Articles - Lighting

New Insider at Ferro!

Ferro recently had the opportunity to venture deep into the life and career of renowned Cinematographer and Director of Photography, Ken Kelsch, as he sat down with Joe Scacciaferro for an on-camera interview.  Ken’s knowledge and experience in the industry is second to none, which is why we are very excited to announce the installment […]

New Insider at Ferro!

Lighting for YES Network Live at Montclair

Each year the YES Network conducts a remote shoot at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center at New Jersey’s Montclair State University.  YES and Montclair have developed a great relationship with each other over the years due to this annual affair.  This year the crew was back to shoot Yankees Baseball Tonight, but this time the stakes […]

Lighting for YES Network Live at Montclair

LED Lighting for YES Network

Throughout my career I have experienced all sorts of annoyances and mishaps in the world of television and stage production.  Whether it be lighting-fixtures burning out before show time, stressed-out directors screaming at crew members, or Video technicians nit-picking my every lighting decision; I’ve grown to understand that the show really does go on, and at […]

LED Lighting for YES Network

Lighting at Sea Part 4

I figured out why those lights were having the problems that they were, they dimmer and color wheels were dirty and so the sensors where stopping the wheels in the wrong places.  This is going to be a common problem, especially for my downstage fixtures, because they are right above pyrotechnics and get a fresh […]

Lighting at Sea Part 4

Lighting at Sea Part 3

I had a VL2500 blow a lamp today, taking with it the UV Filter and dimmer wheel.  There is a policy to change the lamps every 10 weeks or so to try and avoid this type of damage, but this lamp was only about 6 weeks old.  I like the VL2500, it’s small, works well, […]

Lighting at Sea Part 3

Lighting at Sea Part 2

I’ve taken over as the only light technician on the ship, and several fixtures took the opportunity to see if I’m up to the task. A Cyberlight went completely out of control during a show, doing ballyhoos during blackouts and other mischievous things and would not shutdown from the console. The logic card had gone […]

Lighting at Sea Part 2

Lighting at Sea

  -Mr. Ben Lynford is a Lighting Technician working on different productions on-board a cruise ship.  Stay tuned over the next few weeks as he blogs about his experiences at sea. I’ve now been on board the ship for a week and have begun taking over the day to day responsibilities from the outgoing Lighting […]

Lighting at Sea

Our Kool Production Package

We have been asked over and over to share whats in Ferro’s production package.  Below is a complete list of the major equipment we are using to capture all the behind the scenes footage of the Van Halen and Kool & The Gang Tour! Camera JVC ProHD 790 (2) Our cameras had to be light […]

Our Kool Production Package

Prepping for Indianapolis

East Rutherford, NJ- In case you haven’t heard, the New York Giants are headed to Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis for a rematch with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Ferro Productions will be shipping out to Indy on Monday for a monumental week of production, therefore the crew will need this entire week […]

Prepping for Indianapolis