Sep 2011
Marlon and Lori's Wedding
This Saturday we were part of a wedding at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel. Congratulations to Marlon and Lori. The Hilo Hawaiian Hotel has a nice large ceremony area right outside of the Moku’ola Ballroom.
The reception was held inside the Moku’ola Ballroom. It’s a pretty big room, with low ceilings. It was a challenge to light this place up since it is required to have lights on at each end of the room, but this is what we came up with.
We put uplights around the pillars nearest the head table. We put lime colored uprights behind the head table and pink lighting under the head table. We washed the ceiling with the H20 light and shinned the moving head lights at the head table with lime colored stars. As you probably noticed the wedding colors were pink and lime. We also washed the dance floor with our light bars to have enough light for the video and photos of all the reception activities. Here is our DJ booth set up.
Once again congratulations to Marlon and Lori, and thank you for making us part of your specials day.
The reception was held inside the Moku’ola Ballroom. It’s a pretty big room, with low ceilings. It was a challenge to light this place up since it is required to have lights on at each end of the room, but this is what we came up with.
We put uplights around the pillars nearest the head table. We put lime colored uprights behind the head table and pink lighting under the head table. We washed the ceiling with the H20 light and shinned the moving head lights at the head table with lime colored stars. As you probably noticed the wedding colors were pink and lime. We also washed the dance floor with our light bars to have enough light for the video and photos of all the reception activities. Here is our DJ booth set up.
Once again congratulations to Marlon and Lori, and thank you for making us part of your specials day.
Gig Log: Kolu and Jewel's Wedding
This weekend we were a part of Kolu and Jewel’s special day. A wedding reception held at Wailoa State Park big pavilion. Not a place commonly used for weddings, but the bride and groom had the right idea. The wanted a place where they didn’t have to pay hotel prices for drinks and a place where they could let loose and have a good time without limits. This was the perfect venue for that. This was an unconventional wedding and nothing like what we’ve been a part of before, but it was tons of fun. First the bride cut the cake with a machete. Then the wedding party all were part of a beer chugging contest. I think the most challenging part of this event was trying to make the Wailoa State Park pavilion look nice. This is what we did with the lighting:
Purple was the theme. So I lit up the cake, hanging center piece, and heart decoration win a purple wash. This area of the pavilion is normally dark and without uplighting, the heart would decoration would be in the dark at night.
Here is another view of the lit up heart.
Here is the wedding cake with a soft wash of purple light. I think overall uplighting made a big difference in this wedding because of how dark some spots are around the pavilion. Overall another memorable wedding, not only for the bride and groom, but for us too.
Purple was the theme. So I lit up the cake, hanging center piece, and heart decoration win a purple wash. This area of the pavilion is normally dark and without uplighting, the heart would decoration would be in the dark at night.
Here is another view of the lit up heart.
Here is the wedding cake with a soft wash of purple light. I think overall uplighting made a big difference in this wedding because of how dark some spots are around the pavilion. Overall another memorable wedding, not only for the bride and groom, but for us too.
Gig Log: Ginger's Sweet 16 at the Yacht Club
09/05/11 11:45 PM Filed in: gig log
This will be my first installment of a gig log. We will be doing gig logs in video of almost every event we are able to video from now on. Unfortunately for this event I didn’t get a chance to take video or pictures. This is the first event in a long time that I did myself from beginning to end. Ginger’s Sweet 16 took place this Saturday at the Hilo Yacht Club. This is a nice venue, but I notice every time I do gigs in inside event room, I was always told to turn down the music. This is because they do not want to bother the members having dinner in the next room. Their rooms are also divided by dividers that are not very thick. This time they had me turning the music and the bass down very low. For this birthday party I tested out some uplighting behind the DJ area. Behind the DJ booth was a window that looked out into the ocean and the uplighting added a very nice glow to the area. I highly recommend uplighting at Yacht Club events. Overall I was very happy with the outcome of Ginger’s Sweet 16 party. As for throwing parties at the Yacht Club, if you don’t mind having the music during the DJ portion low, then it’s a good place to throw a party. It’s a nice place, but the volume could be an issue.
