Reece Lighting & Production, LLC

16/06/2024

Not a bad view from the hotel room...

09/04/2024

Eclipse, 2024

04/04/2024

Christopher Durang (1949-2024) was truly one of the biggest reasons I fell in love with theatre. Rest in Peace, Chris.

16/02/2024

Fluffy Sunset (2024)

10/02/2024

Rain, Rain, Go Away (2024)
Haven't posted or taken many pictures lately. This is from last month at my cousin's house in the Berkshires. The first two shots were five minutes apart, with about 20 minutes each between the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.

14/01/2024

I first became enamored of artist James Turrell - whose "sculptures" are works using the medium of light - when the Guggenheim brought his art, including a new commission changing their entire rotunda into a vertical tunnel of morphing light, to New York back in 2013.

Four years later, I saw an article in the New York Times that the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) was opening a new building on their campus featuring permanent installations of his work.

I finally had cause to be in the area today, so squeezed in a trip to the museum. Two of the most popular works needed reservations, and was I able to secure one, and then fortunate while there that there was a cancelation on the other. Those two pieces "Perfectly Clear" and "Hind Sight" were the perfect polar opposites in sensory perception; the first, the biggest, flattest field of light I had ever experienced; the second, the darkest room I've ever been in, in which it takes your eyes almost 10 minutes to adjust to the pitch black to the point where you can faintly make out a grey circle (I was told, it appeared as either a rectangle or oval to me).

The Turrell works are all "No Photo" areas, so I downloaded a few.

(Photos by Florian Holzherr, courtesy MASS MoCA)

09/12/2023

One of the great joys of working with Don McCloskey is the super-talented musicians in The Band, and the friends who join him on stage...

1. Sarah Biemuller and Hannah Taylor (Vocals)
2. Adam Flicker (Keys)
3. Shawn Hennessey (Percussion)
4. Ross Bellenoit (Guitar)
5. Joe Baldacci (Drums)
6. Tom Spiker (Bass)
7. Sammy Rae (Guest Vocals)
8. Will Leet (Guest Guitar & Vocals)
9. Adam Weiner of Low Cut Connie (Guest Vocals)
10. Guest Horns: Jon Thompson (Sax), Matt Cappy (Trumpet), Randy Kapralick (Trombone)

Don McCloskey's Holiday Office Party, 12/2/2023, Brooklyn Bowl Philly

📷: Stephen Lyford

08/12/2023

Another fantastic holiday show with Don McCloskey this year at Brooklyn Bowl Philly!

The Band (L-R):
Sarah Biemuller Vocals
Hannah Taylor Vocals
Adam Flicker Keys
Shawn Hennessey Percussion
Ross Bellenoit Guitar
Joe Baldacci Drums
Tom Spiker Bass

📷: Stephen Lyford Photography

01/11/2023

Happy Halloween!

"The Woman In Black" (Bristol Riverside Theatre-2003). Philadelphia Barrymore Nomination.
Directed by Keith Baker
Set by Mims Mattair
Costumes by Linda Bee Stockton

Pictured: Jared Reed and Alana Gerlach

13/10/2023

Well...that happened.

Lighting Designer for opening for The Always Sunny Podcast.

30/08/2023

Confirms my observations. Theatre needs to give people a reason to see EVERY show now.

Hitting Theater Hard: The Loss of Subscribers Who Went to Everything

The subscription model, in which theatergoers buy a season’s worth of shows at a time, had long been waning, but it fell off a cliff during the pandemic.

19/08/2023

This sums up so much of what I personally believe, and what I agree needs to happen to keep regional theatre alive.

or 45 humble suggestions for the future

20/05/2023

Photos from the Don McCloskey Birthday Bash at Brooklyn Bowl, NYC, 5/10/23.

Photos: Liz Manley
Guitar: Ross Bellenoit
Percussion: Shawn Hennessey
Keys: Adam Flicker
Backing Vox: Sarah Biemuller & Hannah Taylor
Bass: Tom Spiker
Drums: Chuck Staab
Guest Guitar: Will Leet

14/05/2023

Spice Drawer Sunset (2023)

16/04/2023

Happy 40th Anniversary to Carolyn Dorfman Dance. I was fortunate to work with them as Production Manager & Lighting Director from 2001-2003. I got to travel with them from New York to Miami, and twice to Poland.

I still have vivid memories from my time with them, especially being in Poland when the Iraq War started, visiting Auschwitz, and designing the original lighting for the premiere of her brilliant piece "Echad (One)," in 2002. Makes me realize that at 21, that wheel is old enough to drink legally.

Congrats, and M***e at the Gala tonight to my many friends and past colleagues in attendance.

08/04/2023

Pretty amazing full double rainbow from the Magic Kingdom to the middle of Seven Seas Lagoon to cap off an awesome vacation week at Disney.

05/03/2023

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06/02/2023

"The Limit is 10 Photos or Videos." There will be more.

Don McCloskey at Bristol Riverside Theatre 1/28/23.

With Sarah Biemuller (vocals), Hannah Taylor (vocals), Ross Bellenoit (guitar), Matt Keppler (bass), Adam Flicker (keyboards), Shawn Hennessey (percussion), and Chuck Staab (drums).

📸: Stephen Lyford Photography

18/01/2023

Dreaming or Scheming? (2023)
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23/12/2022

Don McCloskey at Johnny Brenda's (12/16/22)
Such a great time, and awesome photos by Stephen Lyford Photography

04/12/2022

Christmas Lights (2022) - Dutch Wonderland

25/11/2022

Still love our Dining Room chandelier.

01/11/2022

Happy Halloween! (2022)
Hampton Bay Hubspace RGBW String Lights, Rosco 26, Lee 116

25/10/2022

Jack-o'-Lanterns (2022)

16/10/2022

It was great getting back behind the console last night for Don McCloskey at Ardmore Music Hall! Hope to be able to do it again soon.
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06/10/2022

So excited to again be working with this amazing musician (and human) next Friday at Ardmore Music Hall. Check out this 4-song sneak peak!

Philly songwriter Don McCloskey previews his Free At Noon performance with a ferocious Key Studio Session.

29/09/2022

Love a nice lavender at twilight.

Rosco 355? Maybe R54...

17/09/2022

Appendectomy (2022)

16/09/2022

All good things must come to an end.

‘Phantom of the Opera,’ Broadway’s Longest-Running Show, to Close

The theatergoing audience has been slow to return after the pandemic lockdown, and the show hasn’t been selling well enough to defray its running costs.