Ideas for Weding Cake Spot Lighting Please.

[Djcosmos]

Hi, I'm getting into lighting and I'm thinking, how do some of you mount your lights as the title suggests? Im thinking of just using a regular speaker stand and mount the spot light above it. are there any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

[Silver Man]

I often use my scanners or moving heads to spot the cake if I can. This way, I do not have to setup additional equipment and reuse what I already have set up.

As for what I use, I keep my scanners on trees and my moving heads on trusses.

[sss18734]

Yup, moving heads are great for highlighting the cake table.

[Mystic]

I often use my scanners or moving heads to spot the cake if I can. This way, I do not have to setup additional equipment and reuse what I already have set up.

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Program a scene on the table after you have everything setup and you're set.

[Djcosmos]

sweet. Lets hope that they keep the cake close to my set-up.

[BillESC]

If your scanner or moving head fixture allows for replacement gobos, you can always carry a couple of aperture gobos which will allow you to size the diameter of your beam at various distances.

[Djcosmos]

Thank Bill. I think I"m gonna go with a Micro Wash LED Mini mounted to a speaker stand.
thank you all for the help

[sss18734]

Thank Bill. I think I"m gonna go with a Micro Wash LED Mini mounted to a speaker stand.
thank you all for the help

This might work OK if it's really dark in the venue, but if it's lit up like it usually is during dinner, I don't think you're going to be able to enough light to really "highlight" the table.

[wilson]

On the cheap, a pair of LED Pin Spot 2s work well from both sides of the room. Requires more setup/tear down time for it though. If you are close, you can also throw a single one up on your light stand and aim it at the cake. Scanners or moving heads would be a lot more desirable though if you have them or the money to buy them.

[DJ Highline]

The Chauvet LFS-5 is perfect for what you want to do. Its very small and has great light output. I was very impressed with them at LDI. Its has all the features of a full leko just in a very compact body and it uses an LED light source so it won't heat up the cake. The only downside is that it is expensive at $300. You can get a full sized regular leko for that...