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<p style="margin: 0 0 1em 0; color: black;">Steve Shelley also wrote a
book... I haven't read it, myself, but he's been around a while more than I
have.<br>
Steven R Hood </p>
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style="color: black; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 10pt 0;">On
January 23, 2017 5:30:47 PM "Jeffrey E. Salzberg via Stagecraft"
<stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:</p>
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<p dir="ltr">"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)</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 23, 2017 7:22
PM, Tanner via Stagecraft <stagecraft@theatrical.net> wrote:<br
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style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><p><span
style="color:#1f497d">Hello,</span></p><p><span
style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p><span style="color:#1f497d">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.</span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d">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. </span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d">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 <u>Stage Rigging Handbook</u> of stage lighting, if such an animal
exists. </span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d">A friend of mine who works as a LD
recommended <u>The Magic of Light: The Craft and Career of Jean
Rosenthal</u> 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. </span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d">Anyone have a
recommendation?</span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d">Thanks,</span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d">Tanner Brants</span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d">Protech Rigging &
Automation</span></p><p><span
style="font-size:11pt;color:#1f497d"> </span></p></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></blockquote>
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