James Chillman Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 WOW! ive just read an articel about a concert I did the lights for recently and this quote was made about the lighting: As soon as the lights went down, James Chillman and Paul Seemeyer provided the spectacle of breathtaking lighting effects. Click here to view the full story! If any one wants to see more pics go to www.chillman.co.uk and visit the gallery!
Guest lightnix Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 Congratulations, jolly well done :o It's always nice to have your abilities verified by an independent source; definitely one for the CV ! Shame the Beeb's pics were all washed out by flash photography, tho'. If I may make one constructive crit about your gallery: invest in a tripod !A mini tripod was a constant part of my kit back in my regular gigging days and did wonders to eliminate that annoying camera shake. Must dig it out sometime. James' post somehow reminded me of one morning, when I was travelling into town on the train. A monochrome photo on the back of someone's newpaper caught my eye - a picture of two men talking to each other across a conference table. I was struck by the "excellent" lighting and how it really brought depth and dimension to a flat image, especially the backlight. I leant forward to get a closer look and was very pleasantly surprised to discover it was a shot of a BP conference that I had lit the day before. I'm generally my own worst critic and was amazed at my positive reaction to my own work, although unfortunately the reporter was more interested in what Lord Browne of Maddingley had to say that day.
sam.henderson Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 Well done you, very well deserved I am sure. Just out of interest what was on the rig? I thought I saw a Mac in the background of one of those pics on your site. What did you control it with? Sam
Stu Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 I have to agree with Lightnix about a Tripod - I've got a little one which can't be more than about 8inches high, so fits snuggly into my bag, yet is so useful for getting nice clear shots of the rigs. That a good camera (be it digital or film) and you can't go wrong! Congrats on being mentioned by the Beeb! Stu
James Chillman Posted March 27, 2004 Author Posted March 27, 2004 Ive found its boosted my confidence level a lot knowing that people think what I do is good!
Jivemaster Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 I use a 35 mm camera occasionally 1/8 sec at 1.8 on 200 asa gets me ok pics PeterP on another forum uses a video camera and selects frames
James Chillman Posted March 28, 2004 Author Posted March 28, 2004 sam the rig contained the following: 2x Mac 300's on the floor either side of the stage2x mac 250+'s either side of the drum kit on the riser2x intellabeam's either side of the stage 6x Technobeams4x fly colourchangers - 24x par 64's This was all controlled of a home made control program devised by Paul Seemeyer, its a very powerfull customisable computer control system. james
david.elsbury Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 This was all controlled of a home made control program devised by Paul Seemeyer, its a very powerfull customisable computer control system.I'd be interested in finding out more about this control system: where do I get more info? -david-
paulears Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 Quite unusual for lighting to ever get a mention for events like this - well done! I'm still a bit confused - nice equipment list for this type of event - but a homeproduced control software system? please tell more.... For stills from low light events I now take DV movies, and extract single frames later on. Newspapers quite happy with the resolution. the worst reviews I have ever had were actually two of the early gigs I learned rather a lot from. The local paper described my lighting as "butt clenchingly awful" and a news years eve show I designed was pulled mid-event as it was likely to cause a breach of the peace (although, my lights had little to do with it!)
James Chillman Posted March 29, 2004 Author Posted March 29, 2004 The control system: the control system runs in DOS at the moment it takes a while to get used to but once you know the basics of how to use it it is very powerful, the only downside is the lack of fader control. It is currently being upgraded so it will run within windows I believe its being tested on Windows XP I will email the writer of the software and see what his intentions are with it once it is completed. He has made hand held portable DMX testers before too and taken them to A.C Lighting to see what they thought of the idea but unfortunaltly a large company had just finished one and released it. If any one would like more information please email me and I will forward it to Paul. James
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