Gaffer & Lighting Services — Denver & Colorado
Professional gaffer services for productions across Denver, the Front Range, and Colorado. Cinema-grade lighting design and execution — anchored by the Aputure 1200X and delivered in a fully built production van with carts that roll straight onto set.
Lighting for Hire
After 15+ years as a Director of Photography, I know lighting from both sides of the conversation. When you bring me on as your gaffer, you’re not getting someone who just executes a lighting plan — you’re getting a collaborator who understands what the DP is going for, anticipates the creative intent, and elevates the plan with solutions you might not have considered.
I’m available for gaffer work on commercials, brand films, documentaries, corporate productions, music videos, and independent films across Denver and Colorado. Whether you need a full lighting department head for a multi-day shoot or an experienced set of hands to run lighting on a single-day production, I bring the same standard: light that serves the story.
Every booking includes access to our full lighting package — a deep Aputure arsenal led by the 1200X, an 8x8 frame with rags, haze, Fresnels, grip, and portable location power — so you’re not coordinating rentals from three different houses. And it all arrives in a fully outfitted production van with staged carts that roll directly onto set. No load-in chaos, no gear scattered across cases — the lighting department shows up organized and ready to work from minute one.
What I bring
Full lighting department leadership for your production — working directly with your DP to design, rig, and execute the lighting plan. Commercials, brand films, docs, corporate, music videos, and narrative work.
Pre-production lighting consultation and design — location assessments, lighting plots, power planning, and gear lists that match your creative vision to your budget before anyone loads a truck.
A complete cinema lighting kit delivered in a fully built production van with a ramp and roll-on carts — or as a standalone rental through ShareGrid. The Aputure 1200X, 700X, and 400X, 8x8 frame with rags, haze, Fresnels, grip, and DJI location power. One source, production-tested, set-ready.
The Kit
What you see here is a sample — the highlights of a much deeper package. Every fixture is production-tested and meticulously maintained, and the complete inventory is available to browse and rent on ShareGrid.
View Rental InventoryA Sample of the Full Package
…and that’s just the highlights. The complete inventory — fixtures, modifiers, grip, and support — is available to browse on ShareGrid.
Where I work
Full metro coverage — downtown studios, corporate locations, RiNo, LoDo, and the Tech Corridor.
Home base. Fastest response times and no travel costs for productions in the northwest metro.
Regular gaffer work for Boulder’s startup, outdoor, and wellness brand productions.
Southern Front Range productions — corporate, military-adjacent, and nonprofit work.
Northern Colorado coverage for breweries, universities, and agricultural brands.
Vail, Aspen, Breckenridge, Steamboat — experienced working at altitude with full kit.
Anywhere in Colorado a production needs professional lighting, the truck can get there.
Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Kansas — surrounding states within driving distance of the kit.
Available for productions of every size
Tell me about your production — the dates, the location, the look you’re going for — and I’ll tell you exactly how I can help light it.
Check AvailabilityOr reach me directly at (503) 580-4665 · jarrod@justbaslproductions.com
