ADDING COLOR FOR WEDDINGS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Up Lighting And How It Works
Up lighting is the art of painting light to create a truly magical background for the most beautiful & well planned event. Lighting brings your wedding or special event to life by capturing key focal points on architecture, corners, walls, and creates an inviting entertaining space. The secret lies in the style of lighting, where to place it, and color to enhance your event.
Up Lights are placed at floor level facing walls, or any element of the room you wish to illuminate. SHOCK and AWE Productions will help you decide on whether you want a focused beam of light, a diffused spread of color, or lighting entire walls with beautiful and intensely rich color for all to see.
Party planners and brides want to add color to the room, or recreate an effect they’ve seen in pictures, magazine or TV. We’ll help you design up lighting packages to meet your needs & brainstorm possibilities that fit within your vision & budget.
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Types Of Up Lighting Fixtures
LED LIGHTING PARS
LED’s (Light Emitting Diodes) are the latest in event lighting. They produce virtually no heat, have very saturated, deep colors & easy to customize a desired look. LED’s are made up of individual red, green, blue, White, and Amber (RGBWA) bulbs, and combined in different intensities, they can be blended together to create millions of colors. SHOCK & AWE uses intense LED lighting, exclusively for events. They are the safest & most economical lighting options with no safety issues & draw minimal energy.
We have 3 types of up light pars:
NARROW SPOT LED fixtures can throw along high ceiling walls. These lights have a more concentrated degree of beam, for up lighting columns, and highlighting specific types of architecture
MEDIUM FLOOD LED fixtures are used to accent corners and along walls, but best in a large room, where the light can be separated for a more pleasing look, accenting your event theme colors.
WIDE FLOOD LED fixtures are best used to change the entire ambiance, or flood a white backdrop with color, to make your stage stand out and POP!
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Up Lighting Options
Understanding what is possible with up lighting is helpful. Here are some basic up lighting ideas and effects:
Color Wash Walls
The most popular and transforming effect, is to wash walls with beautiful customized colors. They can be set to a single color, or fade through multiple colors at varying speeds with a DMX lighting console. You may want a static color as guests arrive & through dinner, and fade colors during the entertainment portion. Changing colors go well with a professional DJ or live act!
Highlights
Having beams of light to add more focus on the wedding cake, sponsor merchandise, architectural columns or key aspects of the room add elegance. Up lighting on exits & entrances is a nice detail. They can be attached to the ceiling if allowed, or flown on tripod or crank stand.
Over Table Lighting
Maybe you’d like to add touches of colored lighting to each of the guest tables. With LED lighting we project colored light on their tables, to create a high-end atmosphere or elegant feel to the room.
Ceiling up Lighting
We can also aim special fixtures with gobo patterns to add a textured light to the floor or walls. It will transform your space into a masterpiece! The fixtures can move around, or be focused on a fixed location on the ceiling.
Dance / DJ Lighting
LED’s can slowly fade through a number of colors, quickly changing, strobe, or move to the beat of the music. With a special controller we can operate & pre-program effects so the lighting will be exactly what you expect. SHOCK & AWE has a complete selection of dance lighting to accompany our up lighting package.
Architectural Up Lighting
Lighting up the entrance/exit of the room or venue can be a nice effect for photos & guests. If you want a really unique look, we can place lighting on the outside of the venue, or LED lighting inside, which will give that “Cinderella” effect for all to enjoy!
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How Much Should I Pay For Renting Up Lighting?
When coming up with a budget for your special day, think about lighting as the decor. Our up lighting rental prices start at $500+ on up for quality up lighting with full service / delivery, set up including all necessary equipment, and the perfect look for your special event!
Put lighting rentals in place of higher priced decor options. Our pipe and drape rentals with white drapes, is another option which adds elegance without going overboard on budget. Up lighting the white draping creates an atmosphere your guests will be talking about for years. and professional photographers absolutely love it!
Just like anything, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. Cheap fixtures rent for lower, however the output and color mixing will emit poor quality. The “wireless” lights only last a couple hours before they start to act up or lose charge and quit. An industry lighting professional such as SHOCK and AWE Productions will have high-intensity Par 64 LED fixtures which reach full height of drapes or walls, have digital color-mixing capabilities, and create the perfect shade to match decor. LED Up Lighting rentals done right is breath-taking, and works well for dinner, introductions, first dance, and when the party gets started. It turns your amazing event into a “fairy tale” experience!
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