Lighting Books

New and Published Books

1. The Automated Lighting Programmer's Handbook

   2nd Edition

   By Brad Schiller

   Now in full color, this guide helps the lighting designer with all of the many creative and operational challenges you face. Providing respected and clear coverage of the process of programming automated lighting fixtures, Brad Schiller brings you from basic principles to...

   Published October 6th 2010 by Focal Press
2. Set Lighting Technician's Handbook

   Film Lighting Equipment, Practice, and Electrical Distribution, 4th Edition

   By Harry Box

   Comprehensive. Detailed. Practical. Set Lighting Technician's Handbook, Fourth Edition, is a friendly, hands-on manual covering the day-to-day practices, equipment, and tricks of the trade essential to anyone doing motion picture lighting, including the lamp operator, rigging crew, gaffer, best boy...

   Published August 1st 2010 by Focal Press
3. Automated Lighting

   The Art and Science of Moving Light in Theatre, Live Performance, and Entertainment, 2nd Edition

   By Richard Cadena

   Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light in Theatre, Live Performance and Entertainment continues to be the most trusted text for working and aspiring lighting professionals. Now in its second edition, it has been fully updated to include new advances in lamp sources such as LEDs and...

   Published March 10th 2010 by Focal Press
4. A Practical Guide to Stage Lighting

   2nd Edition

   By Steven Louis Shelley

   Construct and Implement Your Own Lighting Designs with the most trusted guide to stage lighting! An entertaining and educational read, author Steven Louis Shelley draws from his 35+ years of diverse experience to bring you the step-by-step technical tools for getting the job done along with...

   Published September 20th 2009 by Focal Press
5. Concert Lighting

   Techniques, Art and Business, 3rd Edition

   By James Moody, Paul Dexter

   Get ready to pack your bags and go on tour with the most trusted and comprehensive text for concert lighting. With a special focus on rock and roll, learn how to use computer aided drafting, moving luminaires, learn about the people and the history that shaped the field and more. Expand your design...

   Published September 7th 2009 by Focal Press
6. Sound, Lighting and Video: A Resource for Worship

   By Brad Herring

   Hallelujah! Finally the book you've been waiting for! Sound, Lighting & Video: A Resource for Worship is the only book that tackles the integration and use of light, sound and video for houses or worship. Connect with more people in ways you never thought possible. Written by the managing...

   Published June 2nd 2009 by Focal Press
7. Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician

   By Richard Cadena

   The application of electricity for the theatre or a concert stage is not the same as for a residence or commercial building. Electricity for the Entertainment Electrician & Technician provides you with the fundamentals of theory of electricity as well as the latest guidelines and tips for how...

   Published February 24th 2009 by Focal Press
8. Scenic Design and Lighting Techniques

   A Basic Guide for Theatre

   By Rob Napoli, Chuck Gloman

   Basic. This is the key word in Scenic Design and Lighting Tecniques: A Basic Guide for Theatre, written by two seasoned professionals with over twenty years of experience. This book is designed to show you how to turn a bare stage into a basic set design, without using heavy language that would...

   Published September 20th 2006 by Focal Press
9. Concert Sound and Lighting Systems

   3rd Edition

   By John Vasey

   Concert Sound and Lighting Systems provides comprehensive coverage of equipment and setup procedures for touring concert systems. The new edition will cover the new equipment now available and discuss other venues where the skills and technology are being used. This new edition incorporates the...

   Published October 3rd 1999 by Focal Press
10. Discovering Stage Lighting

    2nd Edition

    By Francis Reid

    This guide to the fundamentals of stage lighting includes a series of projects to allow experimentation, discussion and analysis. The necessary equipment is described in relation to its purpose, along with checklists and hints for practical use. The practical handling of light, with observation of...

    Published September 7th 1998 by Focal Press