Recent content by Goon

<<<"correct me if i'm wrong but you either leave your fixtures loose enough to be knocked around or you never pan more then about 70 degrees in either direction.">>> If a fixture gets "knocked around", the problem is not the fixture but whatever is doing the knocking. Fixtures shouldn't get...

I've been focusing lights for over 33 years. I can focus my entire rig of 400 conventionals in 60 to 90 minutes, tops, -that's with one person in a bucket and one person on the remote. Clients are amazed because other venues they go to will take all day to focus. Tighten that little side...

It was the last couple o' songs of a band and I suddenly realized that things weren't right. Some lights were staying on. Then I noticed that my command line was filling up with random keystrokes, 5>3>follow>full>3>profile>2>next>group>3>2>5>wait After a bit of freaking out I managed to end...

I'd like to see a manufacturer produce a "mini-safety" for smaller items like barn doors because the regular size doesn't attach easily. It could also work for top hats, snoots, or gel frames that don't fit well for one reason or another.

Well, I think that's better than what you had planned earlier. You have to look at the big picture. It's not a rockshow. They're selling a product. There's one basic emotion denoting bold style and confidence. If it were me, I'd worry more about evenly lighting the models in white from any and...

Years ago, I found a niche doing lots of fashion shows and so I use to market my business as specializing in them and called the company Runway Productions. You don't want to use gels because everything being viewed needs to be seen under a more natural light and gels change the natural color...

If I can summarize your post, you're saying that I shouldn't concern myself with how my company charges its clients, that the profit from my company's overtime charges goes to pay for my salary and benefits, the tools I use and the company's operating expenses. I don't buy it. And I certainly...

An interesting argument, Brian. You're pointing out that the "perceived value' may be much higher for one company's service while the perceived value for another company's service may be much lower, but the service provided may be exactly the same for both. And you illustrate that since the...

Thanks for all your opinions. I had already mentioned it to my supervisor, coworkers and the CEO and they understand my position and I believe it has made them stop and think. There is no way they will pay me overtime. I've checked the labor laws and have spoken to the state labor board...

I'm the LD for a non-profit venue (non-union) and they consider me exempt from overtime. I'm paid a salary and I can accept my exempt status. What's bothering me is that they charge clients time and a half for my labor after 10 hours. In my mind, the purpose of time and a half is to provide...