Week 3/4 Ride Back Home & Shocktoberfest

Sorry, I had to post this many pictures. I was about to only post the sunset picture because I totally forgot about the Shocktoberfest that I went to on Friday. And I thought it was interesting to show those pictures too.

I took this when I was heading back to LA last week. For the first picture, I loved the hues that were created in the sky during sunset. It looked like cotton candy in the sky. The sun in the middle, lighting the sky and the cloud made me feel warm and calm.  There is like a shadow effect on the tree and the other cars which was interesting. Everything below the sunset/sky is like shadowed like some kind of silhouette. And the second picture was like 20 minutes after the first picture. I liked how the lights on the road, the street lights and the lights on the cars gave a great mixture of lights. There is a red like orange hue still left in the horizon. 

It suck I didn't have a great picture for Ty Dolla Sign's stage. But I have Kehlani's stage in the first three pictures and Sage the Gemini for the second two. This was from UCI Shocktoberfest! It was so great. Because I am taking lighting class, I really got to know what was going on with the lights in this concert. I was very impressed of myself for noticing some things. I was like explaining to my friends about the lights they were using. I realize it really feels good to know things rather than just watching the show itself. My friend was like "OMG! I think I saw people walking up there." and I was like "that's the catwalk!" 

Throughout the whole concert, three artists used moving yokes a lot, with the primary and secondary color (gel) lights. I haven't seen mixed colors. All I saw was Blue, Yellow, Green, Red, and Magenta. No Cyan colored lights. There was so many moving yokes I couldn't count. Those moving yokes were on the ground and hanged if you look at the pictures. They were shooting like lasers. I think it was ETC Source Four in the middle. In the first picture of the three for Kehlani, I think the blue lights were ETC source Four Par because it was very bright. It's blue in the picture but it also was regular white light (changes color), flashing very brightly like high beams, during and after each performance. Also, if you look at the second picture of the three for Kehlani, there are lights flashing from the ground like spotlights on the side. I am not quite sure what it is called.

This Followspots were used throughout the whole show to spotlight the artists. It was located back left and right facing the stage.

This concert was a great experience. I haven't gone to any "American" concerts, so it was very interesting for me. Very fun and exciting experience. I will definitely go next year too. This year theme was hiphop and R&B. I wonder how EDM concerts would use their lights.