1st Dance - Special Effects

Been watching the show Rich Bride Poor Bride. I saw a first dance with low flying fog. It really looked cool. Has anybody tried anything like rolling fog or using bubbles? Both could look good, but I can see being very messy.

Both effects are nice. :)

In our experience, brides have specified no fog/haze and no bubbles. Fog/haze can aggravate respiratory problems and set off venue fire detectors. Bubbles can leave a slippery residue on tile and wood floors.

Low key or spotlighting effects can offer an enhanced mood for the first dance. Cap and Tyrone can tell you more about these. Have a chat with the bride to find out what she would like for her first dance. :)

Quit using bubbles for that very reason, someone slipped on the bubbles and thought they were hurt. No law suits for me if I can help it.

The only way I will use bubbles is outside on grass or concrete, or without a dance floor, on carpet, and then not for very long.

There's alot of DJs in my area pushing this sort of thing for weddings: fog, bubbles, lights under your table linens, your names projected on the wall, stars on the ceiling, etc.

Most of what I've seen has been tacky - even in very upscale venues and events. Most of the DJs doing it lack the aesthetic talent to pull it off well and just think "value" is anything they can add to an invoice.

Being true to your client is being able to tell them when something doesn't work in a given space, or will distract or diminish the over-all quality of their presentation. Because you "can" doesn't mean you "should."

When I design lighting schemes I always take into account the reality that while I know what the end result is going to look like - the client typically doesn't. They may have seen something somewhere else - but don't understand how much of that result was dependent on the architecture of the space.

Getting referred and having the creative freedom of a client's full trust is the result of consistently giving people honest advice about what really does work, and what will not. I think when it comes to this kind of stuff you really need to know your art - and be willing to make the right design choices.

Something else that some of you may not know about bubbles that I found out from a seamstress ......bubbles have a tendency to stain dresses.....For that very reason, I try to steer Brides away from bubbles, or at least make them aware of that little factoid, since many of them want to preserve their dresses for awhile after the wedding.......

Just my thoughts........

Greg thanks as thats been one of my tidbits shared with brides and Prom directors alike.You dont want to go spend a couple hundred or more and damage your keepsake or in another area have to pay damage for rental outfits.

The #1 policy at most venues these days?...

"If you have a fog or machine.....DON'T even bring it in here!"

I owned both & haven't used them in 7 yrs.
I use the fogger in front of my house on halloween.
I threw the piece of crap bubble machine in the trash.