Okay, so now that you know lighting is important (at least we hope you do after reading our past blog posts), you will need a strong foundation/ knowledge base when consulting lighting providers.
Budget and quality are two important aspects to consider when shopping for event lighting. To get a better grasp on the two, we have provided answers to common questions regarding budget and quality.
What should a client budget for lighting?
Good, professional lighting doesn’t come packaged (or at least it doesn’t at Bay Stage Lighting) so there are rarely “set” prices to go off of. We say to commit at least 30% of your event budget to lighting. When sitting down with a lighting designer, they can develop a custom design to maximize your budget.
What are the most common mistakes clients make with lighting?
Going off the topic of LEDs, we want to give you a word of advice when choosing a LED provider. Many event entertainers will offer their own lighting as a part of their entertainment package for a cheaper price, but like they say… you get what you pay for. There are good quality LEDs and bad quality LEDs out there. Think of it like using a camera vs. a camera phone. At the time using your camera phone to “capture that moment,” will do just fine, but when looking back at the quality of the photo, it’s nothing but disappointing and that “moment” wasn’t captured like you wished. The same goes for LED lighting, stick with lighting professionals for best results because if you don’t, you are going to wish you had.
We demonstrate the "camera phone mistake" here, when we were setting-up for the 2011 Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla Coronation Ball and tried to capture the magnitude of this event.
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| Camera phone snap-shot |
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| Actual camera captures the magnitude of the Ball |
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