Recent content by paulsbutiq

So i did some testing on my HP LaserJet1100, which is by no means the printer I would recommend for the job but seemed to have the best results out of what was used at my office. We're going to use these on the job, but sight unseen on the PrintScenics (which I tried to recommend just so I...

Has anyone out there done any make your own gobos on transparencies and used them in the new ETC LED lekos? If so, how'd they turn out? Got a fleet of the S4 LEDs now and exploring our possibilities. Going to be doing a test-run today with some transparencies we got at Staples, just some text...

Yea. Assuming anything when it comes to these types of things will bite you in the A every time. Especially with college productions you have to be careful. The person organizing on the college's end is most often a student learning how to run events, and it's usually never the same person...

I can probably give you a few laying around the shop that I can't use anymore, probably 3' or 4' spans. We usually toss them when they're nfg, or one of my guys is a rock climber, he repurposes them somehow for that. i don't know **** about rock climbing though, so for all i know maybe he just...

Graduated with a BA in Communication, became a runner/stagehand and eventually production manager for livenation, went on tour for a short stint, wound up doing logistics for an entertainment trucking/tour bus company when i came back for a few years, then ended up at a lighting/production...

- Act like you've been there before. Most guys on a tour don't want to talk to you about how excited you are to be working backstage or what your favorite show was. - When it comes to talking, less is more. If you've got a question about what you're doing, ask it. But if you just like...

I've got a dozen sharpy's in my rental inventory, service from ACT in NJ is always superb, any time we have issues parts have been quick to get...Also have the Alpha Pro 700s, both great lights, Sharpy's have been hot this past year though so they stay off the shelf quite a bit.Can't go...

I can see both sides of it, but I side with you. The facility rental should be so that it's coming "as is", the rate in the rent should be so that they're paying for the facility with its house rig which would include what is normal with your gear. If they're looking for something in addition...

I don't know why they'd want to be associated with backstage anyway. It's mostly just poseurs, and a PM with his feet up on the desk trying to decide what to have for dinner tonight and what channel the eagles game's on. At least that's always been my experience.

My first foray into the internet when I was in 8th grade, America Online, needed a screenname and back then there were limits on how many characters your screenname could be. I was heavy into the Beastie Boys (still one of my faves) and Paul's Boutique was my favorite album (still is one of all...

First post, I've lurked on here every now and then when google ends up pointing me here during frantic searches when I'm looking for gear or answers about gear, this place is a great resource.I'm a rentals manager for a lighting/production company in DE, been here about 2 years, before that...