[SML] Stage lighting educational materials?

[Stephen Rees]

Any of these can be found on Amazon if you do that.
Steve

Stephen E. Rees
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State University of New York at Fredonia
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On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 8:44 PM, Steven Hood via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> Steve Shelley also wrote a book... I haven't read it, myself, but he's
> been around a while more than I have.
> Steven R Hood
>
> On January 23, 2017 5:30:47 PM "Jeffrey E. Salzberg via Stagecraft" <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> "The Magic of Light" is more about Jean Rosenthal than about lighting
>> (but still well worth it). Try Kevin Allen's new book or the Stage Lighting
>> for Students website (www.stagelightingprimer.com)
>>
>> On Jan 23, 2017 7:22 PM, Tanner via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> First, excuse me for being a bit of a lurker in the SML. I really enjoy
>> the wide variety of discussions here and I’ve learned a lot about several
>> topics that I don’t have much experience with. Thanks for that.
>>
>>
>>
>> I grew up in a house with rigging installers and despite working as a
>> hand for a while in high school and college, lighting is something that I
>> have never had much exposure to other than focusing and otherwise working
>> from the neck down.
>>
>>
>>
>> Obviously I’m not going to read a book and be a lighting designer (nor is
>> that my goal), but its starkly missing from my tech knowledge and I’d like
>> to be educated enough to be able to have a conversation with designers and
>> operators. Basically, I’m looking for the *Stage Rigging Handbook* of
>> stage lighting, if such an animal exists.
>>
>>
>>
>> A friend of mine who works as a LD recommended *The Magic of Light: The
>> Craft and Career of Jean Rosenthal* but it’s out of print and quite
>> spendy. I figure with the advent of LED a lot of older resources are now
>> obsolete. I figure SML would do a better job of guiding me than amazon
>> reviews.
>>
>>
>>
>> Anyone have a recommendation?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Tanner Brants
>>
>> Protech Rigging & Automation
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