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Southwestern Torch LLC

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Southwestern Torch LLC is a 728 member ran cinema lighting rental company Owned by Eric Fahy and Trevor Crist. EST. 2017 @photografahy @treeforttrev
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Had a lot of help with this one, in no particular order DP: @toddmartin (LA loves you) CLT: Eric Fahy ACLT: @jkemps Programmer: @cue.control ELTs: @xuhkxz @standin_savant @davemcgrory @ash_bhasin ,Michael Laviolette, David Nakamura, Deiasha Lariviere Key Grip: @bluerockmediacorp Shout out to @tone_scold and @aputure.lighting for hooking us up with the infinimats which were clutch for this job. The @kinoflolightingsystems mimic 120s and @assimilateinc were essential to help keep this moving. Our grip team built two movable structures to have 8x8 mimics floating around the set. Much love to all involved! #commercial #shootla #virtualproduction #volume #mimik120 #infinimat #lighting #cinematography
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1 year ago
We lit this Honda Odyssey commercial down at thunder studios where we used a Fischer light as well as a truss with s60s, lustr x8s and some Prolycht 675Fs with their amazing fresnel to create the color on the white cyc practically. Had help from @heathcliffe67 @davemcgrory @xuhkxz and Ash Urvanti. DP Brig White. Thank you one and all! #gaffer #chieflightingtechnician #hollywood #commercial #lighting
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1 year ago
Taking the new toy out for a test run @aputure.lighting #storm1200x #gaffer #owneroperator #hollywood #chieflightingtechnician
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1 year ago
Blown away by how powerful this little transmitter is by @cinelex_dmx eliminating one wireless network on small shoots is a really big deal. A great addition to the Southwestern Torch toolbox.
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1 year ago
Really excited to work with Lebron, Iconoclast, and Nike for this one. Sometimes you only really have time for one set up and there may or may not be a whole other production doing something equally insnane with the same talent on the same day at the same location. Employed many apurture units here: p600c with the f10 fresnel and the electrostorm xt26. 20k mole beams in the nosebleeds. And a 17’ diameter ring light made of Litemat 4 spectrums. Due to time and location restrictions this all had to come together like a well choreographed opening night and we had zero rehearsals. Hats off to the whole team! DP: Benoit Solair CLT: Eric Fahy ACLT: @heathcliffe67 Programmer: Josh Lowenstein ELTs: @xuhkxz @standin_savant Jay Guffey, Janos csoma, Jamey Dunford, Rob Doumott, Lou Ramos, Steve Trainor, David Nakamura Key grip @bluerockmediacorp Special thanks to @aputure.lighting @litegear @cinelease @amplepowergenerators @molerichardson @iatselocal728 @jlgindustries #letsseeifthisstaysup #lighting #gaffer #clt #ownerop #hollywood #commercial
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1 year ago
I have never been on a job so short that lasted so long and demanded and took so much from myself and the crew. To everyone a part of it, To everyone affected, Thank you and I’m sorry. We’re all family now. #spike4ever #callback @jkemps @3_pelicans @electriclightorchestrator David nakamura, @lucky_n_penny @xuhkxz @heathcliffe67 @brettsbo @cinesalas @christopherarata @robert.m.exner Lee Spencer @cue.control
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2 years ago
I have a few puppet shows under my belt. The most recent was a kids show on Apple called slumberkins. 4~ of blue screen work… I was dreaming in blue. We had success lighting the blue screens with low intesnsity blue light. We also did high density @arri s60 soft boxes so we could have a decent chance in pixelating cloud chasing effects. Pixelated @creamsource vortex 8s to do effects on the ground. And @elationlighting artist Monet’s for our hard sun/moon sources we rigged on max menaces. DP: the amazing @ashotofdom programmer: I probably have a whole posts worth of pictures of @zane_blanchard ‘s power naps. @xuhkxz Brock and Taylor as the guys on the ground. It’s always surreal (read: fun or nightmare) working at the Jim Henson lot.
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2 years ago
More from the archives. I gaffed a commercial for the calm app featuring lebron. It was an insane prelight. 16 hours! One of the best thing we did was this practical setting sun set. 20x60 seamless muslin. We rigged about 30 @arri s60: for the color wash. Key Grip Carlos Escobar built a 12’ diameter snoot for a 20k we dimmed down to next to nothing and then added full straw to. Thanks to all involved! DP: Ryan Helfant
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2 years ago
I had the great pleasure to be the Chief Lighting Technician on American Born Chinese. Some 35mm, some iPhone Bts. We shot at Fox and on location. DP @brettsbo KG @bluerockmediacorp Check it out if you haven’t yet! #gaffer #chieflightingtechnician #television #streaming #lighting #cinematography
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2 years ago
COBRA by Megan thee stallion was a rush. So much hard work on all fronts payed off. Thanks to all the people that came through and did the long days with us. @toddmartin is a genius behind the cam. Thanks @cue.control for nailing every request and never being behind. @cinelease came through for us with the bulk of the gear. Thank you @amplepowergenerators for the juice! Thanks one and all! #cinematography #musicvideo #chieflightingtechnician #gaffer #hollywood #lighting
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2 years ago
A few years ago we did a promo for crime scene kitchen and the idea was to mix 3 colored spot lights into white light on a subject while giving us sharp multi colored shadows. I ended up using arrays of @robelighting BMFL blades to get bright saturated sources with crisp shadows. Thanks to all involved. #hashtag #hollywood #lighting #chieflightingtechnician #gaffer #cinematography #movinglight #blackout #onset #comingupwirhhashtagsisexhausting
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2 years ago
Hello everyone! SWtorch has invaded your feed. Stay tuned for updates and sarcastic motion picture oriented content. See you soon! #hashtag #filmmaking #fresnel #television #lighting #chieflightingtechnician #gaffer #hollywood #thatshollywoodbaby
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2 years ago