| If you are planning an event, be it corporate or | | | | fact so good is the technology that stadiums |
| otherwise the most important decision is the color | | | | constructed now-a-days all incorporate LED lighting on |
| scheme. It is often overlooked or not considered | | | | the exterior. These lights are often programmed to |
| important, but the right color scheme well set the | | | | fade and contrast in the home team and visitors |
| tone of your event. Whether corporate or | | | | colors. The small size of the bulbs makes it possible |
| entertainment, the color scheme you choose is a | | | | to design features and images that are not possible |
| reflection of you or your company. Sight is a sense | | | | with traditional bulbs. |
| that plays a major role in daily lives. Even though you | | | | Up lighting is directional lighting and as the name |
| do not consciously register what you are seeing, the | | | | suggests in the vertically up direction. It is also know |
| brain takes a note of it and factors it into your | | | | as accent lighting and is used to create dramatic, |
| decision. For example depending on the color, a room | | | | highlighting and various other effects. For example |
| can be made to appear larger or smaller. | | | | pointing an up light at a wall produces a subtle effect |
| Hiring a lighting rental company will help you decide | | | | by creating a shaft of light up the wall that is |
| and improve on the theme you have selected. If you | | | | reflected around the room as ambient light. Uplighting |
| are having your event under a marquee, consider | | | | is a wonderful way to complement the room rather |
| computer controlled lighting systems. These could be | | | | than be the center of attention. A few other lighting |
| used to project captions on the ceiling of the | | | | options are lights for the DJ or stage, the gift table, |
| marquee or be used as disco lights to change the | | | | first dance lighting, a custom monogram and |
| mood between speeches and dancing. Experienced | | | | pinspotting the table center pieces. |
| event companies have a variety of packages and | | | | Event lighting companies analyze and study your |
| themes to choose from and they will customize a | | | | event and come up with an action plan. This will tell |
| theme package to fit your requirements. | | | | them of the equipment they are going to need. Once |
| Event planning companies are mostly hiring lighting | | | | they know what equipment and how much labor |
| rentals that use LED technology. Improving | | | | they require they start setting up at the venue. Most |
| technologies have made LED lighting closer in costs to | | | | event planning companies have an event lighting |
| conventional lighting, though it may be a while before | | | | branch of their own and using them is a good way to |
| you see LEDs approaching the same costs as | | | | avoid chaos, delays and setbacks. Make sure that the |
| incandescent. LEDs offer a wide range of colors to | | | | company you hire makes arrangements for a full |
| work with at a substantially lower power usage. In | | | | backup. |