LiteGear would like to officially endorse “The Box Book”. It is the fourth edition of the Set Lighting Technician’s Handbook. The book is a friendly, hands-on manual covering the day-to-day practices, equipment, and tricks of the trade essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting, including the lamp operator, rigging crew, gaffer, best boy, or director […]
Over this last weekend in August, Safety & Training Director Alan Rowe continued his great work, this time with a Lighting-Fixtures specific class. It was taught by 728 member Roger Lattin and covered specific skill using basic electricity wiring, incandescent, and LED lighting. LiteGear provided the class small LED LiteRibbon kits, complete with power supplies, […]
With the entire spot taking place inside a practical van in downtown Los Angeles DP Pawel Edelman and Gaffer Erik Messerschmidt were faced with a tricky situation; How to light the practical interior in the moody style Pawel wanted while maintaining the flexibility to balance to constantly changing exterior ambiance and limit the setup […]
We are happy to announce that LiteGear is now a dealer for RC4 Wireless Dimming. This series of wireless transceivers and dimmers are hands-down, the easiest and most effective way of providing wireless full range dimming to low voltage DC sources such as our own LED LiteRibbon. It literally is as easy as providing a […]
We were again honored to be part of the IATSE Local 728LED seminar, Saturday Aug. 21st. All the big-boys were there, showing their latest and greatest LED fixtures. We however were the only LED company not showing a fixture. Our LED LiteRibbonproduct line seemed to stand alone as the only LED system for creating custom […]
Well would you look at that, we were given the “Best of Show” award for our CineGear presentation by DV-Culture. They are a great resource for DV related news, events and product reviews. Have a look at their site for a few cool pix and even a video. Many thanks to those guys who came […]
CineGear Expo is finally behind us and it was an overwhelming success. We were able to connect with hundreds of people and show them how simple and easy LED lighting can be. Even the PizzaBox Lightmade it to the show. Now have a look at the LiteGear booth on stage 24 at Paramount Studio. We […]
Simplify lighting orders with TechScout Touch! A free app that runs on the iPhone, iTouch, and iPad. TechScout Touch is designed for lighting professionals in the Movie, TV, and HD Video industry. The app helps you create lighting rental orders intended to be submitted to rental houses or to studio set lighting departments. Featuring […]
It feels like we have had this on the drawing board since the day after the original iPhone was released. In actuality, it has been in development for just a few months. I would like to provide a sneak peek into the upcoming release of LiteGear’s first iPhone app, TechScout Touch. TechScout Touch is a […]
While May 7 is the release date for Ironman 2, the May issue of ASC Magazinereleases tomorrow April 26th. LiteGear’s first full page ad is among the few within the article featuring Cinematographer Matty Libatique. Once the film is released, we will be posting several behind the scenes images of sets and rigs. Check back […]