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a full service lighting Design Company. Our core focus is to
provide high impact theatrical, architectural,
and video lighting services to the church and
worship industry.
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The principals of LIGHTING INSPIRATIONS are
Steve Brill and Paul Braile. The Vice-President of Design is Dennis
Size, and the Vice-President of Operations is Mark
London. All are designers with extensive careers in professional theatrical
lighting, in addition to lighting and systems design for broadcast
television, corporate production, film, special
events and church/worship production.
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Steve Brill is also the President of the Lighting Design Group in New
York (www.ldg.com)
, the largest design firm of its kind on the
East Coast. Paul
Braile, owner of Top Dog Spotlighting (www.topdogspots.com)
, is nationally recognized as the industry leader in
Autopilot, an automated follow spot system, for
both large and small formats.
Together, Paul and Steve have combined all the talent associated with LDG and
Top Dog to create LIGHTING INSPIRATIONS,
a company
with a clear focus, built on a strong and solid foundation of
experience, ethics and creativity.
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LIGHTING INSPIRATIONS, based in Port Jefferson, New
York, offers an award-winning team of Lighting
Designers, Consultants, Programmers, Production Managers, Draftsmen,
Technicians and Electricians. Together we collaborate to
structure a design and plan for your venue and/or project. Our proactive approach allows us to recognize potential
concerns and, in turn, develop solutions in advance. We also believe in and utilize high
technology such as Pre-Visualization software in programming to ensure the final result not only meets all demands but consistently exceeds your expectations.
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| Executive Staff |
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Steven Brill – Principal of Lighting Inspirations and President and founder of The Lighting Design Group, established in 1989. Distinguished design credits include; The Cosby Show, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman, The Morning Show, and the 2007 summer game show hit Power of 10. Steve and LDG have been the Design Company and designer of choice for NBC’s coverage of the Summer and Winter Olympic Games since 1992. The team was also NBC’s top pick for Decision
2008: Election Night Coverage from Election Plaza, an outdoor venue that transformed Rockefeller Plaza into the 2008 election coverage central.
Paul Braile – Principal of Lighting Inspirations and President and founder of Top Dog Spotlighting, the nation’s leading firm for automated follow spot systems. Paul brings over 20 years of industry experience that concentrates on high technology within the broadcast television, Worship, Corporate and Industrial markets. Paul’s credits for Autopilot and automated lighting systems include Trinityfellowship Church – Amarillo TX, Walt Disney World - Orlando, Honda 2009 Annual Sales Meeting in Las Vegas, Who Wants to be a Millionaire – ABC Television, Iron Chef America – Food Network, A & E Live by Request with the BeeGees, The 2004 Democratic Presidential Debates – MSNBC, Election Night 2004 with Peter Jennings – ABC Television
Dennis Size – Vice President of Design for Lighting Inspirations and The Lighting Design Group. Dennis has close to 30 years of lighting design experience in the television industry and is celebrating over 10 years as a designer with LDG. During his career, Dennis has designed the “look” of dozens of programs, most notably The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, The Montel Williams Show and, since 1983, Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve. Dennis’ design credits also comprise soap operas, talk shows, variety shows, sporting events, Presidential Conventions, news specials and an extensive list of concerts and musical events including; ABC’s Good Morning America Summer Concert Series in Bryant Park (for the last 5 years), Destiny’s Child: Live from Roseland and The Oxygen Custom Concert Series. Most recently he consulted on the design of The White House Press Room.
Mark London – Vice President of Operations and Systems for Lighting Inspirations and the Lighting Design Group. Mark is responsible for managing all operation aspects of the nationally recognized lighting design firm; working with all major networks, cable networks and their affiliates. In addition to operations, Mark heads up architectural lighting design and lighting systems designs for new installations. Mark’s most recent design credits include the Brown-Forman Brand Gallery in Louisville, KY, portable lighting systems for the Whitney Museum of American Art and lighting systems for a new performance space for WNYC Radio. |
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| Senior Staff |
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Tom Stanziano - A graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Tom brings over twenty years of lighting experience to the Lighting Inspirations team. Tom served as the Staff Lighting Designer at Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas for seven years. During the renovation of the 16,000 seat facility Tom had the honor of working side by side with Emmy Award Winning Lighting Designer Bill Klages. Touring with Joel Osteen for four years across the US and internationally, Tom created attractive and innovative lighting designs for large areas and stadiums. While at Lakewood, Tom developed Lumen- Essence to fill a gap within the Church market, educating on proper use of lighting for Worship. Additionally, he has worked with over three dozen ministries and several mega churches across the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. He is frequently called upon to consult and conduct education workshops on the proper use of lighting for worship.
Daniel Kelley – Dan has worked for the Sesame Workshop designing Elmo’s World, Sesame’s Country Jamboree, and Sesame Street, winning an Emmy Award for the latter. Dan is also a lead designer for NBC’s coverage of the Olympic Games, which has garnered him three Emmy Awards for the 2004 Athens, 2002 Salt Lake City and 1996 Atlanta games. Dan’s work has also been seen on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, The Sauce on FUSE as well as the new Fox Business Channel.
Neil Galen – Neil’s designs have run the gamut of television. From Beach houses to Jail houses, in studios and on location across the globe, Niel has lit the glamorous and not so. His work for NBC’s coverage of the 2002 and 2004 Olympic Games garnered Emmy awards. In addition, Niel has been nominated for Emmys for his work for CNN, NBC and on Martha Stewart Living. He recently designed
the lighting for the NBC News Center and MSNBC’s new home at Rockefeller Center.
Scott Wolfeil – Scott spends a lot of time around food. His work with the Food Network includes The Next Food Network Star, 30 Minute Meals, Emeril Live, Essence of Emeril and many others. Scott also designs Martha Stewart's Everyday Food, Martha Stewarts Everyday Food Baking, Simply Ming, Made in Spain, Chef Story, and Lidia's Italy for Public Television. He is occasionally allowed to escape the food world as the designer of the Montel Williams Show. |
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Lighting Design |
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Automated Follow Spot Systems |
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Pre Visualization |
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Programming |
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System Layout |
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System Installations |
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Rigging |
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Training and Education |
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Consultation |
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Special Events |
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