LD-at-Large Podcast

with Jeff Calderon - Emmy Award winning Lighting Director, Lighting Designer and Director of Photography at Academy Lighting

Don’t let the sound quality prevent you from hearing what Jeff has to say.

On this episode, we discuss the benefits of encouraging inclusivity in entertainment, how unions can lift more people out of poverty, how collective bargaining can make us safer and more profitable, how to remain grateful and creative after 35 years in the industry, how the lighting industry changed for the better/worse, and how retirement from a job you love is a myth

Please visit: www.academylighting.com

Television Academy: https://www.emmys.com/academy/about

Foundation internships:  https://www.emmys.com/foundation

Internship program: https://www.emmys.com/foundation/internships

with:

Vickie Claiborne - Training Manager Americas at disguise and Regional Director for WeMakeEvents

Andrew Gumper - Owner and President AG Production Services and National Director for WeMakeEvents

On this episode, we discuss what we can do to show support and solidarity for our brothers and sisters out of work. Nationwide, we can light it up red on Sept. 1st from 9pm-midnight. We can take a photo and share it far and wide on social media with the hashtags #wemakeevents and #redalertrestart. We can send emails to our local representatives. We can reach out to our fellow artists, production professionals and friends and make sure that they are doing well.

Please visit:  www.wemakeevents.org

and https://actionnetwork.org/letters/send-a-letter-to-congress-to-save-live-events-workers-and-the-industry

with Zach Boswell, General Manager at Ilios lighting

On this episode, we discuss #wemakeevents, who is most affected in our industry, what we are advocating for, what we can do as entertainment workers, what concertgoers can do to show support, how we can return to our industry, how we can show solidarity, and the very real tragic loss of our industry.

On September 1st, 2020, #WeMakeEvents, a coalition of trade bodies, businesses, unions, and live events workers, will light up their venues, homes, and cities red in over 1,500 locations across North America to raise public and media awareness in support of the live events sector. Will you join us?

#wemakeevents  #redalertrestart

Please visit: www.wemakeevents.org

with Christopher Eguizabal - Owner at AfterGlow Design and Production Designer at Harvest Christian Fellowship.

On this episode, we discuss the differences and the similarities between the house of worship lighting and other branches of our industry, volunteering our labor, learning from Disney, appealing to a broader audience, getting instant feedback from the congregation, consulting for maximum impact, using technology to amplify a message, expanding a business beyond the house of worship, and building durable relationships that last.

Please visit: instagram.com/chris4lites

with Griffin McCravy - Lighting Designer/Lighting Director at Church of the Highlands in Alabama

On this episode, we discuss going from churchgoer to part of the production team, how volunteer work can help move you up the production ladder, how technology helps amplify the message of sermons, how congregations react to technology and spectacle, how the isolation period has affected church attendance and impact, and how to set realistic goals in the production industry.

Please visit: https://www.instagram.com/griffin_mccravy/

Donny LoDico - Director of Lighting and Senior Account Executive at Video West.

On this episode, we discuss going from design to sales, metal shop par-cans, how we can help each other during isolation, why relationships in our business matter, maintaining constant contact with hundreds of clients and customers, maintaining genuine relationships with core friends/clients, the importance of integrating with your clients, and asking when are we on the clock and when are we off the clock?

Please visit: www.videowestinc.com

with Jason Marin - Freelance Lighting Director/Programmer and Senior Lighting Designer at Star Group Productions and Producer/Host of Casting Light Podcast.

On this episode, we discuss the tragic realities of COVID19, the renewed need for safety on job-site, working across many types of productions give us more information and experience to draw from, the need for OSHA requirements, ETCP, OSHA 10/30, modern hazard analysis, the possible future of corporate safety guidelines, what we can do as lighting directors and programmers to encourage safety, the importance of unions and the days of unsafe working conditions are not completely behind us.

Please visit:  www.castinglightpodcast.com/podcast

and www.instagram.com/podcastinglight

with Al Crawford - Knight of Illumination Award winning Lighting Designer and CEO at Arc3design and Lighting Director at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

On this episode, we drank a tall glass of honest vulnerability and discussed why we will need to reinvent ourselves several times during our career, when should we incorporate and start a business, the pros and cons of collaboration, taking chances, when to say yes and which stipulations matter, how to build a successful team, how to follow your gut instincts, how to avoid letting our professions and our egos become our identity.

Please visit: www.arc3design.com

with Oscar Dominguez - Emmy Award winning Lighting Designer at Darkfire Lighting

On this episode, we discuss when is big, big enough?, constantly inventing a new lighting plot for nineteen seasons, how to envision the same song over and over again, the necessity of innovation and technology, going from an idea to a cued song in a day, going from napkin sketches to Vectorworks, loyalty within the industry and how to maintain loyalty, and who is the ultimate client, The artist, the producer or the audience?

Please visit: www.darkfirelighting.com

Danielle Edwards - Lighting Director

On this episode, we discuss paying to tour, working for donations, life on the road with a Christian youth conference, sleeping with bunk buddies, hard knocks touring, explaining what we do to our parents, sleeping on a bus, Working with Jake Shimabukuro, Lizzo, Maren Morris, gender equality in our industry, exploitation of hard working individuals, the progress that has been made to be more inclusive, working under pressure, and touring the continent staying in guest homes.

Please visit: linkedin.com/in/lddanielleedwards or www.instagram.com/d_e_lights