Jerome Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I was just reading the student part on the ALD sight and noticed that it's £25 for the yearly subscription for a student. Is anyone else a member? What benefits do you get apart from 'Focus Magazine' and is it even worth reading? Does it help some of you? I'm not against the idea of joining and I don't think its too expensive they just haven't won me over as such. I could see the point in joining as a professional but as a student? I'm not so sure. Jerome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvenprince Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 I was just reading the student part on the ALD sight and noticed that it's £25 for the yearly subscription for a student. Is anyone else a member? What benefits do you get apart from 'Focus Magazine' and is it even worth reading? Does it help some of you? I'm not against the idea of joining and I don't think its too expensive they just haven't won me over as such. I could see the point in joining as a professional but as a student? I'm not so sure. JeromeMy boss gives me his copies of Focus once he's read them; I'm not a member myself, but they're very insightful articles about lighting designers in the real world. Focus is worth a read if you can get your hands on it. As I'm not a member, I can't say anything more about being a part of the ALD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frag_Me Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Your profile says you are at Mountview - I may be wrong but you'll probably find you can become a sponsored student member for free - have a chat with your tutor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 The ALD is much like many societies or organisations that have aims to bond members and provide information and a 'sense of community'. The association has it's own agenda for change in the industry, and has a mandate to protect, where possible the profession of the lighting designer, and to stop or at least retard the erosion of the LDs status. Like many similar organisations, most of their progress tends to be in certain sectors, with others getting little exposure, but membership is really just wanting to be a 'supporter', rather than actually expecting something in return. As a professional member, if I had to state what I really received as a benefit of membership, I guess the real benefit is not a lot really - but that's not the point really. I could get involved with lots of things, I could attend the meetings and I could go to the social events. I don't, but that's my choice. I'd like to think that if I wanted assistance, then somebody would provide it. The other benefit is what they call 'networking'. If you get involved you can meet some really interesting people, and learn from them. When I was first starting out, I got all the popular books of the time from the library, and read them eagerly. One of these people suggested joining the ALD, which I did, and since then I've met many of the authors lighting people use as their main sources of information. If you don't put anything back in, then you get an interesting magazine to read. Any more than that is up to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamchristuffin Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I believe that around September, ALD make joining as a student free for a short period of time. Maybe it's worth waiting until then? This could just be Frag_Me says about being a sponsored student - I'm not a member, so I'm not sure. 2pChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerome Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 Well it seems that it does hold some benefits being a member then. I never knew that there was a 'social network' amongst members and yes I too have been looking into books, some better than others I have found. It seems that it may be more beneficial to me to wait until september. I'm unlikely to be designing anything until that time anyway. I never new membership could be free so I'll look into it. Thanks for all your help. Jerome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jay Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 You don't have to be a designer to join the ALD, for Professional Membership you do but im an Associate member and I'm a Production Sparks, as mentioned the social network is brilliant and not just amongst LD's for the whole Lighting industry and more so beneficial for students! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_robbo Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 These guys are right!If you are a student at Mountview on the Technical Theatre Course you can get a sponsored student membership for free. You get invited to events they hold, dish out awards, you get there focus magazine which is worth a read to see whats going on, as well as the membership book with contacts and useful info in. I've just joined the scheme this year as I'm on the Tech course at LIPA. It's worth doing, especially since we can get in free. Hope this Helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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