3 Tips To Selecting A Lighting Designer

If you’re planning a significant event, lighting should be a major component to consider. Known to set the tone of a ceremony, be it a wedding, an anniversary, or even an award ceremony, it’s very important. So important that you can’t afford to get it right. For this reason, you want to leave it to the experts. But if you’re going to get a lighting hire company, you have to take the time to vet them and ensure that they’ll suit your event needs. As such, here are some pointers to use for this selection process.

Identify Your Lighting Needs

You might be focusing on what a lighting company has to offer, and that’s fine. But if you don’t really know what you’re looking for, your selection process can become a bit more complex. So start with identifying your lighting needs first then. From the sort of lighting you want, if you require any fancy features or custom designs included, etc.
Your event type and guest demographic is also quite important to consider. Once you have that, it becomes easier to filter through your options and find a company. So have a list or at least a general idea. It’ll really ease your selection process.

Go for Experience

The longer a company has been in the game, the more experience they have. You want an experienced company for the guidance and advice they can give you in your lighting choices. A company that comes with client testimonials and reviews you can look at.

With experienced companies, it becomes much easier to verify their legitimacy and look into previous work done and decide whether this is a company you can work with. Also, these types of companies don’t just pitch ideas to you. They deliver. They’re not scammers or frauds, running off with your money. So put yourself in safe hands and go for experience.

Do Your Research

In this current digital age, everyone can become a detective. When you’re looking to hire a company, agency, and sometimes even a person, it becomes necessary to look them up online. This is no different.
Get into company websites and social media pages. You’re looking for their policies, principles, testimonials, and most of all, you’re looking at their work. If they don’t have one, that’s a red flag.

If they do, but it has little to no activity, double red flag.

A twenty-first-century business should be in a position that advertises and attracts potential clients. If you’re not getting that from a company’s social, then it’s time you moved on.

There isn’t an easy route when it comes to looking for good quality services. There’s simply due diligence. Of course, recommendations from a colleague, friends, or family can come in handy. But if you don’t know anyone who’s used a lighting hire company for their events, then you’re out of luck, and if you do, but the company doesn’t offer what you’re looking for, then it’s back to the drawing board. All in all, it’s not a very complex process. Just figure out what you’re looking for, do some research and follow your gut. A general rule is that if it feels right, then it probably is.