as they pontificate about: The upcoming Ken Billington interview, Bugs activating touch-screens, How life experiences shape our artistry, Teams of Cats, The Master of Masking Tape, Luminaire Hickeys, How to assign student designers to school productio...

LIGHT TALK with The Lumen Brothers Episode 105 "Perpetual Change" is NOW AVAILABLE! In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers celebrate their 1st episode of Season 3 with Award-Winning Projections Designer Zak Borovay. Join Zak, Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Growing up in Long Island, "The Wendell School", Music and Design, Playing bass in Rock of Ages, Famous Baby-Sitte...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers (and Sistah) celebrate their 2nd Anniversary by presenting the best sponsor commercials of the last year.  Listen to Steve, David, Anne, and Stan sell out their integrity by hawking the shady products from such dubious companies as Bad Hombre' Stage Productions, Hula Hues Color Company, Carvel Studios, The Cheeky Rigger of Sheffield, No More 10 out...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Physics in Turkey to Non Disclosure Agreements. Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about:  Doing  unrepairable damage to Anne's career, Design Showcase East and West, Upcoming interviews, How old is "Really Old"?, How to get international gigs, What's the first light you call up when writing a cue, Playing Wha...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Headsets to Armpit Cooling Fans. Join Steve, David, Stan, and Lumen Sister Anne as they pontificate about: Lumen Brothers in 103 Countries!, 3D Printing on Asteroids, , Protecting your ears while working on concert gigs, Shot Callers, IEM's, Top Hats and Eyelashes... Part II, What to do with all those cut gels, Gobo stora...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from LED Lekos to Underground Radio. Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about:  Enough with the Lava Lamps already!, Our favorite LED lekos, The Martin ELP leko in detail, The ProLights Eclipse, The "color" of white light, Stumping Stan, Steve being "Semantical", Green... or Mint?, Tweaking Chorus Members, Are whit...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers celebrate their 100th Episode with Regional Sales Manager for High End Systems, Bobby Hale. Join Bobby, Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Bobby's journey from Life Guard to Project Manager, Busking lights in nightclubs, The history of LightWave Research and High End, ETC's acquisition of High End, The Intellibeam, The development of...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Collaboration to PG5. Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, and The Avengers, How good looking is Bobby Hale?, Tony Simpson and Bohemian Rhapsody, Golden Sea and Ayrton, Which lighting company is the next to go bankrupt?, Is the death of the conventional fixture near?, How to...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Taming your Cyc to Goo. Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Surprises for our upcoming anniversary show, David having a senior moment, Using Rosco Opti-Sculpt to tame your cyc, Luminit, Grid Cloth, The difference between tophats and barndoors, Flair, Glare, Flocked and Flecked, Steve takes issue!, How to...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Pyro to Flesh Metrics. Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Loving Vincent, What do you say when the director says that they don't like color?, Our favorite striplights to light a cyc, The Lumen Brothers Time Machine, Why do art directors not use period lighting fixtures in period movies and television sh...

Today  is a solemn day for the lighting world. A great tree has fallen. Fred   Foster,   founder and CEO of Electronic Theater Controls, has left us. As we reflect on this tremendous loss to our community, we might think about the idea of leaving a place better than we found it. There is no question that Fred Foster left this world and the lighting community much much better   then he found it.  ...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers interview Lighting and Projections Designer, Driscoll Otto.  Join Driscoll, Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Steve and Stan's frigid URTA Report, Driscoll and David collaborating in Italy, Working with Paul Curran, Billy Porter, and  Michael Shell, Designing moving oil paintings for La Donna del Lago at the Met, Shooting video conte...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Lighting film to Lava Lamps. Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Stan and Steve in Chicago, URTA Mentor of the Year, Martha Carter, The ETC Parnel, The Philips Acclaim, We Don't Need Your Stinkin' Fresnels, How to create film lighting that is not harsh and flat, Metropolis, David's unfortunate lighting i...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from your first concert to great High School lighting projects. Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Stan and Steve's trip to the frozen tundra of URTA, Avoiding free-falling elevators, Tharon Musser's essay, Bill and Jean Eckart, Our greatest daily challenges, Time and Money, Battling Self-Doubt, Is competenc...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from the Responsibilities of the designer to Peking Duck. Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: David's adventures in Firenze, Meeting and working with Driscoll Otto, Crazy Italian theatre traditions, Pasta Surfer, Rookie Mistakes, Not taking anything for granted, The role of Theatre, The relevance of Rogers an...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers (and Sistah) talk about everything from Picking Equipment to "23 and Me". Join Steve, Anne and Stan as they pontificate about: New Years resolutions, Palmer House elevators, Testing your saliva, Personal lighting styles, Harnessing the "Power of Cyan", Responding to the needs of the show, Using equipment you trust, The value of internships, "The Sp...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Speed Focusing to The Wonderful World of Color.  Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: This past week's "Christmas Extravaganza" Episode, "Madame Curran's Opera Shop" in Firenze, Martin's new LED Leko, How to choose a color palette, Tinker Bell on acid, How to lay out your portfolio, Credential Packages, T...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers (and Sistah) present their 2nd annual "Baby It's Cold Outside, So Lets Spend Christmas with The Lumen Brothers Christmas Spectacular!" (OY... What a long tedious title!) Join Steve, Anne, David and Stan as they dig back into the somewhat leaky vaults of their memories to tell their own personal Christmas Theatrical Disasters. Also, learn more than...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Ghost Loads to Almond Milk.  Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Next week's "Christmas Extravaganza" Episode, Where is LIGHT TALK Central?, Lumen Santa, Are conventional tungsten fixtures D.O.A.?, The real energy consumption data for LED's, Chi-Chi-Chi-Chi-Changes,  How to lower your stress level, Inves...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from the new GrandMA3 to Zippo lighters.  Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Last week's interview with Al Crawford, The strange paths our careers take, Stan's issue with Geckos, Our pre-tech checklists, Video recording rehearsals, David's new iPhone, What GDTF is, MacAdam Ellipses, How to find summer theatr...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers interview long time Alvin Ailey lighting director and recent Knights of Illumination Award winner, Al Crawford.  Join Al, Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Who are these Knights of Illumination?, Sneaking Al's sword past TSA, Getting started with Alvin Ailey, Learning Repertory, Using new technology to remount classic lighting design...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers celebrate Thanksgiving with a very special show.  Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Everything you ever wanted to know about Thanksgiving, What is the first thing you do to insure a flawless show?, Donuts... the "International Good Will Foodstuff", Arriving to the theater prepared, How much we rely on our programmers in mixing a...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, the Lumen Brothers talk about everything from high school lighting committees to buying K-Cars.  Join Steve, David and Stan as they pontificate about: Inexpensive movers, Stan's coffee warmer, A uto-mark and Move-in-black explained, New lighting technology for interactive performances, Virtual Bubble Hoops and Jellyfish, Smell-O-Vision, Cheeky Rigger Cologne's 2018 C...