CHAUVET Professional lights the new sports TV studio of C-More Entertainment channel in Stockholm, Sweden. Seventy-four COLORdash Batten TRI lights were installed by Key Light AB and provided by Starfelt Company, CHAUVET exclusive distributor in Sweden. Lighting Designer Martin Grafström placed the lights inside two curved borders each about 62-feet (19 meters) wide, 1 foot tall (30 centimeters) and one foot deep. The fixtures stand on the double-bracket yoke in the back of the covered edges. Every light is in 24-channel mode with separate addresses, which makes for 1,776 addresses over four universes. Here are some cool shots:
CHAUVET Professional at Stage Electrics Open Day in Manchester, U.K., which is one of three open days scheduled this month.
We showed CHAUVET Professional Q-Wash 436Z-LED and Q-Spot 360-LED moving heads, COLORado 1-Quad Tour, COLORdash Batten-Quad 6, COLORado Déco Quad-1 Tour and COLORado 2 Zoom Tour static wash lights, Ovation E-190WW and Ovation F-165WW LED-fitted theatrical fixtures, and CHAUVET DJ PiXPar 24 pixel mapping wash and LED Followspot 75ST. Additionally shown is the new trussing line, TRUSST.
Here are a couple of photos below. Stay tuned for more.
CHAUVET was a gold sponsor for the yearly fund-raiser organized by Community Habilitation Center, a facility that supports and serves 150 adults with developmental disabilities from Miami-Dade County, ranging in ages from 21 to 71. This year’s theme was CHC at the Grammys. CHC members participated in a fashion show, and guests bid in live auctions, raising funds for the center. CHAUVET Professional WELL wireless wash lights lit the stage and washed the walls of the room. CHAUVET Professional COLORado 1 VW Tour wash lights, CHAUVET DJ SlimPAR Pro RGBA fixtures and Intimidator Spot LED 150 moving yokes lit the stage and catwalk from pipe truss. Here are some vivid shots from the event:
Written by Mike Graham, product manager for CHAUVET Professional
Superstitions surround everything that we do. Silly as they are, *knock on wood*, we all have them. For me, I guess that I am a creature of habit more than superstitious, but at some point, those habits become superstitions. For trade shows, I have a few that may seem totally ridiculous, but without them, I can’t seem to function.
I don’t shave for about two weeks before a show. I then shave on the morning of the opening day. It drives my wife crazy, but I have been doing this forever. I guess it has something to do with starting a clean slate on the first morning, or the fact that it is an excuse not to shave.
I wear the same t-shirt for the first day of pack up and the first day of load in, my Live Design t-shirt. In actuality, I wore out my first one and the editors at Live Design graciously rummaged through closets and old boxes to find me another one. Since I think my chances of getting a third replacement are pretty slim, I guess I had better take good care of this one.
Another one of my O.C.D./habitual/superstitious things is zip tie color for tagging broken gear. At shows, if by chance we run into a device that is not up to our standards, instead of putting tape on it that could fall off, we put an iridescent yellow zip tie on it. Not black, not white, not even orange-ish yellow, it has to be iridescent yellow—and it can’t be clipped off until the device is perfectly functional again. I recently drove our trade show coordinator crazy with that one. I can’t explain it, but I have been doing this since high school.
Oddly enough, even the standard theatrical superstitions follow me to this day. I never whistle on stage. I will never wish anyone good luck. And by no means do I mention the “Scottish” play.
So laugh if you must, but I have officially stopped shaving in preparation for LDI. Sorry honey, it’s that time of year.
Six questions with Colombian Lighting Designer Andres Chamorro, who designed the stage for “Colombia Tiene Talento” TV show (“Colombia Has Talent”).
1. How did you get into this field?
Ever since I was very little I was fascinated by lights; I remember playing with colored bulbs in the house, trying color combinations. As far as getting into the industry, I actually started doing small concerts when I was about 20, and now I own Andres Chamorro Iluminacion, events and rental company in Bogota.
2. What do you think is the next big thing in the lighting industry?
I can definitely say that the LED technology is helping us a lot today. LEDs have brought us different usages, different effects—especially in the TV world. I like working with LED fixtures—in staging and video applications—because they offer good resolution, and low consumption of electricity.
3. Do you have a favorite fixture (and why)?
I like the Mac 101 and CHAUVET COLORado 1-Tri Tour for its output, zoom and intensity of light.
4. What has been your favorite design/project?
Throughout the years we have done so many shows, and I have enjoyed working on all of them. But from the most recent ones, I have to mention “Colombia Tiene Talento” TV reality show. I liked using the SparkliteLED from CHAUVET to create an effect of deep sky, which came out very elegant.
5. What was the biggest unforeseen obstacle that you’ve faced in one of your designs, and how did you overcome it?
One challenge for us has been making clients understand that our top products —such as CHAUVET lights—will perform well and are reliable in any type of application, as opposed to lower-priced fixtures that don’t offer the same quality and assurance of functionality.
6. Complete this thought: A show without light is …
… without color, emotion or life.
We received positive feedback about all of our products displayed at WFX Atlanta 2012, notably our bright and compact Legend 230SR Beam moving yoke, pixel-mapping Legend 412, high-resolution video panels PVP S7 and fixtures from our COLORado family of static wash lights. Additionally, our booth was built using our TRUSST line of truss and we showed fixtures from ILUMINARC, our line of architainment and architectural lighting.
Here are a couple photos of the booth, both finished product and set up.
Ford Sellers is the senior product manager at Chauvet and has been with the company for almost 2 ½ years. Read on and get to know a little bit about him.
1. Where are you from?
I’m originally from Syracuse, N.Y. (Go ORANGE!), but I also lived 7 ½ years in Las Vegas, and another 10 in Ithaca, N.Y.
2. Why Chauvet?
I come from a production and theatre background. My main interest in coming to Chauvet is because I wanted to help create the tools that people who geek out about lighting (like me) get to use. There are a ton of lighting companies, but Chauvet is uniquely positioned with a strong DJ foundation and right technological and market foundation to really make a difference in the professional and touring markets.
3. Where did you work prior to joining Chauvet team?
I was the master electrician for Cornell University’s School of Theatre, Film and Dance. I taught classes in lighting technology, trained student electricians for an 11-show season and designed a couple of shows throughout the year.
4. Favorite food?
I especially dig Mediterranean food.
5. Favorite type of music?
Completely depends on my mood. Today it’s funk, sometimes its alternative rock and occasionally I listen to trance.
6. Favorite thing to do outside of work?
Sail with my family.
7. What is one thing about you that people would be surprised to learn?
My wife and I were national champions in 2008-2009 for the Beneteau First 235 sailboat class.
8. A show without lights is like…
A show without lights is like Jell-O without the jiggle.
Business Development for Latin America Paula Ortiz joined distributor Cia. Alfaro in Panama for their 75th anniversary party. Cia. Alfaro distributes a variety of CHAUVET lights from the Professional and DJ line. Lighting the party were CHAUVET Professional COLORado 2 Tour and COLORado 3p IP wash lights, and more. Here are some photos:
Andres Sylleros, ex-keyboard player of La Ley, performs with Nicole, ex-vocalist of Chilean band Kudai.
Paula, with Christian, left, and Emilio from Panamian rock band Los Rabanes.
Paula and owner Marcela Alfaro.
Paula and four-times world boxing champion Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Duran.
Our own Business Development Manager for Latin America Paula Ortiz traveled to Mexico, in the towns of Merida, Cancun and Playa del Carmen to train general managers, sales managers and salespersons of the Electronica Gonzalez retail stores, a customer of Novelties, our distributor from Mexico. Paula presented new products from CHAUVET Professional, CHAUVET DJ and TRUSST lines, shared information on LED and DMX technology and more. Here are some pics:
Mario Estrada, the sales manager for Novelties, talks about CHAUVET products.
Second day of training-eager students.
After two days of training employees received certificates of completion, and Novelties made T-shirts for all.
Demo of COLORado 1-Tri Tour wash fixtures.
Paula shows LEDs with primary optics only, to demonstrate the advantage of a secondary optic.
Paula is proudly handing out certificates of completion.
