Stage hands - wedding lighting question?

For my daughter's wedding, we have purchased some can lights that were relatively inexpensive. The store said that they recommended PAR20 50 watt bulbs (floodlights) for them. We need pink lights and, in looking online, I found that the PAR20 are the halogen lights (and more expensive). I've also found R20 (incandescent) 50 watt bulbs (also in pink) and they are half the price. I understand that the only difference in these bulbs are the fact that the halogen bulb gives has a clear white light (before it goes through the pink glass of the bulb) and it's twice the lumans (and can be used outdoors 鈥?which is not a factor in our situation). My only concern is if the yellow cast that an incandescent light normally has would "taint" the pink at all -- and if the incandescent lights would be bright enough for our purpose (uplighting). We don't want these lights to be super bright (as it will be an evening dinner/dancing reception), but we want them bright enough to be noticeable and be pretty. Any thoughts?|||Hi Janade:



One thought comes to mind....gel frames! These are colored frames that will go over the light fixture. Ive enclosed a link that will give you some ideas as to what the different colored gels do for skin tones. At the bottom of the page on this link you can email them with any questions you might have. Things like ceiling height, room size all make a difference in lighting, and to be honest.. its been quite a while since ive done any type of lighting to give any type of recomendation on the gells. I know a few people who have dealt with this company.... great sales staff, and very knowledgable! Hope this has helped.. and.. good luck!



http://www.stagelights.com/color1.htm#1|||If the alternative is twice the lumens it'll be much brighter than your first option, so probably not ideal for the look you're going for. It would be a good idea to get hold of a swatchbook of gels from a lighting company like Lee or Rosco so you can play with which colour gels you want to use (it's good to see the choice and it'll save you getting the wrong colour gels!!) Gel frames are a great idea - otherwise you'd be looking at gaffa taping the gel to the can (or similar) which can be pretty unsightly! I'm not clear if you're looking at buying pink lamps or normal clear lamps and then putting colour on top, but it might be worth looking into both these options to see which gives you the look you'd like for your daughter's wedding.



Good luck!

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