Our Names in Lights

Our Names in Lights

October 11th, 2010 @ 1:13 pm by Mrs. Hippo
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One add-on our reception venue has that I love is the ability to use a gobo (for a slight upcharge, of course… argh!). What’s a gobo, you ask?

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Gobo Fraggle

Ummm…OK, not that Gobo. And yes, I totally dated myself. Anyhoo…according to Wikipedia, a gobo is “derived from ’Go Between’ or Goes Before Optics.”

Huh???!?

It’s much easier to just show you.

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Divine, no? Since we are pimping our wedding logo everywhere else, it would be a shame to not have it in lights. A true shame. We can’t have that now, can we?

Are you doing anything special with your reception lighting?

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20 Responses to “Our Names in Lights”

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FMB

Ugh…these pictures just make me love gobo lighting that much more. Stop it! haha

Our DJ offers this but it’s $400 just to shine our monogram on the dance floor. Unfortunately it’s a luxury that we just can’t afford on top of everything else. It’s so awesome though. I hope you get to do it!

10/11/10 @ 1:52 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

Very cool! You’re monogram will look great in lights.

10/11/10 @ 1:57 pm (reply)

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crayfish (message) 4,993 posts, Honey bee

That was way too expensive for us ($600!!!) so we opted for a great geometric pattern being splashed across the dance floor ($10!).

10/11/10 @ 1:59 pm (reply)

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brookeb269 (message) 98 posts, Worker bee

FYI I LOVE the Fraggles…Seasons 1-4 are in my Blockbuster Queue as well as a Merry Fraggle Holiday!
and I would love to have gobo or uplighting, really trying to see if it’s possible.

10/11/10 @ 2:09 pm (reply)

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kirabee (message) 1,402 posts, Bumble bee

Hahaha Gobo! When my mom was pregnant (I was 2) she asked what I wanted to name by new brother. I said Gobo!

10/11/10 @ 2:18 pm (reply)

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Miss Peach Tree (message) 339 posts, Helper bee

There’s a name for those? Man, I need to up my game. How could you possibly resist such a great detail?

10/11/10 @ 2:18 pm (reply)

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bRooklynRocks (message) 3,769 posts, Honey bee

Hey, I love the Fraggles. Does that date me I love the idea of gobo but after shelling extra money for uplighting and maybe a photobooth, one has to draw the line somewhere. Gobo it was. Maybe I will do the geometric pattern on the floor though.

10/11/10 @ 2:29 pm (reply)

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Miss Elephant (message) 6,182 posts, Bee Keeper

Ugh, I keep going back and forth on if we should have the gobo added into our lighting. the pictures make me really want it!

10/11/10 @ 3:34 pm (reply)

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Miss Jaguar (message) 4,656 posts, Honey bee

I think these are fabulous.. the stars have totally made my night.

10/11/10 @ 3:34 pm (reply)

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Miss Cinnamon Bun (message) 1,100 posts, Bumble bee

As my FH is a lighting technician/designer, we are definitely going to have a lighting design done for our wedding.

I don’t know what makes companies charge $600 for a gobo pointed at the floor or a wall. You don’t need a glass gobo unless you want colours, and the metal ones are under $100, easily. If they say a pattern (a ‘breakup’ to use the right term) on the floor is cheaper, it’s a very simple thing to remove the breakup gobo and put in a custom one.
I guess they’re charging a big extra fee for them to order the custom gobo. Rosco is a good brand, if you want to look in to it yourself.

Heck, as a theatre student, I remember cutting the exact gobo I wanted out of a tinfoil pie plate!

10/11/10 @ 3:55 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Starfish (message) 1,926 posts, Buzzing bee

This will look awesome!

10/11/10 @ 4:17 pm (reply)

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Miss Snapdragon (message) 717 posts, Busy bee

@rycrafty: Um yeah. My boyfriend is a lighting designer for TV/theatre, and moonlights for wedding lighting events. Brides get very excited over gobos and uplighting…. which are coincidentally incredibly simple things to do. He is always surprised by how much people pay for that stuff. It’s the going rate though, I guess!

10/11/10 @ 4:17 pm (reply)

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