Wedding
Gig Log: Wedding at Wailoa State Park Big Pavillion
01/20/12 12:13 AM
This past Saturday Eclipse Effect Mobile Disco was lucky to be a part of Nerick’s and Kris’s Wedding reception. What made this wedding reception challenging was that I had to work with new DJs that I was not used to working with, but I knew it would turn out well due to these DJs being experienced. It just was a little bit more work getting everyone on the same page. Also Wailoa State Park big pavilion does not hold lighting very well with the pavilion being open from all sides and providing practically no walls to light up. Only washes work in this venue. Washes are a splash of color and light on the cake and on the dance floor. Here is a picture of the lighting on the dance floor, uplighting on the pillars, and lighting on the banner above the stage.
Here is the head table. I splashed the table with the wedding colors of white and red. I also lit up the cake that was located behind the head table.
Here’s a picture of the bride and groom during the money dance.
DJ LX from Maui flew in and mixed during the dancing part.
This is a very challenging venue to hold weddings in, but in all I think the night turned out well. I just couldn’t light it up the place the usual way due to the limitations caused by how the venue is built.
Here is the head table. I splashed the table with the wedding colors of white and red. I also lit up the cake that was located behind the head table.
Here’s a picture of the bride and groom during the money dance.
DJ LX from Maui flew in and mixed during the dancing part.
This is a very challenging venue to hold weddings in, but in all I think the night turned out well. I just couldn’t light it up the place the usual way due to the limitations caused by how the venue is built.
Gig Log: Last gig of 2011
12/31/11 07:52 PM
Yesterday we did our last wedding for 2011. 2011 was a great year for us with and we’re thankful to the people that trust us be a part of their big days. We took care of both the ceremony and reception. For the ceremony we used our Bose PA system for the first time. It worked amazingly well and did cover the 150 people easily in the open yard area.
The reception took place in the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel Ballroom. I was excited to get into this room and try to design the lighting because it is already a very nice room and we could take advantage of the lighting in the room already.
A lot of venue do not allow the lights to be dimmed. This one could. The bride wanted a neutral color for uplighting. I was given the choices of yellow or orange. Not many choices for a room with dark brown wood walls. Usually colors like purple or blue do very well in this room. The yellow did not show well on the wood and the orange color made the room look like an old dingy restaurant. I accidentally used white to uplight this room and it worked. Once it was okayed by the bride we made it work. This is the first time we used white to uplight a room.
Here is a picture of what we did with the head table.
Here are some pictures of the dance floor during the dancing part of the program.
A great way to end the year. Congrats to Hayden and Elyse on their marriage! Mahalo for the opportunity to close the year off working with a great couple.
The reception took place in the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel Ballroom. I was excited to get into this room and try to design the lighting because it is already a very nice room and we could take advantage of the lighting in the room already.
A lot of venue do not allow the lights to be dimmed. This one could. The bride wanted a neutral color for uplighting. I was given the choices of yellow or orange. Not many choices for a room with dark brown wood walls. Usually colors like purple or blue do very well in this room. The yellow did not show well on the wood and the orange color made the room look like an old dingy restaurant. I accidentally used white to uplight this room and it worked. Once it was okayed by the bride we made it work. This is the first time we used white to uplight a room.
Here is a picture of what we did with the head table.
Here are some pictures of the dance floor during the dancing part of the program.
A great way to end the year. Congrats to Hayden and Elyse on their marriage! Mahalo for the opportunity to close the year off working with a great couple.
Gig Log: 12/10/11 Wedding Reception
12/11/11 10:13 PM
Last night we did a wedding reception at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel Moku’ola Ballroom. Congratulations to Tad and Renee! We did do weddings in here before so we had an idea on generally how the set up would be. But the challenge is always how to make one wedding have its own personalty from the last in the same venue. We did get 4 new uplighting fixtures in last week so that did help. Here’s a panoramic view of the room looking toward the DJ booth.
The wedding colors were purple and green. We spotlighted the cake that was located next to the head table.
This time the podium was located on the opposite end of us. We thought this was a weird move, but it worked out to our advantage by allowing us to spotlight the speakers.
In all everyone had a good time. Gumby did a excellent job DJing. He had crowd dancing till the end and still wanting to dance more when the event was done.
The wedding colors were purple and green. We spotlighted the cake that was located next to the head table.
This time the podium was located on the opposite end of us. We thought this was a weird move, but it worked out to our advantage by allowing us to spotlight the speakers.
In all everyone had a good time. Gumby did a excellent job DJing. He had crowd dancing till the end and still wanting to dance more when the event was done.
Gig Log: 11/11/11 Wedding Reception
11/14/11 09:38 PM
11/11/11 is a big day for weddings, for most part due to it being easy to remember the day. Thank you to Chris and Enjoli for letting us be a part of their big day. The wedding reception took place at the Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo. We were set up in the big conference room which proved to be the most challenging event yet. Mostly because the walls and carpet were blue.
The way the room is set up it absorbs light. I tested out the lighting and blue is the best color to light up this room. Magenta and purple also works pretty well since it’s on the same color spectrum as blue. The ceiling we could not design due to it being pipes. Also there are 5 inches between a cramped stage so this created a lot of trouble lighting up behind the wedding party. I couldn’t get the angle that I wanted behind the wedding party, but with some creativity I got it to work. This is what we came up with in the end.
The event didn’t look exactly how we would have liked to on the lighting part, but in the end we learned from this set up and the event ran very smoothly. I have great ideas for our next set up so I can’t wait for our next event here. Also I noticed the disco lights do look good on the walls of this room.
The way the room is set up it absorbs light. I tested out the lighting and blue is the best color to light up this room. Magenta and purple also works pretty well since it’s on the same color spectrum as blue. The ceiling we could not design due to it being pipes. Also there are 5 inches between a cramped stage so this created a lot of trouble lighting up behind the wedding party. I couldn’t get the angle that I wanted behind the wedding party, but with some creativity I got it to work. This is what we came up with in the end.
The event didn’t look exactly how we would have liked to on the lighting part, but in the end we learned from this set up and the event ran very smoothly. I have great ideas for our next set up so I can’t wait for our next event here. Also I noticed the disco lights do look good on the walls of this room.
Mark and Meagan's Wedding
10/03/11 11:24 PM
Two Sundays ago the Eclipse Effect Mobile Disco crew did our first gig at Mauna Lani. It was a wedding reception at the Canoe House Restaurant on the grounds of the Mauna Lani Hotel. It was a challenge in this area because it was an area wedged between bungalows where guests pay $3,000 a night and their ocean view hotel guests. So the noise levels had to be monitored carefully. Here is the set up we did. It was a hefty set up process, but when you have this view, it makes things very calming.
There was a gazebo where the wedding party was going to be held in. The moment I saw that I though that would be an amazing place to light up. This is how it looked at night.
We also threw up uplighting on the trees near the entrance to give an added effect of being surrounded by lighting design. We also splashed the dance floor with a white light so the couple could be seen by the video and pictures well during the first dance. Then the rest of the night the dance floor had the water effect light to add elegance. We also splashed the wedding cake with blue lighting.
In all it was a great event and I was happy with the end results. Best of all there was no noise complaints. :)
There was a gazebo where the wedding party was going to be held in. The moment I saw that I though that would be an amazing place to light up. This is how it looked at night.
We also threw up uplighting on the trees near the entrance to give an added effect of being surrounded by lighting design. We also splashed the dance floor with a white light so the couple could be seen by the video and pictures well during the first dance. Then the rest of the night the dance floor had the water effect light to add elegance. We also splashed the wedding cake with blue lighting.
In all it was a great event and I was happy with the end results. Best of all there was no noise complaints. :)
Marlon and Lori's Wedding
09/27/11 11:35 PM
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
09/14/11 01:16 AM
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.
Wedding at Anna's Ranch
06/25/11 03:34 AM
Finally got to write this blog about last weekends wedding at Anna’s Ranch. I’ve been redoing this website and getting ready for tomorrow Wedding Expo and Bridal Fair. Congratulations to the Kalahikis on their new step in life together.
DJ D. at the out door reception at Anna’s Ranch. A very nice and private location for a wedding with great greenry and flowers all around.
Henry and Crystal at the alter.
Father and daughter dance.
DJ D. closing out the night.
Once again congratulations to Henry and Crystal and a big thank you for letting us be part of your big day.
DJ D. at the out door reception at Anna’s Ranch. A very nice and private location for a wedding with great greenry and flowers all around.
Henry and Crystal at the alter.
Father and daughter dance.
DJ D. closing out the night.
Once again congratulations to Henry and Crystal and a big thank you for letting us be part of your big day.
