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We found 5 Reddit comments about Light Fantastic: The Art and Design of Stage Lighting. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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We found 5 Reddit comments about Light Fantastic: The Art and Design of Stage Lighting. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
Color theory wise: Light Fantastic by Max Keller. The book is also gorgeous.
It's one thing to learn the "how", it's another thing to learn the "why". I highly recommend doing some reading/research on the concepts of lighting design: when, why and how to use lighting to help tell the story. Some starting suggestions:
https://www.amazon.com/Stage-Lighting-Design-Craft-Life/dp/1854599968/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496027350&sr=1-3&keywords=stage+lighting
https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Guide-Stage-Lighting-Third/dp/0415812003/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496027350&sr=1-4&keywords=stage+lighting
https://www.amazon.com/Light-Fantastic-Design-Stage-Lighting/dp/3791343718/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1496027350&sr=1-5&keywords=stage+lighting
Books I recommend / see commonly recommended.
Show Networks and Control Systems
This is a great book all about how modern lighting networks work using sACN and other protocols. John Huntington is a great speaker if you ever get a chance to see him speak. He should be doing a session or two as USITT this year. He is also a professor at CUNY and has a great program there.
Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician
Another great book by another great speaker. I got to see a panel with Richard Cadena a few years ago at USITT. I was very impressed with how he spoke about stage lighting and some of the practical experiments that he has done and shared with us. I haven't read this book, but I've heard great things about it. A big topic of conversation at that panel was inrush current, and he gave some really great and easy to understand answers. I suspect that his book is more of the same.
Designing with Light
A classic. Very very well respected book. It will probably be the text book for your first lighting class in college, if you choose to study lighting in college.
[Light Fantastic: The Art and Design of Stage Lighting] (https://www.amazon.com/Light-Fantastic-Design-Stage-Lighting/dp/3791343718)
My favorite lighting book. Covers a huge array of topics, addresses lighting history & color, shows and demonstrates some really really interesting designs.
A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting
I see this book recommended most often. It's another great book. The title holds true, it is a very practical guide to stage lighting. How to do paperwork. How to write a contract. How to talk to people. Some nuggets of lighting knowledge. I didn't really get as much out of it though, as I am not trying to become a professional lighting designer.
Light Fantastic by Max Keller.
Light Fantastic: The Art and Design of Stage Lighting https://www.amazon.com/dp/3791343718/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_qPJ4Ab43PYNV6