Northwest Pyro demo - April 18
I was going to do a longer post, but it has already been a couple days and time is short! So the short version is Steve and associates are wholesaling for Hales this year, and shot a demo at the Muckleshoot Casino. PyroU folks were invited to help out and good times were had.
We had something like ten PyroU guys show up, which made for quite a crew. I'm not sure what time other people got there, but a lot of the work was already done when I arrived around 5:30pm. Demo cakes were laid out and racks were being fused to demo shells. Up front were some fountains, candles and other small items.
Left - Fusing racks with slow visco for the demo. Shells shot in the demo included Area 51 and Redline from Pyro Predator (both great) and Gladiator from Golden Bear (great colors and effects, but not marked!)
Left - Fusing racks with slow visco for the demo. Shells shot in the demo included Area 51 and Redline from Pyro Predator (both great) and Gladiator from Golden Bear (great colors and effects, but not marked!)
Right - Lots of cakes set out to demo. There were around 20 200g cakes, hald a dozen shell kits and two dozen 500g cakes.
Favorite 200g cakes from the demo:
1. Pyro Gumbo (Pyro Predator) - Huge breaks and big spread, sort of like a fanned Matrix Pyro. I have two of these in my show coming up.
2. I Love USA (Golden Bear) - Fanned red white and blue peonies, crackle finale. Good color and spread.
3. Hit and Run (Golden Bear) - Crackle mines and whistles to peony with crackle. Long duration (maybe a little slow) and nice size breaks. The breaks are sort of like a mini Global Dominance.
Favorite 200g cakes from the demo:
1. Pyro Gumbo (Pyro Predator) - Huge breaks and big spread, sort of like a fanned Matrix Pyro. I have two of these in my show coming up.
2. I Love USA (Golden Bear) - Fanned red white and blue peonies, crackle finale. Good color and spread.
3. Hit and Run (Golden Bear) - Crackle mines and whistles to peony with crackle. Long duration (maybe a little slow) and nice size breaks. The breaks are sort of like a mini Global Dominance.
Left - Setting up the finale, with four rows of quick viscoed cakes, mostly 200g with a few 500g in there. Ending in maybe 100 shells of various kinds.
Favorite 500g cakes from the demo:
1. Global Dominance (Pyro Predator) - I've seen this cake before and have ordered a rewrap I hope is just as good. Huge breaks, massive crackle finale.
2. Fire in the Hole (Shotgun) - Layered mines to a variety of fanned effects. Very nice.
3. Super Stunt (Winda) - Some of the biggest breaks of the night.
Favorite 500g cakes from the demo:
1. Global Dominance (Pyro Predator) - I've seen this cake before and have ordered a rewrap I hope is just as good. Huge breaks, massive crackle finale.
2. Fire in the Hole (Shotgun) - Layered mines to a variety of fanned effects. Very nice.
3. Super Stunt (Winda) - Some of the biggest breaks of the night.
Right - Inside the tent, where each item was set up to check out. If you retail, shelf-appeal is important! There were also lots of cupcakes, which was pretty sweet.
Demo items were shot once it was close to dark, starting with the little stuff like fountains and candles. I got video of almost every cake and shell, so check out my PyroU gallery for those.
The finale (video below) was awesome, way better than I was expecting. The eight Fireworks Fiestas at the start helped a lot, and it is hard to go wrong with that many cakes of almost any kind shot in about two minutes. When the shells started you certainly noticed, though I wish more of the racks were angled (glad I had my rack to contritbute and fuse).
After the official demo ended, we had a few things people brought to shoot. I brought Wolverine XO1 and XO2 shells to see them one at a time before my own show, and a 200g Golden Willows for the same reason. Chris shot several different types of shells like Golden One and Zillionaire, which were excellent.
It was great to see so many PyroU guys, along with a lot of fantastic product. A very nice way to start the season!
Direct link to the file here (15MB). Check my PyroU gallery for videos of most cakes shot...
Demo items were shot once it was close to dark, starting with the little stuff like fountains and candles. I got video of almost every cake and shell, so check out my PyroU gallery for those.
The finale (video below) was awesome, way better than I was expecting. The eight Fireworks Fiestas at the start helped a lot, and it is hard to go wrong with that many cakes of almost any kind shot in about two minutes. When the shells started you certainly noticed, though I wish more of the racks were angled (glad I had my rack to contritbute and fuse).
After the official demo ended, we had a few things people brought to shoot. I brought Wolverine XO1 and XO2 shells to see them one at a time before my own show, and a 200g Golden Willows for the same reason. Chris shot several different types of shells like Golden One and Zillionaire, which were excellent.
It was great to see so many PyroU guys, along with a lot of fantastic product. A very nice way to start the season!
Direct link to the file here (15MB). Check my PyroU gallery for videos of most cakes shot...
