post pics of your ligth setups in action!

Times doesn't permit me to call ADJ to get my fog machine fixed(I'm waiting on hold with another non-Audio company about some technical issues for a customer), but once I do, I am planning on doing a mock set-up and testing the whole thing out and taking pictures. I am also taking pictures at each gig now to show on my web site. I need to do this mock-up so I can ensure I have the proper wiring in the truss to aid in set-up. I'm also having banners made to sit in the truss permanently to cover the wiring and to advertise while at a gig. Business cards alone aren't cutting it.

I'd say get your environment as dark as possible first, and then maybe no flash. Fog does tend to help make the beam show up, but will "smudge" any patterns that hit walls and floors and whatnot, but if the light is bright enough and the fog isn't so thick that it could choke you, then you should be OK and the smudging/blurring/diffusing effect should be somewhat visually pleasing.

I'm making my guesses based on what I've seen on the site videos and in the catalog. It looks like they might be using a hazer, which will be a thinner fog, but more diffuse. I would think that to be very camera friendly.

I suggest taking your own pictures. No backlash from companies in regards to their copyrighted work, even if they gave permission before, they might forget later. I had a written agreement from one company, but then they forgot about it and tried to force me to take the stuff down. I showed them the agreement and they backed off completely. Just a little CYA goes a long way. Eventually all that information went out of date so it did need to be removed.

Try to be self sufficient as much as possible. Much easier and less hassle.

Hey APP.
When taking pics of your fixtures and whatnot remember these principles I use. Anybody else correct me if my way seems harder.

1: Make sure your fixtures are not moving. This will ensure good saturation of the beams and colors.

2: No flash. The flash will wash out anything you're trying to capture

3: Tripod. Steadyness. Borrow one if you need to. I'll explain this step next.

4: Manual settings. Open up the iris all the way which is normally somewhere between 2.8 and 3.6

5: Manual shutter. When taking pictures like this I use about 5-8 second exposures. Fool around. This is where the tripod and the digital camera come in handy.

6: Fog. Not too thick. Well distributed so you can best see the beams.

That's all I can think of in my sleepy bedtime hour daze. I'll add more if I think of them. In fact I'll post some pictures to show the differences. It's all about being dramatic. Make a creative light scene and turn maybe everything on. NO STROBES. You can't get a feel for them with a still. lol

Whew.
Dilate.

thanks for the suggestions.. I took a pic and a vid clip with my digital camera and photoshoped my logo in.
what do u think? i like it.. NOTE the light is not photoshoped, only my logo onto it..



if that didnt work:
click me: Vertigo Pictures -- AzPartyPleasers.com

AZP- The video turned out well. I don't like the zoom, but other than that, great job.

The still pic was well saturated and just about perfectly focused. The swirling fog also helped a lot.

Good job!

Thank you.. yeah i hit the zoom on acident and couldnt edit it out.. oh well, itll be replaced by another vid of my whole setup soon