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 architect...

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...

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 Fogge...

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 De...

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 de...

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...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) discuss everything from AI in your iPhone to "Light Talk: The Book!" Join Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about:  Steve on the beach; Lighting report from The Nudist Colony; Apple Airpod Pro 2 hearing software and possible theatre use; New iPhones with Apple Intelligence; Getting a job with a lighting maunfacturer at LDI; W...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) discuss everything from "The Lumen Brothers' Institute of Stress-Free Living" to Keith Richards on the Shuffleboard Court. Join Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: A new floating arena idea for green performances; The good old days of touring in a van; Waiting to get paid and How to ask for your money; Architectural desi...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) discuss everything from Conflict Resolution to Creative Chain Saw Techiques. Join Ellen, Brackley, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: LDI News; "Stage Managers Academy"; Time boundaries when off work; Is it wise to buy used automated lighting fixtures?; Manufacturers honoring warranties; Buying "The Latest and Greatest"; Getti...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers discuss everything from Timing Cues, to Monkeys in Stan's Bidet. Join Stan, David, and Steve as they pontificate about: Stan's Greek Cruise; Lox, Bagels, and Avocado Toast; USITT coming to Long Beach; David' Pre-tech at the San Francisco Opera; The best team ever!;  Educating yourself in architectural control systems; Assigning timing to your cues;...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister discuss everything from Lasers on Sharks, to Steve Trying to Drive to Dairy Queen. Join Ellen, Stan, David, and Steve as they pontificate about: New lighting books; What to do when your budget is cut by 50%; How many lights do you really need?; Lili's at LDI; Incorporating AI into lighting controllers; Apple Vision Pro and how it may cha...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview Tony Award Winner Lighting Designer, Jane Cox.   Join Jane, Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Winning the Tony for "Appropriate"; Getting light into difficult spaces; Your career is a series of relationships; Working with John Doyle; How to Play in the theater; The fun and pleasure of creating lighting cues, tra...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister discuss their reviews of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris Opening Ceremony. Join  Ellen, Stan, Steve, and David as they pontificate about: The boldnesss and brilliant audacity of the French show creators; Rain, rain, rain;  Celine Dion's unbelievable performance; The Eiffel Tower as you have never seen it before; Rehearsing in secret; T...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers and Sister interview Broadway lighting designer Brandon Stirling Baker. Join Brandon, Ellen, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Brandon's journey to Dance Lighting; The life and journey of "Illinoise"; The lighting and camera process of preparing your show for the Tony broadcast; The Journey of collaboration; Working with animators at CalAr...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brother and Sister interview Broadway designers Brian MacDevitt and Nick Solyom. Join Brian, Nick, Ellen, and David as they pontificate about: Bryan and Nick's working process; Lighting "The Outsiders"; People vs. scenery vs. effects... Finding the correct color temperature; Getting lighting notes from Ray Charles; Lighting "Utopia"; Nick's academic journey...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!), along with designers John Gresch, Jeff Ravitz, and Dennis Size, pay tribute to Broadcast Lighting Legend Bill Klages. Join Ellen, John, Jeff, Dennis, Brackley, and Steve as they discuss the amazing career of Bill Klages. From his early career as a lighting technician to his many television designs that earned him industry acclaim, Bi...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) discuss everything from Building and Destroying Your Reputation, to "You Can Take That Sock to the Grave With You". Join Ellen, Stan, and Steve as they pontificate about: Latest Carribean hurricane news; SGM egress protective fixtures; "My feet are killing me!"; Darn Tuff; Replacing incandescent house lights with LED; Canto USA; How t...

In 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...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) meet for a roundtable discussion on this year's Tony Awards and Design Software Subscriptions.  Join Ellen, Zak, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Happy Birthday, Stan!; So much video during this year's Tony Awards show... so where are the Projection and Video categories?; Sports vs. The Arts; Carbonelli's Pizza; Acknowledgin...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers talk about everything from IOS 18 to "Stable Confusion". Join Steve, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: How to get started with Artificial Intelligence; Bob Boniol's AI Generative Art Webinar; Midjourney, DALI, Sora, and all the toys; It's all about the prompt; The evolution of us; Our unfulfilled design fantasies; Lava lamps and Holiday In...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and SISTER!) interview Projections and Video Designer David Bengali. Join David, Ellen, Steve, and Zak as they pontificate about: David's journey from Lighting Designer to Projections Designer; Should projections and video designers have their own Tony nominations category?; The baggage that comes along with compoetitive awards; The lighting and p...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Disasterous Wedding Lighting to Rock Lobsters. Join Steve, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: "Please... someone turn on the Lights!"; Non-performers' aversion to stage lighting; "State of the Art Technology" ideas for new magnate high schools; Digital scenery vs. flats; Mini-Spheres; Being in two places at the sa...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and SISTER!) talk about everything from How to Become Famous to Baby Reindeer.  Join Ellen, Brackley, Steve, Stan, and David as they pontificate about: Is it possible to get an even distribution of haze?; "There is a fine line between stupid and genius"; Advantages of using a performer tracking system; Our dream architectural lighting jobs; "The P...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers (and Sister!) talk about everything from Apple AI to Getting Sacked From a Show.  Join Ellen, Zak, and David as they pontificate about: The new iPad Pros with Tandem OLED; The Sphere and Holoplot; Volume vs. Clarity; Choosing the best video resolution to use when your projection surfaces are very close; How to deal with a member of your creative te...

In this episode of LIGHT TALK, The Lumen Brothers talk about everything from Recognizing Video and Projection Designers to "Deinstitutionalizing". Join Brackley, Stan, David, and Steve as they pontificate about: Celebrating Brothers Brackley's and Stan's retirement; Wendall Harrington's Tony; How to create a fire effect without burning down the theater; How dichroic filters work; The importance of...