BATON ROUGE, LA – Healing Place Church's mission is to be "a healing place for a hurting world," but LD Wendell Basinger didn't encounter a world of hurt with his choice of lighting gear – which included ETC Selador Vivid LED fixtures and an ETC Eos console for control. They play a key role in lighting the new worship center on the ministry's 55-acre campus. "I had a massive cyc curtain to light from the air – 27 feet tall by 75 feet wide," Basinger said. He had specified 14 of the six-cell Vivid units, placing them end to end across the entire length of the cyc. "No other fixtures that I'm aware of could give the punch that I needed. The Seladors blend in well, and with each cell individually controllable, the options for chases and blending colors are endless."
With live video playing a significant role in the ministry of the church, it was also important that the fixtures be telegenic. "In the past, we experienced other LED lighting flickering on camera," said Toby Bohl, TV production manager at Healing Place Church. "With the Selador fixtures, we did not experience that. We are very pleased.
"Because of the number of fixtures we need to wash the cyc curtain, we were also very concerned about the heat load in that area," Bohl added. Saturated colors require less energy from Selador fixtures than tungsten fixtures, and less heat translates into lower HVAC costs. "With these LED fixtures, we have far more control over the heat that is experienced at that part of the stage. They have been great from the energy-consumption standpoint."
With one and a half DMX universes used for Selador lighting plus four ETC Sensor+ dimmer racks and an infrastructure to support up to 100 moving lights, and a volunteer lighting team, an ETC Eos console was chosen for control – and that has also been a pain-free choice.
"We needed the ability to control virtually unlimited DMX universes, as well as to interface with media servers," noted Bohl. "Eos enables us to do that with ease." With up to 16,000 control addresses available via the Eos, Healing Place Church is prepared to take on any production that heads toward its 3,000-seat auditorium.
Eos's control over Selador's seven-color LED functionality streamlines lighting design and show setup: "We have a very large video screen in front of the cyc curtain," Bohl said, "and at times we have ‘eye candy' video running on the screens. Eos's color picker makes it very easy to match the colors on the curtain to the video.
"We put a long-term investment into play with purchasing Eos," Bohl continued. "We wanted to be able to go in and just update, rather than having to replace the entire console as we grow."
Basinger added that "you need a console that is strong with both moving lights and with conventionals. I'm very pleased with how both Eos and Selador are serving Healing Place Church."
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