LD-at-Large Podcast

with Howard Ungerleider - Visionary Award winning Owner and Partner at Production Design International

On this episode we discuss #LightUpLive and #EclaironsLesScenes, four decades of being in the lighting industry, how to build loyalty in our industry, inventing ACLs, makeshift IMAX, how to use modern technology to recreate brilliant looks of the past, how Canada is being affected differently from America during the pandemic while the entertainment biz suffers the same, how lasers have changed the landscape of lighting, and a brief discussion on how we can never truly retire from something that we love.

Please visit: www.pdifx.com and www.lightuplive.ca

#LightUpLive

#EclaironsLesScenes

with Mitchell Schellenger - Production & Lighting Designer at Station Six

On this episode, we discuss how to maintain creative outlets during without live shows, making art vs. collecting a paycheck, middle school theater, using technology to increase impact, the joys of collaboration and creating someone else’s art, allowing creativity to guide future technological advances, using live-streams to complement live shows and not replace them, and programming/designing shows remotely.

Please visit: www.station-six.com

with David Boykin - Lighting Designer and Programmer at BoykinLights

On this episode, we discuss how Facebook has opened doors to new relationships, how much misinformation has been spread online, how speaking politics online can help make changes in our industry, how discussing politics online can lead to further discrimination, the sad truth of racism and discrimination in our industry today, the subversive effects of racism in our culture, the pros and cons of AB5 in California, and how we need to celebrate diversity of opinion and character.

Please visit: www.boykinlights.com

with Hunter Pipes - Chief Visionary at IRIS Intelligent Lighting

On this episode, we discuss our small world, our boutique industry of art, where our inspiration originates, the love of music and light, how it can be better to be good at everything than to specialize in one field, how to be pragmatic about our passions, and powering lights with potatoes and lemons.

Please visit: https://irissf.com/

with Bryan Barancik - Creative Designer at Luxious Creative

On this episode, we discuss what we can do during the pandemic to maintain mental stability, how to focus on health, how to shift our identity away from our job, how to maintain a support network away from our industry, homeschooling tips, and how to embrace the inevitable curveballs that continue to get hurled at us.

Please visit: https://luxious.com/

with Amanda Valdez - Architectural / Entertainment Lighting Designer at Shop12 Design in conjunction with Steelman Partners and Adjunct Professor at UNLV

On this episode, we discuss how asking for help is okay, the workflow of architectural design, the importance of diversity in design and creativity, how we can encourage diversity in our profession, how financial grants can function to give people an opportunity to participate, how we can find new inspiration in the most unexpected places, how design can inspire emotion in theater and in architecture, and how the next generation will inspire us to reach new levels.

Please visit: www.shop12design.com

with Sammy Ross - Lighting Designer

On this episode, we discuss the benefits of freelance vs. part-time employment vs. salary positions, Red Alert Restart, the glorification of working too much, the judgement of working too little, how our jobs can become our identity and the loss can really affect us, the effects of losing healthcare during a pandemic, communication through the isolation period, how to reach out to people online, and what we can do to get back to work in the post pandemic era.

Please visit: www.sammyross.com

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with Martin Kelley -  Account Executive at Christie Lites in Toronto

On this episode, we discuss the hidden politics of lighting, how we can help each other during isolation, why relationships in our business matter so much, why being an amazing business partner is pinnacle, the importance of integrating with your clients, maintaining constant contact with hundreds of clients and customers, maintaining genuine relationships with core friends/clients, and how to provide the best service possible without being taken advantage of.

Please visit: www.christielites.com

with Jeff Croiter - Lighting Designer at Jeff Croiter Lighting Design

On this episode, we discuss the lengths that we would go to to get back to work, the logistics of NY returning to normal, growing up in a creative family, when to you play it safe and when to break the rules, how our theatrical lighting skills allow us to light in any industry, the skills that the lighting industry has given us that apply to other industries, when to make pretty pictures and when should to make people feel uncomfortable, and getting creative when your back is against the wall.

Please visit: www.jeffcroiter.com

with Rachel Mullen - Lighting Designer and Director at RF Designs

On this episode, we discuss the weird situations that our industry can take us into, inclusivity in ideas and creativity, the ability to remain diversified in design, the double edged sword of collaboration vs. working alone, perceived gender roles in our industry, working with full creative license as opposed to working under constraints, pulling inspiration from other fields of lighting into stage designs, and how an good resume allows us to choose the best projects for our interests.

Please visit: www.radiantfocusdesign.com