Client sensitive to light.

To many ads? Support ODJT and see no ads!
djcrazychris

djcrazychris

DJ Extraordinaire
Jun 12, 2018
4,420
8,046
50
Doing a 50th Anniversary tomorrow night. The daughter in law is the client. They purchased my large package with full light show. Just got a last minute call... the mother in law has sensitive eyes from a recent surgery and doesnt want any "flashing lights"...however the client still wants a substantial lightshow of some sort...

My immediate thought is to eliminate the wash fx ... keep the moving heads (dimmed around 50%) and uplight the facade and scrim a set of totems with the uplights inside ...should diffuse the light a bit... the moving heads may end up flashing her so i gave the client the go ahead to just give me a signal and i can cut the moving heads....easy peezy with the mydmxgo.

I fully sympathize with light sensitivity and am determined to give both the client and the guest of honor exactly what they want... fingers crossed

cc
 
  • Like
Reactions: ittigger
I think you just found a no win situation
 
  • Like
Reactions: ittigger and djcrazychris
I would scrap the Wash FX or if you really like what they do, put heavy diffusion on them, and you can pretty much stare at them. This is what I do.

Go to your local Photot store and test/buy the strength you need. I would go pretty heavy so that it cuts 3 stops of light out while making it appear MUCH softer to the eye when looked at.

You dim them anyway, so losing 3 stops of lights is fine.
 
  • Like
Reactions: ittigger and djcrazychris
jaswrx said:
I would scrap the Wash FX or if you really like what they do, put heavy diffusion on them, and you can pretty much stare at them. This is what I do.

Go to your local Photot store and test/buy the strength you need. I would go pretty heavy so that it cuts 3 stops of light out while making it appear MUCH softer to the eye when looked at.

You dim them anyway, so losing 3 stops of lights is fine.
Click to expand...

i think they would definitely be the most pronounced "flashing lights" in the room...diffused or not...so i agree with scrapping them on this occasion...

hopefully the scrims on the truss totems are enough diffusion...and as Taso said.. a nice smooth fade will take away the abrupt "flash" feeling of the color change

cc
 
  • Like
Reactions: ittigger
Or run the Wash FX from the myDMX Go strictly on manual and use a subdued color to light the dance floor .. maybe changing it from time to time.
 
  • Like
Reactions: ittigger
steve149 said:
Or run the Wash FX from the myDMX Go strictly on manual and use a subdued color to light the dance floor .. maybe changing it from time to time.
Click to expand...

this venue has exposed metal rafters that are light in color...i was tempted to just shoot them up and light the ceiling...but im probably just going to eliminate them... funny enough this venue has windows all around...starts at 5 and ends at 9...so its only even going to be dark the last half hour or so...

cc
 
  • Like
Reactions: sonic-vision and ittigger
You totally can run them to their full extent, and in fact, once you see how good the diffuson looks, you will probably run it like that at more gigs.

Even if you run them with a slow fade, it's the harshness from the lenses on each led bank when you look at them, which is why dimming them helps. It's just not that great of a design so putting diffusion does wonders.

When I have a ceiling, I take off the diffusion and bounce them off a ceiling, but you have to have a wide whiteish ceiling for it to work at intended.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: ittigger and djcrazychris
jaswrx said:
You totally can run them to their full extent, and in fact, once you see how good the diffuson looks, you will probably run it like that at more gigs.

Even if you run the slight with a slow fade, it's the harshness from the lenses on each led bank when you look at them, which is why dimming them helps. It's just not that great of a design so putting diffusion does wonders.

When I have a ceiling, I take off the diffusion and bounce them off a ceiling, but you have to have a wide whiteish ceiling for it to work at intended.
Click to expand...

Agreed!

cc
 
  • Like
Reactions: ittigger
Got a 9am set up on this one... gotta love it....its about 9 minutes down the road... can take my time..wrap up by noon...come home and relax til 4 or so... always nice to not have to hop around a venue bathroom trying to put dress socks on...lol

ofcourse i guess i could mow my grass in my downtime...lolol

cc
 
  • Like
Reactions: ittigger and sonic-vision
ittigger said:
Some say ... Y'er not a real dj unless you do mow your grass in your downtime. ;)
Click to expand...
I prefer "scratching" in my downtime ... left cheek, then right ...
 
  • Like
Reactions: ittigger, djcrazychris, sonic-vision and 1 other person
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom
Back