House Lighting

When hiring a company to do lighting for your event, it is important to let the facility know that you have a professional lighting company coming in. In order to maximize the look of the lighting, we will need to turn the house lights (the lighting already in place) down as much as possible. When you let the venue know this ahead of time, it makes things a little easier on the day of your event when we get there and start setting up the lighting - the coordinator at your facility already knows that we need to turn the house lights down and why.

Now, we always call a facility before we work there to let them know what we have planned, but it means a lot more coming from you, the client, that has paid to be there. The last thing we, or you, want is to have a carefully designed lighting plan be washed out because the chandeliers are turned all the way up and the wall sconces are as bright as the sun. That will hinder us from providing you with the look and feel you wanted and paid for.

Uplighting was placed around the perimiter of the room - you can see it, but it doesn't warm up the room and stand out as much as it should with how bright the house lights are on.

At almost every event we do, our crew sets the house lighting to the right level before they leave. We always let the on site management team know what we are doing and why. But when we leave, we can’t help it if the management turns it back up. This is where you (or your planner) need to step in and let them know the importance of the lighting being turned down.

We did wall washing and pin spotting for this beautiful reception, but you can"t really tell because the house lights are on so bright.

So no matter what type of event you are having, remember to let your sales associate know, as well as the banquet manager, that we are coming and what your vision is. When we call to confirm the details, they will be on the same page as we are and everything will look gorgeous!

-Jason