R90 Lighting University – Episode 2
Welcome to back to our ongoing “educational” series, R90 Lighting University! Your serious source for mastering the basics of event lighting in the most effortless way possible.
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Blastfest 2025
R90 Lighting returned to Fisher Pavilion at the Seattle Center for Blastfest 2025, Seattle’s premier Afrobeats music festival. This was our third year in partnership with the festival and we couldn’t be more pleased with the results! This festival also holds a special place for us, as the lighting was designed by our dear friend Davis Alexander, who passed away earlier this year. The lineup included Adekunle Gold, Fireboy DML and Odumodublvck, Wande Coal, Daliwonga, Moliy, and festival founder BLAST himself.
R90 Lighting University – Episode 1
Reactive Lighting Systems with the ADJ Lighting Starburst Welcome to the premiere of R90 University, your serious source for mastering the basics of event lighting in the most effortless way possible. In Episode 1, we unlock the secrets of Reactive Lighting Systems with the ADJ Starburst. Industry veterans will recognize this fixture as the most versatile lighting instrument on the market in 2015. In this video you’ll learn the ins and outs of how to get the absolute most out of your ADJ Starburst so you can achieve the most professional lighting looks that will leave your audience mesmerized. PRODUCTION CREDITS This episode of “R90 University” was produced in collaboration with our sister company: Positive Systems – Immersive LED Video Wall Productions – Positive Systems“Talent”: James McKenna – R90 LightingVideo Wall & Camera Systems: Positive SystemsDirector / Editor: Kellen Parnell (Positive Systems)Camera Operator: Mitchel SchaabShader: Mary Hall Check out this highly informative video below and stay tuned for future episodes of this remarkable series.
Easter in the Spotlight
R90 Lighting was egg-static to be selected as the lighting vendor for the Canyon Hills Community Church Easter service celebration at the fabulous Angel of the Winds Arena. Complete with musical performances by Canyon Hill Worship. If there’s one thing we believe in, it’s dramatic lighting and divine timing. This year’s Easter celebration was given the full Sunday-best lighting treatment with a compliment of: Controlled through Obsidian EN4 and EN12 optos with Luminex Gigacore 16t switches by (2) grandMA3 Full Size. At the helm of this lighting rig was Canyon Hills Community Church Production Designer and Lighting Director, Garret Parker. R90 also provided all of the rigging, including (58) motors. R90 Lighting Production Manager, Rachid Schultz oversaw the project. Captaining the lighting build was the always impeccable Levi Plumb with support from Systems Tech Maryalice Weed. Our brilliant on-site techs consisted of Eugene Cognoman, Tyler Joyce, Kimmy Hartman, Krisjanis Lusis, Sawyer Moe, Dwight Upton-Francis, and Ryan Dunn. Canyon Hills Community Church FOH and Production Manager: Stephen Pelatzky Production rigging and rigging labor provided by Precision Productions Inc. Audio provided by Morgan Sound Cameras and Video Wall provided by DC Productions From load-in to final cue, this Easter production was no yolk. Huge thanks to Canyon Hills Community Church and the entire team for letting us hatch something truly special. With a full basket of gear, a cracking crew, and lighting sunny-side up, we were thrilled to help make this celebration shine. Until next time: stay eggstra!
Maiden Voyage of the Paragon M
38 of our brand new Elation Professional Paragon M shining bright and ready for their first concert! Unless Victor Zeiser at Squeek beats us to it, these will be the first major show in the US to feature the new Paragon M! Our onsite team consisted of Levi Plumb , Dwight Upton , and Brian Milliner who didn’t have a single hiccup with these new units. We look forward to seeing these in action over the coming months! Please reach out for booking and availability!
Elation Paragon M Unboxing
We’re super excited to put the new Elation Paragon M into one of our designs! We’ve received our first batch of 40 fixtures from Elation Professional just in time to load them up for a private event with Gwen Stefani! Starting March 29 R90 Lighting will have the Elation Paragon M available in our rental fleet here in Seattle, WA. The Paragon series offers an IP54 weather protection with 37,000 lumens of output in a fully featured profile format with all of the bells and whistles. It also offers the ability to change out the front lens to offer a PC beam and a Fresnel option in the same fixture.