Under natural light, there is always shadow. Look around you and you will see that almost every object you look at has some kind of shading on it. This helps our eyes to define dimension. Without shadow, or negative space, everything would look flat and two dimensional. This is something to think about when you […]
NEW YORK– Even by the standards of pop punk, a genre famous for blending outrageously divergent sounds, The Wonder Years stands out for its incredibly wide-ranging style. Deftly swinging from subtle melodies to heart-pounding choruses in the blink of a musical eye, this freewheeling band from the Philadelphia area takes fans on an emotionally charged […]
During the design phase of your project, keeping yourself organized is critical to the overall success of the project. Knowing where your fixtures go is really important not only to you, but to the people who are building your rig. By following a few simple steps, keeping your fixtures numbered in order will greatly help […]
LDI 2015 booth #539 (AKA CHAUVET Professional) was a hotbed of activity from the time we got there till the time we left. Our entire crew put in a ton of effort in getting our booth up and looking sharp. We would like to thank everyone who helped us out on this show or provided […]
October is one of our favorite months. Fall baseball (go Cubs!), football is back in full swing, the leaves are changing amazing colors, there is a crispness in the air, and it is apple cider season. Oh, and its LDI time! That’s right, LDI is just around the corner. Las Vegas is about to get […]
(London, UK) The OnBlackheath festival in South East London has quickly established itself as one of England’s most popular late summer music events. Set on the picturesque Blackheath Common, the two-day gathering features an eclectic mix of live music and pop-up food stalls, an alluring combination that earned it five nominations for Britain’s Festival Awards […]
Want to expand your video display, but can’t make the investment in a gigantic wall? No worries, you can still get a big video look without a big investment by mapping the appropriate fixtures with video content so they work with your panels to immerse an entire stage. Chauvet Europe’s Sam Bowden shows how it’s […]
ANAHEIM, CA – Making the transition from the portable to the permanent is nothing new at Saddleback church. One of the most widely known and highly respected houses of worship in the world, Saddleback started out as a portable church, holding its first service on Easter Sunday, 1980 in the apartment of its founders Rick […]
London, England – (For Immediate Release) — London’s world-renowned nightlife has kept the city’s pulse ticking well into the wee hours for decades. From the 1930s, when renowned bartender Harry Craddock published the Savoy Cocktail Book (a drinks manual still in print today), onto the vibrant Soho of the swinging sixties, to Britpop […]
One of the trickiest things to do when running a show is keeping time to music when you are trying to not only run cues, but also call spots. The biggest problem is that not only are you listening to music, you are trying to anticipate the cues as you either call them or hit […]
(Birmingham, UK) Held at Birmingham’s NEC from 12-14 September, the PRO show – sister to the long established BPM show – is the latest trade show to cater to the Professional AV industry in the UK. Exhibiting for the second time, CHAUVET Professional took the opportunity to unveil several new products at its stand. […]
Information Technology for the Lighting Professional I saw a really cool ad from Verizon that shows a great explanation for how bandwidth works. It shows a bunch of people sitting in a room. They are supposed to represent data. Then a door shows up on a wall. This is supposed to represent band width on […]