Tuesday, July 12, 2011

SHSU’s Studio C gets a facelift!

For more than 6 months Dad and I have been working closely with Sam Houston State University upgrading their TV broadcast studios in the Dan Rather Communications Building.

After weeks of preparation and coordination from suppliers from coast to coast, Dad and I are in full swing at Sam Houston replacing all tungsten studio lighting with new hi-tech, eco friendly High Powered LED MicroBeam-1024 lighting panels from FloLight.

This is the first of two studios that we are upgrading at SHSU, and will soon showcase today’s most current technology for both lighting and HD video production. Just a few studios around the world have converted to all LED lighting, but this will soon be the new standard for TV broadcast.

LED lighting is about 20x more efficient than conventional lighting. With lamp savings alone, the lights will pay for themselves! This new technology also uses less than 1/10 the amount of energy of traditional tungsten units and generates very little heat. Traditional tungsten lamps generate 90% of their energy use in the form of heat and only 10% of the used energy goes to light.

This is an exciting venture for Dad, Sam Houston and myself to design the studio lighting with this new technology and to provide a learning environment for current and future students at SAM that will be a showcase in the industry both now and for years to come. Currently we are lighting a green screen and two anchor positions for various shows SAM produces for cable TV and web. 


Prepping for Sam Houston

Welding adapters to retrofit hangers to new lights



1/2"-1/4" adapter "Tini-turnaround"













 







Sunday, July 3, 2011

Out in the Garage

I FINALLY shot some footage with the new Kessler Pocket Dolly! This is a precision, rugged tool! Got some great stuff playing around in the garage. I was also able to use my Gitzo sticks with the Manfrotto 504HD head and a Zacuto Z-Finder Pro 3x, awesome equipment!

Hope y'all enjoy!



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