Hollywood Lighting Partners knows sometimes gripping ain’t easy.

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Hollywood Lighting Partners knows to help control light properly you need the assistance of the Grip department.

Some gaffers really need to control the light, using every C-stand available thoroughly peeling the Grip department and lighting techs that need to get to the light.

Lighting tech Pete Pearce discovers ballast central.

Some shows have dimmer rooms. This new tv show has a room full of HMI ballasts. The grid in the bar has a ring of 4k’s around it that get turned on and off depending on the direction the camera is looking.

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Hollywood Lighting Partners shows our 2nd home, the truck.

 

 

Look familiar? Perhaps you are a Hollywood Lighting Partner or you might be an on set crew member. This is what our 2nd home looks like in the set lighting department. Last weekend we did a TV promo for a new show working out of this truck owned by awesome gaffer and local 728 brother, Scott Spencer. The truck has a roof that allows daylight to radiate into the box making things easier for us to do our thing.

truck1Here at Hollywood Lighting Partners we like to shed some lite on the subject without making lite of the situation. Let us brighten your day.

Hollywood Lighting Partners knows lights and water don’t mix.

  When lighting a pool or some event around water there are a number of reasons to be cautious. For example, water can conduct electricity so the possibility of shock is a big danger when electricity is introduced.  Also when lights get wet they just don’t work unless designed specifically for water. Globes blow, fresnels break, wires arc, etc. The LED color blasters shown below were not too badly damaged when the splash from the high jump pool tried to drown them.

   Remember electricity mixes with water about as well as oil.

Hollywood Lighting Partners promotes the Work Smarter Program and knows accidents happen but if you treat your gear right it will perform better with less headaches and people will be safer.

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Happy New Year from Hollywood Lighting Partners

The 1st lighting job for 2015 is a film by artist & LBCCMVP alumni Sanjin M called TETCHED.

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