Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional I’m back in the US. Just getting home from work and picking up some Indian take out. I bought a phone card and texted Annie to tell her. She texted me back to tell me that she was OK, but there was a terrible earthquake. I […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional Trish and Neil’s older son Iain’s birthday is today. We picked up Connor, Iain, and his girlfriend and took them back into town. We went to lunch at the same place we had the Waitangi Day breakfast. The food at the coffee house is excellent and […]
WWritten by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional Back to Christchurch and the real start of my vacation. Annie keeps asking me what I want to do. To be honest, I was just so happy to be able to devote my full attention to not having to “do” anything. We went out to Trish’s […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional For the weekend, we are tourists. John and Julie are my wife’s brother and sister-in-law. John is Annie’s oldest brother and they were good enough to show us around Wellington for two days. We went to the New Zealand Parliament and the Museum of New Zealand […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional After a long day of presentations and setting up, we are back the next day at Audio Progress tearing down. I finally have a chance to speak with Malcolm and learn what he likes about CHAUVET. He has invested heavily in the COLORado 2 and COLORado […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional Get up early and drive to work. It’s almost like being at home, except I am driving on the other side of the road through some of the most dangerous roads on the North Island. There is a safer way, but apparently the GPS I am […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional Off to Wellington. A quick 45-minute flight on Air New Zealand, but still enough time for them to roll the drink cart up and down the aisle a few times. No problems with any of the arrangements and off to Annie’s other brother John’s house for […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional Three thirty in the morning is early. I don’t care what time zone you think your head is in, it’s early. We got to the airport and I dropped Annie and Connor off at the international terminal. I then went to the domestic terminal to catch […]
Mike Graham, product manger for CHAUVET Professional, recently took a 14-day trip to New Zealand. The indigenous Māori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa, commonly translated as land of the long white cloud. Mike primarily went for a family vacation, his wife being a native New Zealander, but he also visited a CHAUVET dealer, MDR […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional The key to maintaining long-lasting lights is keeping them clean and properly lamped if they are not LED fixtures. It’s important to keep all of your lenses, gobos, and reflectors as clean as possible. 1. How to clean: Use something with a high alcohol or high […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional Most lighting manufacturers suggest using their recommended replacement lamps. A cheaper replacement might be tempting, but you may not be pleased with the results. A lot of research and development goes into producing a professional fixture long before it comes to you. Time is spent deciding […]
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional LED technology brought many advancements to the lighting world. The ability to use 30 COLORado 1 units off of one 20Amp circuit is amazing and was unheard of until a few short years ago. Who would have thought that we could stop changing lamps and cutting […]