Pin-spotting table centerpieces
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I'm with you. A photog friend has changed his over to a "Photo Station" and he says every already booked bride has switched to the new format. You're right though. I do need to come up with a new name but it's not the highest-priority on the plate at present.
Where is the DJ setup? All I see is a bunch of strangers having fun at a Wedding! What is there to be gained by this presentation?
Could the banquet staff possibly moved the table or maybe the cake was not present for the light tech to focus on?
I've shown clients pictures of my setup and I've shown them pictures of other events where guests are having fun. Oddly enough, pics of my setup have never sold a single event.
And yes, my speakers were spread.:triwink:
I did not mean actual pics of the setup only but pics of it in the room, how you setup in relation to everything else etc. We here are not your clients we are fellow DJs, remember? We may be more interested in the DJ and Lighting integration of the work you do. The hows and whys matter to us.
Houston, he was showing us the way the lighting company rigged the pinspots for the room. ( See title of this thread ). While i am always interested in seeing the DJ set-ups this thread had nothing to do with his set-up. He was just sharing the interesting way they hung the T-bars in the ceiling.
How did we get onto "photo booths?" I'm old Skool...call a "spade" a "spade." I'll fade back into the background, now. 
I think Canute was referring to the gallery link in post #17 and not the initial photo in post #1.
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That is a big Ten Four good Buddy! However, I am man enough to admit, that I now realize that the thread is not in "Gig Reports"!
I'm shocked none of you chimed in on how they messed up the aiming of the lights. Out of 5 tables, they did not hit a single centerpiece correctly (done with pinspots). The cake table was the only thing they got right and that's just because it was a par46 with a wider throw. You guys must be slipping. :tribiggrin:
I would be allover it if it were you RR I typically dont pick at pictures of companys or DJs who arent listed on our membership. They dont argue back. You ought to know this by now. I cant piss those folks off enough to make it better next time.
I would have, but much like the guests sitting at the tables, I didn't care enough to notice.
(I know... I'm an ass.)
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As was mentioned earlier. I bet the lights were hung before tables were placed in the room. The people who set up the tables are to blame for the spots not hitting their target.
Blame the table folks but isnt it the lighting companys responsibility to make sure its proper moments before the Bride walks in?
Hey Rick...its interesting.
BACK TO OP....
I'm curious of a number of things...
a: hotel genie lift being used by anyone other than maintenence
b: costs associated with it
c: rigging on a channel not designed for trussing lights
d: union riggers around?
e: Electrical to do this right.
f: what to charge for all this?
I'm not raining on the DJ/lighting company. Just curious. I wish they were on here. It looks nice and looks safe but just some concerns....
And yes...both the DJ and the staff should have been there to manuever tables.
BACK TO OP....
I'm curious of a number of things...
a: hotel genie lift being used by anyone other than maintenence
b: costs associated with it
c: rigging on a channel not designed for trussing lights
d: union riggers around?
e: Electrical to do this right.
f: what to charge for all this?
I'm not raining on the DJ/lighting company. Just curious. I wish they were on here. It looks nice and looks safe but just some concerns....
And yes...both the DJ and the staff should have been there to manuever tables.
I can't answer your questions. This portion of lighting was done by someone else. I was the DJ and just observing this part of their setup. As for using channel, union, electrical, etc. I'd say it's wide open in Nashville. The union is practically non-existent here so as long as the lighting guys don't screw up and hurt someone, nothing will ever be said. I was questioning the use of zip cord. Each bar 3 30-watt pinspots and I'm guessing a 300-watt par 46 that I'd roughly add up to a 4amp draw, running 100 feet.
I wouldn't think that the rigging on the wall channel would be a problem at all. That channel is designed to bear the full weight of that movable wall and they were hanging the crossbar from one of the wall hangers. It looked plenty sturdy. They did a good job on hiding the zip cord and did use white to match the channel. It was a good job on their part but if I were the client I'd be peeved about them missing the centerpieces. Not sure if the blame should to to the lighting guys or the people who setup the tables, probably last.