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Philosophy. Of lighting.

Idea Recording Gear: Analog Versus Digital, The Smackdown

Once, my friend and Ronnie Dunn’s production manager Mike Adams happened upon me drawing in my little black notebook in which I record my set design ideas, doodles, and concepts, he exclaimed “Time to get an iPad, Analog Kenny!” I do own an iPad, and I do use it, and it got me to wondering: why don’t I use digital drawing applications more to record my thoughts? I don’t dislike sketching on an iPad, and in fact I’ve tried to get into it several times. The question I’ve asked myself is, why do I keep drifting back to using the old analog method of using a pen and notebook? (My old was a Moleskine, I’ve upgraded to a Strathmore notebook… Read More »Idea Recording Gear: Analog Versus Digital, The Smackdown

Fetishizing Incandescents

A recent post on a production-related website talked about the gradual shift toward LEDs and fluorescent lighting as a double-edged sword – citing the uncomfortableness of the spectral qualities of fluorescent and LED light as a reason that people will simply leave areas lit with these sources and seek out full(er)-spectrum lighting such as daylight or incandescent. The article offers some of the standard arguments I’ve read over the years about why we like incandescent lighting, its relationship to the spectrum of firelight, and how an office lit with 5,550 Kelvin fluorescents feels totally different than daylight at 5,550 Kelvin daylight. This is where the author and I agree, perhaps for different reasons. I personally despise fluorescent lighting, especially the… Read More »Fetishizing Incandescents