Lighting for weddings

[Sapphire Disco]

Been thinking about getting some simple lighting for weddings as most of my lighting effects are fast very disco type lights.

Quite like the idea of either of these ( bottom one X 2 ) which is best? would be about the same money for either.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Why not Led cans or bars Paul?

Out of those two, I'd go for the bottom one as you can mix the colours whereas with the colour changers you can't.

[UltraBeat Entertainment]

If your aim is purely just to light up the room in pretty colours i think you should look at some of the new LED Par cans as already suggested. i personally think they look better and the options are endless.

[Sam]

If your aim is purely just to light up the room in pretty colours i think you should look at some of the new LED Par cans as already suggested. i personally think they look better and the options are endless.

For disco use I would go for LED cans.
After using a iColour I wouldn't get another one.

Sam

[soundtracker]

Wonder why the par can shape seems to be more popular than the flat-type LEDs? They don't really need to be par-can shaped, it just makes them a pain to transport.

[Sam]

I personally think parcans look bigger than a bit wedge of flat panel LEDs.

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Wonder why the par can shape seems to be more popular than the flat-type LEDs?

Cos they look a bit like the old fashioned spotbanks....:eek:

[Penfold42]

Out of the two the top ones......pointing in the direction of 2 mirror balls....:)

[soundtracker]

Cos they look a bit like the old fashioned spotbanks....:eek:

and whys that good?

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

and whys that good?

I didnt say it was good. :confused:

More people buy the cans as they look like cans and not spotbanks like the flat led panels. Anyway, it was a throwaway comment of which you didn't get...:rolleyes:

[Sapphire Disco]

Why not Led cans or bars Paul


I'm just not sure that I like Led lights, I just want to create a glow of subtle colours for slow dances, I'm thinking of when I do weddings for older couples.
Yes I know there could be younger people there as well, but I can always whack on a couple of scanners & a laser for them if appropriate.

[Sam]

I'm just not sure that I like Led lights, I just want to create a glow of subtle colours for slow dances, I'm thinking of when I do weddings for older couples.
Yes I know there could be younger people there as well, but I can always whack on a couple of scanners & a laser for them if appropriate.

Urm.. I'm guessing you have not looked into the iColour much then.

The LED pars are great for "creating" a glow.. infact that is what they are best for.. they are not something I would ever try lighting a band with for example (at the moment anyway).
And iColour on full power is similar to a floodlight - 2000w and standing about 2 metres away you will feel the stupid amounts of heat coming from it when the light is on.

I.E - If you want subtly glows.. ledparcans are the way to go not massive (and they are pretty big IColours). If you are worried about the "glare" from a LED ParCan.. just buy some diffuser / frost and put it in the gel frame (that comes with some of the cans).

[CRAZY K]

I'm just not sure that I like Led lights, I just want to create a glow of subtle colours for slow dances, I'm thinking of when I do weddings for older couples.
Yes I know there could be younger people there as well, but I can always whack on a couple of scanners & a laser for them if appropriate.

Old fashioned round par cans--thats what I use.

Four colours and it works well with scanners, goboflowers and Impossibled effects.

CRAZY K

[Sam]

Yeh.. the advantage of LEDs of course is the colour changing aspects, no heat and longer life than the lamps :)