Guest Blog: Orlando Wedding Advice | Transforming your Venue with Lighting

This week’s blog post is brought to you by my crazy awesome friends over at FyerFly Productions (probably more crazy than awesome– but seriously, they rock!) They are one of the top wedding DJ companies in Orlando, but another one of their lesser known specialties is lighting! As a wedding photographer & videographer, I have absolutely seen first hand how lighting design can truly transform a space, changing the entire look and feel of a room. So I figured who better to ask than the experts themselves to get some insider tips on how you can transform your wedding day with lighting. Here’s what they had to share!

Is it time to decide on a venue for your wedding ceremony or event?

Your head might be spinning trying to decide on a perfect wedding venue to make your event come to life and impress your guests. If you are sticking with a budget, or have decided on a plain venue, keep in mind that you can turn an empty canvas into a masterpiece with the correct lighting. Lighting is key to any event. You can change the whole look of a room by adding color, design, or highlighting  an important accent piece. You know that wedding cake you spent a fortune on? Why not draw attention to it by shining a spotlight right on it? Your guests will be wowed and you will feel like that cake money was well spent.

Have you ever walked into a room and instantly felt happy? Or vice versa, sad? Next time, pay attention to the color on the walls and the lighting in the room.

Believe it or not, there is a psychological side to colors. Yellow can make you feel happy and upbeat, while blue is more of a relaxing, calm color. If you are trying to pick a venue for your event and are having troubles with the feeling of the room, it could be the coloring and/or lighting. Don’t fret! You can hire a lighting specialist to use a technique called “color wash” to spread color throughout the room (*ahem* like Fyerfly!). A color wash will drape your room with any color of your choice and can totally transform your wedding or event space.

Textured lighting can add patterns on the walls, ceilings, or any space that will go along with your theme. It is a great way to fill empty space in the venue to add spark and creativity to your wedding day. From snowflakes for a winter Wonderland theme, to vines or a pattern on the ceiling, textured lighting can add the extra wow-factor that might be exactly what your venue needed.

You know that cake spotlight I talked about earlier? This is where the technique of up pin spotting comes in. Your lighting specialist can draw the focus to any area or any special piece you would like to highlight in the room.

Adding the right lighting and color to the event can create the perfect amount of flare and spark. Up lighting also gives dimension to the room. By focusing lights on different parts of the walls or drape, the room can come alive.

Even the plainest venue space has the potential to transform into something amazing by adding the right lighting. Not sure where to begin with lighting? That is where we come in. We can plan any of your lighting designs and answer any questions you have. Feel free to contact us at info@fyerflyproductions.com or look us up at FyerFlyProductions.com! 

 

Author: Tabitha McCausland O’Neill, operations manager with FyerFly productions, a leading provider of wedding DJ and lighting services in Orlando, Florida.