Bill Klages

Good news! The press conference is very much alive and well.

The face-to-face interview is one of the most fundamental setups in television broadcasting.

There will come a time in your lighting career when you will be confronted by a need to determine the number of fixtures you will require to provide at a certain light level.

I would like to address what I consider to be an "original sin" of television lighting.

The report does anticipate that the spectrum of LED sources for motion picture lighting will improve, which has proven to be true.

The technical world associated with the entertainment lighting industry has become very complex and sophisticated.

Sketch-Up, a very popular 3D modeling program offered by Google, has been around for a few years.

Many present-day fixtures, perhaps a majority, come complete with their own self-contained dimming.

Your immediate reaction may be, "What do I need a light meter for? I have a $25,000 light meter—my camera!"

In the world of multiple-camera television, there comes a time when you will be thwarted in your attempt to make lighting history.

A great test of a lighting man’s skill comes with a seemingly simple task: the video recording of a live theatrical stage presentation.

We can use this isolation characteristic to our advantage when lighting for the camera… and to great satisfaction.

It started with Edison, a loop of carbon filament in a vacuum heated to a point that it glowed