Tomorrow's gig - this should be interesting

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I've got 2 events running tomorrow. My other rig will be at a nice, posh wedding venue while I get to spend the evening at this old dump.
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This is the War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville. About 200 guests. The rough part is it's on an upper-mezzanine with no wheelchair access (man, I should've had that step fee in place) so I'm hand-toting about 5-8 steps on the backside. I'll be setting up about where this picture was shot from, in a corner. The electrical is about a 100 foot jump, off the side of the mezz to circuits down below. I'm planning to setup my rig where the picture is shot from and have a 2nd wireless rig on the other corner (closest to power). About 150 feet. Nashville Event Lighting beat me out of the lighting gig on this one. It'll be interesting to see how they approach this space and of course you just know I won't be stealing any ideas from them (wink wink).

Big surprise, the client is not putting up a tent. I'm a bit exposed but can hug the t-bars up close to the building and the overhangs should have me covered just fine (I'll have plastic just in case). I feel sorry for the guests if it rains and it never ceased to amaze me how these girls will plan these elaborate events without a plan-B for weather.
 
Have fun with that and here's to hoping for no rain.

By the way, kind of a neat statue there.
 
Okay, here are some pics.

To give you some perspective of the size, this is my rig back in the corner:
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On the other end of the plaza, I setup a ZXa1, wirelessly (right behind the bar-tender's head in this shot).
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Just starting to hit darkness
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They ran DMX wiring and changed colors on every song (my competitor beat me out of the lighting job-1-watt par cans)
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Client was a real barbie-doll (but just as sweet as could be)
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man, I wish this didn't have motion blur (shooting with a Tamron lense on a Canon T1i)
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The bride called and left me a voice-mail yesterday that just blew me away. It's humbling to be a part of one like this.
 
One thing I forgot to add. I and the lighting guy were setup in a corner of the plaza, just under the roof covering (it threatened rain Saturday). Towards the end of the night a pigeon bombed the lighting console. Thought it was funny until we went to pack up and I found my backpack (what I carry my laptop in) also got hit. yuck.
 
my question is Rick why do you go into these things with negative thoughts. YOU GOT STUCK WITH THIS OLD DUMP...............It is a unique place which is dying for interesting pictures for your portfolio, which can show versatility and it looked super cool to me. Their lighting was awesome and has alot to say for the lights they provide over some peoples presentation especially DJs who have jumped on the lighting wagon with pennys in their pockets.
 
Jon Tuck said:
my question is Rick why do you go into these things with negative thoughts. YOU GOT STUCK WITH THIS OLD DUMP...............It is a unique place which is dying for interesting pictures for your portfolio, which can show versatility and it looked super cool to me. Their lighting was awesome and has alot to say for the lights they provide over some peoples presentation especially DJs who have jumped on the lighting wagon with pennys in their pockets.
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Jon, when I posted that, I was dealing with the "how do we make this happen" syndrome. I knew this was going to be a killer venue and have to admit, I was even glad to hear that my competitor beat me out on the uplighting job as it gave me a chance to see how they handle this venue. They handled the columns the exact same way I'd planned but they used a couple of par46 cans to light the head table and then used source fours for a pattern on the dance floor. I'm quickly becoming convinced that I need to invest in some more SF fixtures but I'd rather use a dimmer pack on them. They washed my dance floor the entire night and rendered the dance effects useless (something the client said she wanted). This was also my 3rd time in the past 2 weeks to get to work with the biggest multi-op photog in town and they took a fistful of cards and promised they were putting me on their preferred vendors' list. It feels good when you hear guys like that proclaim you as "their favorite DJ in town"..........whether it's true or not.
 
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