How To Light Your Wedding Reception Venue
We've all seen "Platinum Weddings" and "My Fair Wedding" with David Tutera. The wedding receptions that are captured for these TV shows are stunning. Although you may not have the $300,000 wedding budgets that these shows portray, you can still make your reception amazing with the use of lighting.
There are a few things to consider when lighting your wedding reception venue. Lighting can be broken down into a couple key elements. First, you have the uplighting or wall wash. Think of that as the background of a photo. Then, you have your monogram gobo projection or "name in lights". Then there are pin spots to highlight key elements like table centerpieces, your wedding cake or your sweetheart table. You top it all off with a dance floor or ceiling wash and patterned or "texture" lighting.
Examples of Wash Lighting or Uplighitng (Prices starting around $600)
Here are examples of monogram lights or "custom name in lights" gobo projections (Priced around $250):
You can pinspot table centerpieces (Pricing around $30 per table):
Add in some texture lighting on the ceiling or dance floor or even on the airwall (Prices starting around $300):
By using each of these elements, you keep the room well lit and eliminate dark areas in your reception hall. With lighting you can choose to keep your lighting static (or unchanged) throughout the event or for a little more money can have your lighting shift over time to different color settings. Maybe it's teal for dinner, red for dancing and amber for cocktail hour.
If you would like to have us at your upcoming event or wedding, please checkout our website at www.robalberti.com or request further information and we can check our availability and put together a formal quote for you. CONTACT US NOW FOR FREE INFORMATION.
Remember, we offer wedding disc jockey entertainment, iphotography, photo booth rental, Sweet 16 and Prom DJs, Wedding uplighting, architectural event lighting, up-lighting and a/v rental services including ipod wedding rentals for all types of events in the New England areas including Newport, Providence, Boston, Western Mass, The Berkshires, Hartford, New Haven, CT Shoreline, & Fairfield County.
Rob Alberti, event director & lighting designer
Rob Alberti’s Event Services, DJ & Lighting
Serving the Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island areas
800 782 3033 or Email Us at rob@robalberti.com
Transforming space, light & sound…
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New Architectural Up-lighting and Lightscape Possibilities
Lighting has become such a large part of most weddings thanks to TV shows such as Platinum Weddings and My Fair Wedding with David Tutera. Lighting can take a boring reception hall and turn it into a masterpiece.
We offer both full wireless control LED wash lighting and traditional static/single color (Halogen Par Cans). This allows us to fit into most client's budgets and still provide a great visual effect for your wedding.
We can even pin spot each table at your wedding to highlight the centerpiece and really upscale the entire wedding experience for you.
If you would like to have us at your upcoming event or wedding, please checkout our website at www.robalberti.com or request further information and we can check our availability and put together a formal quote for you.
Remember, we offer wedding disc jockey entertainment, iphotography, photo booth rental, event lighting, up-lighting and a/v rental services for all types of events in the New England areas including Newport, Providence, Boston, Western Mass, The Berkshires, Hartford, New Haven, CT Shoreline, & Fairfield County.
Rob Alberti, event director & lighting designer
Rob Alberti’s Event Services, DJ & Lighting
Serving the Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island areas
800 782 3033 or Email Us at info@afterhoursdj.net
Check out our other websites: www.audiovideorental.net , www.budgetentertainment.net , www.afterhoursdj.net , www.weddinginsider.net
Copyright 2000-2010 Rob Alberti's Event Services, After Hours DJ, Event Uplighting - All Rights Reserved
David Tutera – Log Cabin Video/Slide Show
Check out the video/slide show from the David Tutera event at the Log Cabin.
David Tutera – The Log Cabin’s Wedding Panel
David Tutera (My Fair Wedding) along with 3 other panelists provided about an hour and a half of thought provoking wedding planning tips and ideas this weekend at the Log Cabin in Holyoke. With around 300 guests in the audience, people cheered when David Tutera entered the room. David Tutera did mention that they are currently casting for My Fair Wedding - so sign up on their website if you'd like David to come and make your wedding spectacular.
Check out the photos below. After Hours provided sound and music in both the panel room and the main dining area. Both CJC Lighting and After Hours provided lighting in the main ballroom. Some of the wedding professionals (mixed in with a couple hundred brides) in the audience there to learn about new trends in the wedding industry were, Steve from Steven Fowler Films, Seth from Seth Kaye Photography and Lisa from Berkshire Hills Country Club.
If you would like to have us at your upcoming event or wedding, please checkout our website at www.afterhoursdj.net or request further information and we can check our availability and put together a formal quote for you.
Remember, we offer wedding disc jockey entertainment, iphotography, photo booth rental, event lighting, up-lighting and a/v rental services for all types of events in the New England areas including Newport, Providence, Boston, Western Mass, The Berkshires, Hartford, New Haven, CT Shoreline, & Fairfield County.
Rob Alberti, event director & lighting designer
Rob Alberti’s After Hours DJ & Event Services
Serving the Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island areas
800 782 3033 or Email Us at info@afterhoursdj.net
Check out our other websites: www.audiovideorental.net , www.budgetentertainment.net www.weddinginsider.net
David Tutera, Emily Anderson & Bernadette Coveney Smith at The Log Cabin
Yes, David Tutera, Emily Anderson & Bernadette Coveney Smith will be speaking at a wedding planner panel at the Log Cabin in Holyoke, MA on February 5, 2010. You can join this renouned panel of experts in the wedding industry. Space is limited so please contact The Log Cabin www. l o gc a b i n - d e l a n ey. co m for ticket information or CLICK HERE for further details.
5 Tips To Help You Spot A Quality Entertainer For Your Wedding
There are already so many lists or questions that the wedding magazines and websites tell you that you should ask when you are interviewing potential disc jockeys for your wedding reception. The fact is – asking if they have a wireless microphone or if they belong to a trade association merely suggests that they might have read the same article you did. Just because they say that they have been a disc jockey for ten years doesn’t make them a great disc jockey.
What should you be asking them? Here are five questions will help you really get to know what type of disc jockey that they are.
- When was the last time you went to a training seminar, workshop or trade show? If they have never been or it’s been three or more years since the last time they did any training, then chances are they are not a great entertainer. When it comes to any profession, training and retraining are key factors to keep on top of your industry.
- When you DJ, is your computer playback software working on “AUTOPLAY” or do you mix songs manually? (Autoplay is fine for social hour, but to be a great DJ, you must know when to start/stop a song so it blends smoothly with the next song)
- Can I see a photograph of your setup as guests would see it? (This is where you will find if they are using self-promoting signs, if there are wires showing or if their setup will fit in or stand out with your wedding décor. Large light trussing, beat-up gear or grey carpeted facades are a dead giveaway of them not caring about the look of your wedding reception)
- What do you play during social hour and dinner? If they answer “I usually play…” then chances are they are not going to personalize your wedding to your tastes. They will probably be the kind of DJ that plays the same music at every event – and who wants the exact same wedding music as the last ten weddings you went to that you thought were terrible and cliché? They probably will not honor your NO-PLAY list of music because they think that their prescripted cheesy DJ skits will really make your party pop. After all, who doesn’t like getting dressed up in an Indian headgear and doing the YMCA?
- Do you have audio or video clips of a recent wedding that you’ve done? Listen to see if they refer to the bride and groom as “THE BRIDE AND GROOM” or by their names. If the disc jockey cannot be bothered to remember and use their names, the chances are they will not put much effort into your wedding. After all, exactly how much effort does it take to remember “Lily and Eric”?
Hiring entertainment on price alone will only guarantee that you get the cheapest disc jockey for your wedding. Not all disc jockeys are created alike and not all will work hard to make your wedding a success. If the average price for entertainment is $900 – $1200 in this area, then finding someone for $1000 is only average. Average isn’t good enough – you should be looking for extraordinary when it comes to your disc jockey. After all, who wants an average wedding? When it comes to your wedding; you’re not getting your hair cut at Supercuts and you’re not getting your food from McDonalds. Why get your entertainment from someone who doesn’t take the effort to run their business like it’s a business?
My Experience
Over 25 years experience as a mobile DJ
Experience in College Radio
Involvement in local and national DJ organizations
Active member in the DJ Network
Background in theater & lighting
Continuing training through local and national seminars
Performed at thousands of weddings, college & school functions, raves,
clubs, & corporate destination events as far away as Mexico
Winner of The Knot’s Best of Weddings 2 years in a row
Weddingwire.com and ProjectWedding.com rated
Chosen to work with David Tutera (My Fair Wedding on WeTV)
If you would like to have us at your event, please checkout our website at www.afterhoursdj.net or request further information and we can check our availability and put together a formal quote for you.
Remember, we offer wedding disc jockey entertainment, photography, photo booth rental, event lighting, up-lighting and a/v rental services for all types of events.
Rob Alberti, event director & lighting designer
Rob Alberti’s After Hours DJ Service
Serving the Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island areas
800 782 3033 or Email Us at info@afterhoursdj.net
Check out our other websites: www.audiovideorental.net , www.budgetentertainment.net www.weddinginsider.net