LD Ben Hagen was this year’s winner of the Wally Russell Most Promising Newcomer Award, which was presented at the LDI2008 Awards Ceremony on Saturday evening, October 25, in Las Vegas. Here are a few comments from Ben about his experience at the show:

“I have had a chance to return home and collect my reactions to this year’s LDI in Las Vegas. This year’s conference was particularly exciting for more

So, I have been remiss in reporting about an event that occurred the day following LDI, but I have good reason. I had no photos, and that’s only because I had the distinct honor of being them maid of honor at the wedding of Swedish production manager Ola Melzig and PR pro Joan Lyman (now Lyman Melzig).

The Monday just after LDI (October 27), lighting designers, manufacturers, family, and friends from more

Just now getting around to add some comments from some of the participants at the dinner we co-hosted with Epic Productions during LDI (why is it taking me longer every year to recover from that show?). LDs Jeff Ravitz and Marc Janowitz provided us with some thoughts below:

Myself with Marc Janowitz (right)

Marc Janowitz:

“Epic” it was. So nice to get off The Strip more

One of the most coveted tickets at LDI is a seat at the Epic Production Technologies dinner, as hosted by Marc Raymond, Brian Konechny, and other folks from this new company, which is the recent merger of Q1 Production Technologies and Ed and Ted’s Excellent Lighting. There is a lot of history here. Marc Raymond has been in the business a very long time, going back to his Westsun more

So, LDI is now over, and it seems like it was a month ago already. Lots to see on the show floor that I’m sure you’ve already read about in our Show Daily. Lots of events to attend, and one of note was a designer/programmer dinner put together by Epic Production Technologies, the new company created by the merger of Q1 Production Technologies and Ed & Ted’s Excellent Lighting. The more