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Robe goes to the movies with RS Images

Ryan Schaminee, owner of RS Images, is a Netherlands-based freelance gaffer and lighting console programmer/operator working on a diversity of commercial, television and movie projects. He has invested in his own set of six Robe iForte LTX moving lights fitted with the HCF (High Colour Fidelity) LED engine for use on his numerous projects.

Schaminee already owned a moderate amount of DMX lighting fixtures and control consoles and would hire in a variety of other lights as and when needed, primarily from film lighting rental specialists like Het Licht. However, as moving lights are still relatively scarce in the film and TV world, as a lighting programmer and operator, he had for some time wanted to bring the concept of them more into the picture.

According to Schaminee, the investment in Robe is already paying off for him as he uses his iForte LTXs constantly on all types of projects. “It’s taken quite some time and some serious persuasion to get moving lights accepted on sets, but once DoPs, gaffers and directors can see for themselves what can be achieved and how quickly the team can work with them, there is now a growing demand”, he says.

With less demand in this discipline and limited investment from film lighting rental companies in moving lights, Schaminee identified both an immediate income opportunity and a way to significantly enhance the technical quality of shoots. Film lighting culture also went through a substantial shift during the pandemic, when virtual shoots and streaming expanded, with both genres calling for new and different approaches to lighting. 

“Having moving lights to help create these environments made the whole production process better, smoother, and more efficient”, states Schaminee, who has used different Robe products in his work since the T1 was launched in 2018. He says he wanted a light that could mimic plenty of effects like natural light flowing in through windows, trees, and other objects, and for creating reflections, refractions, and finessing other water effects, for which the iForte LTXs have plenty of features and scope.

The lights also had to be pole or tripod-mountable to make them viable as a gaffer’s tool, as trussing is not always available, and they needed to be adaptable enough to use both in studios and on location. The iForte LTX ticked all these boxes. Schaminee experimented with a unit and discovered that iForte LTXs would fit on a Long John stand, which currently elevates to four metres and is a basic minimum gaffer’s toolkit requirement, and they are capable of being rigged on a cherry picker.

As well as using the iForte LTXs on his own jobs, Schaminee says he has had plenty of interest from other gaffers and lighting operators who want to see how they work.

Pictured (left to right): Controllux’s Romec Berendsen and RS Images’ Ryan Schaminee. (Photos: Louise Stickland/Paul Clarke)

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