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december 2010

LIGHTING: Tim worked to design the lighting for Matt Kefford's album launch in Reigate. Working with Avenue Services, Tim provided control in the form of a Pearl Tiger and conventional equipment as well as haze to complement the 12 MAC 250 Entours and numerous LED par cans providing an environment for Matt to perform and using the lighting to reflect the tracks from the new album. The concert was also recorded for DVD material so a strong key light on Matt was important.

December 2010



october 2010

LIGHTING: Tim worked on behalf of fellow lighting designer Sam Tamplin to re-light the all night Festival of Life event at Excel in London's Docklands for TSL. The event for 40,000 people included a full gospel choir, band and speakers present a continuous programme from 7pm until 5am. Tim called the focus of the 2K fresnels, ensuring an even white front light coverage was created for the cameras which were broadcasting live from the event. Tim also programmed and operated the lighting rig comprising of Clay Paky Alpha Spot 700 HPEs, Mac 600s, and a HippoCritter running video content over the Colour Web 250 strips. Tim ran the latest Titan software on an Avolites Pearl Expert to control all of the elements to bring a variety of integrated looks to the stage.

september 2010

MEDIA SERVER: Tim programmed and operated the media server controlling the low resolution LED screen surfaces for a large fashion show in the Birmingham Town Hall. The Arkaos media server was controlled from an Avolites lighting console to play back introduction videos at the beginning of each scene as well as custom content and logos as the backdrop to each of the different scenes. The tracking screen parted and came together during the show, allowing for different looks and effects to be achieved.



august 2010

VIDEO: Tim camera operated cameras for the New Frontiers Newday Christian young people's event at Norfolk Showground. Operating one of the three Sony HXC-100 High Definition broadcast cameras in the main venue, the images were cut in HD live to HD projected screens in the venue for IMAG. Tim also worked on some single camera shoots on and off site using Sony EX3 and Canon XLH1 cameras for footage for future years promotional videos and the end of the week review video shown here. The footage was also used by the BBC on the BBC Norfolk website.

 


july 2010

PRODUCTION: Tim provided production management services for the Methodist church event Breakout 2010, a youth camp for 800 young people. Tim managed the programme in the big top venue, liasing between the event programme teams, contributors and technicians to ensure the packed programme ran smoothly and to time. Tim authored a full production and programme plan and worked across all parties to ensure the technical and practical needs of the visiting bands, rappers, dance acts and presenters were all catered for.



june 2010

VIDEO: Tim travelled to Berlin, Germany to camera direct a four camera shoot for a large corporate conference for an international software company for production company SFL. The two day conference featured lectern presentations from speakers such as Madaline Albright as well as panel discussions and Q&A sessions. The cameras were mixed for IMAG as well as a separate webcast feed.




may 2010


 




may 2010

LIGHTING: Tim designed, programmed and operated the lighting look for the Baptist Assembly 2010 in the arena at the Plymouth Pavilions for Affinity Events. For the second year running, Tim worked to bring a well balanced stage picture, working to incorporate looks with the centre projected screen. Check out the gallery for more looks of this event.

april 2010

LIGHTING: Tim worked on behalf of fellow lighting designer Dave Moore to re-light the main venue big top at Spring Harvest in Skegness. As the event runs concurrently at the Minehead site, Tim was brought in for the second year running to call the focus, programme and operate the lighting whilst Dave looked after Minehead. A wide variety of looks are required for the magazine style sessions, including a live band, theatre company, presenters, interviews and speakers as well as visiting guest artists.


april 2010

march 2010



march 2010

LIGHTING: Tim worked to design and implement the lighting for the Market Research Society's annual conference. This event had the main keynote room split in half for breakout sessions within a matter of minutes. Tim designed a solution which catered for both setups, drawing on the client's conference logo for the main colours of light on the set, provided by LED fixtures so that colours could change to add variety and different looks during video playback and walk in states.

february 2010

LIGHTING: Tim designed and implemented the lighting solution for the Youth Sports Trust bi-annual conference in the Telford International Centre. Working with the set designer to achieve an even colour changeable wash across the set from Thomas Pixeline 1044 fixtures with texturing to add interest and movement from Martin Mac 250 fixtures. Tim gave a bright, even coverage of house light and saw that the stage was lit as required for lectern presentations as well as the comfy seating interview area, allowing for specific area selection drawing the audience's focus in to the stage presentations as well as a general wash for the awards show.

february 2010

january 2010




january 2010

LIGHTING: Tim designed and implemented the lighting look for the AXA Bancassurance event in Newcastle & Manchester. The rig comprised of Selecon Acclaims and Source4 Junior Zooms dimmed from Zero88 dimmers along with Pixeline 1044 LED battens and Clay Paky Alpha Spot 300 HPEs, all controlled from a Pearl Tiger. Tim also looked after power distribution for all departments.


   
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