Got Gobo?

Gobos. We've all used them, but here's an interesting, fun angle on them.

It all began innocently enough... During setup of a recent event, we were looking for logo placement in the lodge where we had the dinner (see blog post of November 10). We couldn’t find a clean wall for the projection. The carpet was out because it was too busy. So we sat there ... staring out the window ... then I saw it ... THE MOUNTAIN!

First we did a daylight focus first. Then as it got darker outside we adjusted it a little and focused it more. This photo is taken about dusk time. It looks like it’s lighter because I played with the aperture on the camera but in the pitch black the logo looked great. Of course I was nervous about whether it would work. Then I was nervous about it projecting on varying landscapes and getting broken up.

But it turns out that as soon as the first guest saw it, the word spread. At one time during the evening, almost everyone was outside taking pictures with it (the photographer figured out a way to shoot a couple in front of it with flash and still get the logo in the background).

It turns out that companies that are proud of their brand and their logo are very happy to see it huge as heck on the side of a mountain!

From that point on during the program, at the client's request, we chose an unusual place to project it. Who knew gobos could be so fun?