Not flying out for this show, Richard? Sorry I'll miss ya -- hope you're recovering well,

I am trying for cine nyc sept. still on wheels not leg but
 

I got good lights to sell and great films to make

some with u

so I am getting back together.




peace bro thanks for letting me post up

say hi to t smith..canon 4 me if you can.

r

Chimera 8000 kit rocks: SPECIALS FOR DVINFO??
 

I am talking to BH about posting some specials

KEEP AN EYE HERE

The Baglite by Ed Barger
 

Barger Baglite Designed for use with Chimera ... Barger Baglite

www.Filmtools.com
stocks the Barger Baglite GT3 and the Barger Baglite GT6. ...

Really nice rugged lights for your consideration.
Go check out his site.

www.barger-baglite.com

Baglites are becoming one of the most popular hotlights on the Hollywood
and TV sets everywhere.

Get a rugged small powerful Baglite. The speedring is built in so just attach a Chimera Lightbank and shoot.

You will need to adapt to a shorter pole to use Videopros on the Three light system.

Quartz Banks with standard poles work on the 6 light

www.filmtools.com
www.barger-baglite.com

Please check out Mr. Bargers lights they are really nice.

Ed will be at the NYC Cine show in Sept.
r

I saw a demo of the Barger - Baglite over a year ago. I was impressed. Not only can you control light output with the flip of a switch, it somehow is so efficient that you can plug 3000 watts into a 20amp circuit. If you need a lot of punch without the need of an electrician, this is the light.

In process specials??
 

I am working on it.

sorry 4 delay

Why the sky is blue - not purple
 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8631798/

Why skies are blue instead of purple
When seeing colors, physiology is just as important as physics

By Michael Schirber
Space.com
Updated: 4:18 p.m. ET July 19, 2005

Chimera DV Film Contest - Great Prizes!!!!!!
 

Chimera and

http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/chi...g/awards.shtml

have gotten together to create a DV film contest.

It ends soon so SUBMIT TODAY!

Spread the word around we seem to be giving away some good lighting packages.
Thanks and break a leg!

Sept NYC Cine Equipment Show link/pass
 

Recreating Buddah's with lasers- Afghanistan
 

Bringing back Afghan Buddhas, with light
L.A. artist to ‘re-create’ laser versions of structures destroyed by Taliban

The Associated Press
Updated: 8:56 p.m. ET Aug. 8, 2005

LOS ANGELES - When the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan destroyed two 1,600-year-old Buddha statues lining Bamiyan Valley’s soaring cliffs, the world shook with shock at the demise of such huge archaeological treasures.

Now, artist Hiro Yamagata plans to commemorate the towering Buddhas by projecting multicolored laser images onto the clay cliffsides where the figures once stood, about 80 miles west of Kabul.

“I’m doing a fine art piece. That’s my purpose — not for human rights, or for supporting religion or a political statement,” said the 58-year-old artist, whose other laser works include a current display at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.

Against a canvas of desert darkness, 14 laser systems will project 140 overlapping faceless “statues” sweeping four miles across Bamiyan’s cliffs in neon shades of green, pink, orange, white and blue. Each image will continuously change color and pattern.

Color in contrast with austerity
Powered by solar panels and windmills, the 125- to 175-foot-high squiggle-style, Day-Glo images — the same size as the original Buddhas — would be in stark contrast to the austere, rural valley below, a land wracked by poverty and violence; a land that has little electricity of its own.

In March 2001, Taliban militants disregarded worldwide protests and used dynamite and artillery to blow up the original fifth-century statues, famed for their size and location along the ancient Silk Road linking Europe and Central Asia. The fundamentalist group considered the Buddhas idolatrous and anti-Muslim.

“The destruction of the twin towers and the two Buddhas have been linked as a moment in time,” said Robert Brown, 60, an art historian from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a curator of Southeast Asian art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “Yamagata’s lasers obviously have a commemorative notion to them, like the 9/11 memorial in New York.”

An assist from the U.N.
Afghan government officials first approached Yamagata in 2003 about the project and gave him conditional approval last year, pending a green light from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. UNESCO has been a prominent presence in Bamiyan, evaluating ways to preserve mural paintings in caves surrounding the Buddhas.

“They are the ones who will make a decision and will advise us,” Gulam Sakhi Yousafzai, former acting deputy minister in charge of arts and culture in Afghanistan, said in an interview with The Associated Press. “They are the experts. We are waiting for their response.”

Bamiyan provincial Gov. Habiba Sarobi told the AP that she was aware of Yamagata’s proposal, and hoped UNESCO could prove the cliffs would not be damaged by the 80- to 100-watt laser beams, which would be permanently projected every Sunday night for four hours.


“If there is a way to do it so there is no environmental impact, we would support it as it would boost tourism and the images would remind us of what (the cliffs) once looked like,” Sarobi said.

Low environmental impact
Letters obtained by The Associated Press, sent to Yamagata from physics and chemistry experts at the University of Antwerp, and Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, noted that the beams will not affect the cliffs because of low power levels cast from a safe distance of between six and eight miles.

Zahir Aziz, Afghan ambassador to UNESCO, said he would strongly recommend Yamagata’s lasers if they went through UNESCO. He also confirmed that a Swiss plan to rebuild the Buddhas at $30 million a statue is no longer in the works.

Meanwhile, Yamagata, who estimates his project’s cost at up to $9 million, has been busy amassing funds, materials and workers for his vision from his home-base at an industrial warehouse in suburban Torrance, Calif.

The warehouse walls are adorned with colorful photographs and sketches of the Bamiyan and other upcoming projects, including a display in the Fiji Islands where he will create a huge holographic Mylar cube suspended on top of one of the islands. Smaller-scale versions of his most famous conceptual works — including the house-sized holographic cubes exhibited at Bilbao’s Guggenheim and other places throughout the world — are scattered around the studio.

Giving something back
Shortly after his 2003 meeting with Afghan officials in Tokyo, Yamagata visited Bamiyan and was moved by its orphaned children, squalid living conditions and lack of electricity. He decided then that his artwork should also give something back to the war-torn region.

Of the roughly 140 4,000-kilowatt windmills he plans to ship into Afghanistan for the Bamiyan project, Yamagata said that 100 of them would provide power for surrounding villages. He also wants to hire 40 local young men, typically jobless, to dig foundations for the windmills, starting in March 2006. Completion of the project is set for June 2007.

Yamagata, a longtime Los Angeles resident who was born in Japan, said he has already secured co-sponsorship from Mercedes-Benz and will choose a windmill company in December.

“Many people say, ‘My art will heal the people.’ I always avoid ‘heal the people,”’ Yamagata said. “Of course, I help people, but it’s more about not harming people. An artist to me is more about inner matter.”

© 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

© 2005 MSNBC.com

URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8875547/

Student DV Film Contest - prize? Lighting Equipment!
 

Hi Richard,

This is great and all, but here at DV Info we're actually building our own film contest, and having a great time with it... see our dedicated forum for the DV Challenge here:

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/forumdisplay.php?f=100

For more details, check out the site:

www.dvchallenge.com

What would be nice is to see the same level of support from Chimera on this!

sorry Chris
 

stanh@chimeralighting

Maybe Lowel?

Richard,

The Contest looks great... too bad I'm not a student :(. Will pass the word around though.

Hey, this event is coming up pretty soon, Sep. 20 & 21. Who here is planning to attend?

I might end up attending, assuming I can schedule enough in advance to get an Amtrak ticket (or pay for one for that matter). I'd probably be there for just one day though, though I'd have to see if I could get off of school first.

Chimera Lighting.com want to help if you lost gear in the recent storms
 

http://www.chimeralighting.com/news/...fm?newsID=4061

is the link to info on our website.

Please let anyone you know in the area of the hurricanes about our program.

sales@chimeralighting.com for more info

It is all at

http://www.chimeralighting.com/news/...fm?newsID=4061

www.power-of-lighting.com new website- Learn Lighting from a pro
 

Lots on info.. tapes.. seminars
with Bill H.. the video DP who will teach you lighting and help you get to the level you want to be at.
Bill Holshevnikoff has been teaching for years and after many trade shows I have never met anyone who did not feel they got more than their moneys worth.
Please contact him or check out his site for more info.

He is sponsered by Chimera, Arri, Kino and others.

I think Bill is great and I think you will too.. so check him out if you can
www.power-of-lighting.com

Bill Holshevnikoff <bholshev@poweroflighting.com>

Thanks
Richard

Thanks, Richard!
 

That's a cool new Web site! Much better than the earlier one.

I've said it before, but I learned more from Bill H. in three 90-minute workshops than in all the books I've read, all the forum topics, etc. This guy is something else. He goes way beyond lighting and talks to the creator in all of us. Motivating, inspiring--all that good stuff. Nice, too. :)

Power of lighting workshops and dates
 

http://www.poweroflighting.com/workshops.html

Check it out.

R

Nice warm locations.

Not in Canada?

Pity.

Bill H Does Get Around. He Just Got Back From China
 

PLEASE DROP HIM AN EMAIL. TELL HIM RICHARD SENT YOU.

Time now for a plug for something that is cool
 

www.liteshaper.com


Chimera is making them are they run about $130 or so for a set of 4 and they do lots of stuff ..


They are item
The 4 sets of liteshapers with black on one side and a nice silver is
item 7820 and your dealer should be able to get it or order it or call emal me and I will find you a place to buy one

so that is set of 4 small for 24x32 light bank in silver -7820 retail $150
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' WHITE 7825'''''''''''''''

for 36x48 banks
set of 4 in silver=Item 7830 Retail on both $169
set of 4 in white= ITem-7835

www.liteshaper.com
www.chimeralighting.com
http://shutterbug.com/equipmentrevie...nt/1205xpinno/
Thanks...r

Chris. Thanks for being you... I won't be at NAB
 

all is ok... but I will be in TX
Try to go see
Eileenh@chimeralighting.com if you can.. say hello for me

So I hope to go and maybe see you at CineGear so let me know if I can help. IT is a super cool show

What is up with dv expo. do you know I expect july in NYC and
LA in DEc

The website did not have dates ect..

Let me know.

you and anyone who need chimera man call 831 818 1837
or send an email.

miss seeing you. Great work on the Site.
don't let me get in too much trouble..

Love
Richard Veil
richardv@chimeralighting.com

Oh man! That's two NABs in a row Richard. Well I'm glad that it's not the same circumstances as last year, at least. I'll see ya at another one further down the road -- thanks,

Talk about DeJa Vu... or how the f did I end up here
 

today is the one year anniversary of testing body against gravity at hight speed. Evaluation Anominaly.. should be much more messed up.

Note.. He was kind of messed up before he crashed his motorcycle at .. well let just say.. driving like an idiot.

r

Lighting Classes
 

http://www.power-of-lighting.com/videos.html

call or email Bill for more info..

thanks

R
Have a good NAB.. I will miss you guy... Chris I need some swag..

remember that pen you gave me... my favorite thing.


Also in Chimera NAB booth is Eileen Healy you might want to say hi
r

The Power of Lighting Video Series is finally available on DVD!
 

The Power of Lighting Video Series is finally available on DVD!

http://www.poweroflighting.com/videos.html


Some comments from our happy customers ....

"These DVDs changed my life. Thank Goodness - I'm out of the business now!"

"It's about time - I don't even own a VHS player any more!"

"Wow. My DVD collection is finally complete. Thanks for waiting*10 years*Bill!"

Order yours today!!!




Bill Holshevnikoff
Power of Lighting, Inc.
Sonoma, CA* 95476
707-933-0707 office
415-308-0100 cell

www.poweroflighting.com

Big toys for Big boys and girls. www.cinegearexpo.com
 

It in LA in June 23 I think.

check it out. come by and say Hi. Chimera will be next to
www.barger-baglite.com in some new location.
but lots of fun. Let us know who might go.
Thanks
Richard
www.cinegearexpo.com

3 links. 3 of my favorite image artists. stills
 

http://espinosaphotography.com/afrodisiaco/index.html
2 books coming out soon

www.douglaswells.com
won the american photo award last year and his photo with out credit is in the ad for the new contest. girl with yellow shirt jelly on fingers..

www.thomaskirman.com
a craftsman of light if I ever saw one..

and to learn always keep in mind

www.power-of-lighting.com

Thanks
Richard

Thanks Richard, I love studying really good lighting work, and I like Espinosa.


* fyi: the Thomas Kirman link isn't working.

coming soon. in works.. www.filmtools.com new store
 

Huge, amazing and Stan who runs the place is a man who has decades of experience.
www.filmtools.com
congradulations on your new location and 18,000 foot space.
OH my god.
check out his site.

http://store.yahoo.com/cinemasupplies/index.html

Maybe see you at Cinegear. Chimera I think next to Barger-baglite
Stan at www.filmtools.com has everything you need. Gaffers tape, Baglites, Chimera, Arri, and on and on.

thanks for your time
r

www.liteshaper.com on sale.. info below
 

Check them out.. I like the silver.

http://www.chimeralighting.com/news/...fm?newsID=5315
for a review.

contact xavier@arlingtoncamera.com for info and pricing.

They are based in TX and shipping is not much. Out of state pay no tax

www.arlingtoncamera.com
xavier@arlingtoncamera.com
www.liteshaper.com
Or call Xavier at Arlington at 800 313 6748 or leave your info for him to get back to you.

Right now is the time.. We had a big show and some great deals are left

Thanks

R

Cinegearexpo.com passes link June 2006
 

http://www.speedbadge.us/cinegear/register.html

Hope to see you there.. come see Chimera's booth if you can.

thanks

Richard

I always recommend this show to DVI'ers as it is a chance to see and handle the absolute state-of-the-art high end gear in a relaxed environment (outdoors, for one!). Much more friendly than NAB, for instance. If you've ever freeze-framed a behind the scenes doc on a DVD to get a better look at some exotic sort of camera rig, this is the show for you--cameras are literally flying everywhere, on cranes, cables, remote control skateboards, you name it. All the film gear to be sure, but also the high end HD rigs can be inspected close-up and their images viewed on monitors--Genesis, D-20, Dalsa, Viper, etc. For the lighting fans, as well as Richard's booth there's everything from LED onboard camera lights to massive balloon lights represented.

Not to mention, many of the top cinematographers working today can be seen strolling around and are generally approachable for questions. It's a great show if you are in LA or can travel a bit.

Oh man....this sounds so great....I would give almost ANYTHING to be there!!! If I didn't have commitments on those dates I'd drop everything and attend.

Richard, I'd like to meet you, and Charles--oh my gosh, was it a thrill to talk with you at DVi HQ during NAB!!!!! :)

HI. More to follow but www.dvexpo.com is in NOV
 

It used to be in DEC in LA
Still at the Staples center

But we must now remember
the dv expo is in november
when the gunpowder burned and the weak all surrendered

-V-

Information Led thread. link in message to blue tint. I hope your all doing great
 

Link to blue led that started this whole late night thread
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=72579

I am honored by a good friend Dejan George Vich DP ASC

When I was going to do Cine Gear LA... aka saw my brother Chris H.. the man.. but I digress..

I was talking to Dejan
who is begining 3 pounds a tv show
at Kaughman studio in astoria,
what can I look into for you at c-gear?

Answer Led and some Kino...

I learned the following or am learning the following on LED


The whole thing is really just getting accurate

The story.. LED comes from interior lighting. color temp not super important.. took time to convice the makers that with work all the film head are interested but color temp a problem since.. interior your eye
... well it don't care.. the eye is amazing

The Arri Light panel is not led it is Zeno which I am also thinking about but you know what.. I did not know that. I had somehow thought Led but no... Arri makes no LED light

Mole seems to have no plans

Lightpanel.com is the guy who seems to be the one company who is really making a LED beside I thing sachler.. I don't want to diss anyone but I mean anything that is bigger than a post card LED
Chimera has no Led.
this is all for you

bottom line.. work in progress
litepanel.. god I hope I got the name right ... going by memory is on the curve

even Hmi need Gels.. so I would look at gel.. oh same for the 3 point
emergency lighting dude..
I am not writing a word and did not look at your home depo link.. I am guessing..
but yea. bounce, gel, diffuse. increase size of light source,
Think look at all the post from all the other people here I highly respect and there must me a million replys to the

I want cheap light kit thread.
I think you will find this is the kindest site of it's kind or any kind where people don't jump down your spine and rag on you but


consider this

Utilize any search on this site before asking basic questions

Remember this is all made by one and I have never had the honor of meeting ken or other crew.

This is about learning.
You will never find a site like this anywhere and Mr Chris Hurd look out for you.. Just to be here we should all send Chris a check.
do you see pop ups.. .. yea maybe we should have some.
Chris- You rock... your pen lights up my life..

-V-

If you're interested in a rather unique LED light then look up Zylight. Switchable between daylight and tungsten presets plus variable color over the whole spectrum and you can link multiple units via Bluetooth.