"Hey Bob,
Brad is absolutely correct. On all my renderings I send to clients, I put a watermark on them that lists my company, as in "these are my fricking possession" until you pay for them. On the cad drawings I put a…"
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Light bulbs and house fixtures
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Nook Schoenfeld commented on Nook Schoenfeld's blog post more on color
"Yup Brad, I agree. The 30 colors never lasts long as all of a sudden I may need a flesh pink or a 1/2 cot. Perhaps a fruity apricot. I always give the artist what they desire, but I just despise spending hours making palettes for every show I do.…"
Brad Helzer commented on Nook Schoenfeld's blog post more on color
"I agree with Nook and JPalmer. If you've learned a way of doing your color palette and it's working for you and your clients then there should be no reason to change it. I enjoy working with artist that will fight for the slightest shade…"
Nook Schoenfeld commented on Nook Schoenfeld's blog post more on color
"Excellent choice Mr Palmer. I too have grown used to just hitting "color 22" keys to bring up a certain color. Have been using the same #'s on color palletes since the 80's and have found your way works best for me. It really…"
JPalmerLD commented on Nook Schoenfeld's blog post more on color
"I use a similar method that you describe for the base of a show, and then will add anything that is needed specifically. Color Palette 2 is always Cyan for me. CP 12 is Med. Cyan and 22 is Light Cyan. It makes it quicker to grab…"
Nook Schoenfeld commented on Nook Schoenfeld's blog post more on color
" Oh don't get me wrong, I always give the paying customer what they want. I believe I stated all this above. I gave the customer mud. They paid me. We agreed that we do not see things the same and they shall seek…"
Bob Thebuilder commented on Nook Schoenfeld's blog post more on color
"Here's my take away from reading your article. Your customer wants "MUD", you don't he pays your salary, and you won't work for him again. Do I have that about right? Thank you I finally understand why I get so much business…"
Nook Schoenfeld commented on Tony Caporale's blog post Mentors
"Man I just heard the news. Bummer. I taught Dave how to program hogs years ago. He always was smiling and up for a safety meeting in the rafters somewhere. There are worse things in life than being schooled by Jesper. He's a gifted man.
On a…"
Nook Schoenfeld commented on Brandon Creel's blog post Explaining Programming Concepts to Beginners
"What is the price range on this desk?
Like the paint bruch analogy.
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Nook Schoenfeld commented on Kevin Lee Allen's blog post Layers, I do like me some Vectorworks Layers
"I like to keep my truss and lights on separate layers as well. Easier to make rigging plots from your drawings by leaving truss visible, but with no fixtures."
Nook Schoenfeld commented on Justin Lang's blog post Time to Upgrade Your TV.... AGAIN. 4K is already here.
"You know, I don't watch much TV. I barely recognize the difference between HD and normal TV. When friends come over on Sunday, they often ask me why I'm watching football on normal TV and not the HD channels. It's cause the difference…"
Nook Schoenfeld commented on Jordan Nobel's blog post Hog 1000 Programming & Console Layout Advice
"When busking like this, I would never think of changing pages. The hog 1000 is brilliant because all of those palette/preset IFCB buttons up top can be easily turned into cue playbacks. Do what Brian says, absolutely.
I normally take one whole set…"
Jordan Nobel commented on Nook Schoenfeld's video
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (Live At The Joint)
"Looks great Nook! The trees don't look anything like I imagined them from reading your blog post about it."
Wayne Lambert commented on Nook Schoenfeld's video
Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (Live At The Joint)
"I love this! Light...Shadow...and Video that enhances, not dominates. BACK TO BASICS! Yes!"
Nook Schoenfeld replied to cody stoltz's discussion Morphing/Cloning day to day on MQ
"What I do is renumber the existing lights by adding 1000 to the #. Then I move them up in the patch to some non existent universe of dmx you will never see.
Then add your new fixtures and number them with the same fixture #'s you just used on…"
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Imagine Dragons - Radioactive (Live At The Joint)
Music video by Imagine Dragons performing Radioactive. (C) 2013 Interscope Records
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- What's your current occupation?
- Lighting,Video,set design
- Where did you learn your craft?
- USF
- Who have you worked for or where have you worked in the past?
- 100 different bands and countless other shows
- What's your favorite new technology?
- Zap Technologies Big LED lite
- Do you have any words of wisdom for your fellow lighting pros?
- Every lighting fixture has some redeeming quality, you just have to search for it
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- Yes
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Posted on June 14, 2013 at 2:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I think we all have our favorite airlines. Or should I rephrase that by saying, airline we hate less than the others.
I like Delta. Probably because they have a hub in my hometown. They have been more reliable to me in the last few years then all the others. So I stick with them. usually. I have flown over a million miles on American and I dig them too.
But when I cash in miles for free fix for my family, American sucks. They rarely can get me a free ticket within 4…
Continue more on color
Posted on June 8, 2013 at 7:13am 6 Comments 3 Likes
I had a client last year that bitched to me about my lack of using enough color. Their words were something to the effect of "I'm told these lights have thousands of colors, but I keep seeing the same ones over and over".
"That's cause you hired me", was all I could think. Some people mix lots of colors together on stage at once. That's just not my thing. Very few people can get away with this. I think Mike Ledesma is amazing, because he can pull off a look that has 6…
Continue Some things never change, except for the LD
Posted on May 31, 2013 at 10:30am 0 Comments 1 Like
One of the great things about Facebook is that I can keep up with what bands my friends are lighting. I can also feel their pain as sometimes I have worked with some difficult artists and now see my friends commiserating over similar problems I had with the same act.
About 3 albums ago I lit a band called 30 seconds to Mars. Very talented act, really loved their music. But they changed their minds about lighting daily. The leader of the band is also a movie star, Jared Leto. Writes great… Continue
About 3 albums ago I lit a band called 30 seconds to Mars. Very talented act, really loved their music. But they changed their minds about lighting daily. The leader of the band is also a movie star, Jared Leto. Writes great… Continue
Think before you press send
Posted on May 23, 2013 at 3:26pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
I have this client who's a great guy. He hires me to design sets and lights and I have nothing but love for the guy. But his clients have a problem. They will call him about a project that is 6 months away, and ask him to produce pretty renderings of what they will do with the set and lights each year. So he does his gig, which means calling me to produce the lovely art. Which I am glad to oblige. But not at this exact moment.
I'm always booked on stuff so I have to find a…
Continue Really awful lighting, shame on you
Posted on May 17, 2013 at 6:30am 1 Comment 1 Like
So in the aftermath of the terrorist act in Boston, sporting events were suspended. Then after they caught the dudes responsible, they made a big bubba hubba about Boston strong. This was all good and I was proud for that city. Then, when they had a chance to shine, they blew it..., big time.
The Red Sox came back to life and had a large crowd complete with Neil Diamond singing at the park etc. It was a spectacular event well caught on all the networks. An outdoor venue…
ContinueComment Wall (15 comments)
- At 1:10pm on October 31, 2012,
Mike Wharton said… From lunch that day in Atlanta...! Took a while to find a pic for the profile. Thanks again buddy!
- At 7:57am on November 7, 2011,
Kyle Intrabartolo said… - Congrats on the award Nook!!!!
- At 7:47am on November 7, 2011,
Wayne Lambert said… - Yikes! Sorry for the typo in that last post, NOOK!
- At 7:43am on November 7, 2011, Wayne Lambert said…
- The pictures of the Kid Rock show look fantastic!! Congratulations on the award, Nick!
- At 4:40pm on October 31, 2011,
cody stoltz said… - Hey nook congratulations on your award
- At 1:59pm on May 17, 2010,
William R Strawn said… - Indeed it is Bill Strawn from Sac/Branson and beyond :) As I recall the nickname, garnered during our stint with the Steve Winwood tour, was "The Hub".
Drop me a line at hedlite@msn.com and let's catch up. Lots to tell :)
- At 3:58pm on January 10, 2010, cody stoltz said…
- thank you nook I had to do a fly loop at the lil wayne show in laffayete. (they went through my boss for the lighting)
- At 8:01am on December 9, 2009,
Nook Schoenfeld said… - A fly loop saves you time on load in. If you know that your trusses will trim at exactly 20', here's what you do. It consists of the cable that will run from the truss to the ground, prior to running to the dimmers side stage.
1. Run the multicables on to the truss on the floor and plug them in.
2. Take the cable from the end of the truss, and run it backwards, parallel to the truss on the ground towards center stage.
3. Once you have gone approximately 10', turn the cable around and go the other way another 10'
4. Run the rest of the cable back to the dimmers, figure 8 it on a nice neat pile and plug in the ends
5. Now when you run the truss up 20' in the air, your "fly loop" of cable will be in the air, your rig already tested, and you don't have to touch any of the cable a second time
- At 7:44pm on December 8, 2009, cody stoltz said…
- Hey nook whats a fly loop that you were talking about in the plsn last month I have tried asking people about it no one that I know knows.
- At 10:02pm on October 23, 2009,
carrol spncr said… - Yes , i am totally concur with him as he has very severe point to elevated in his conversation.
Carrol SPncr
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