Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light in Theatre, Live Performance, Broadcast, and Entertainment

Acknowledgments

The book that you now hold in your hands is the result of many early mornings spent writing when I should have been exercising, many late nights when I should have been sleeping, many weekends when I should have been tending my lawn, and many holidays when I should have been relaxing or recreating with my family. Now that I’m a little fatter, I have bags under my eyes, my lawn is overgrown, my sailboat is neglected, and my family doesn’t recognize me without my laptop, I’m most pleased to offer over 100,000 words and more than 250 photographs and illustrations about the one thing that seems to make it all worthwhile: automated lighting technology. But if you think this book is about the nuts and bolts of moving lights, then you’re ...