Photographer
I am Paul Pelletier, a seasoned professional with extensive experience in the art and performance lighting industry. My journey in this field began at the young age of 14, where I started off by providing sound services for bands and events. My fascination with the first-ever intelligent moving lights that were introduced to the general public in the late 80s propelled me to explore this new technology further. During a visit to the LDI tradeshow in Dallas in 1992, I was introduced to Martin Professional, a Danish lighting manufacturer, and this led to a long-standing relationship on various lighting projects, controls, and equipment.
In 1995, I joined the Canadian distributor for Martin Professional as a product specialist, where I collaborated closely with the manufacturer in Denmark on numerous projects, including LightJockey, MLD, MSD, CASE, MAXXYZ, M-Series, LJ Manager, LED-Trix, M-Series Manager, and many others. I remained in this role until 2017.
Since September 2017, I have been the Brand Manager for Chroma-Q, a leading manufacturer of top-of-the-line LED luminaires for the touring, theater, and film industries, as well as a line of lighting controllers known as Vista by Chroma-Q.
In the mid-90s, I taught myself basic programming in Delphi and developed a few applications for my personal use. Later, I decided to publish them, and LD Calculator became one of my most popular creations. It was first published in 1997, and even after more than 25 years, it is still in use today. The Martin LJ Manager and M-Series Manager are other applications that I developed from scratch.
Due to my busy work schedule, I have not updated these applications in years, but I hope to do so someday. Thank you for reading!