Audio Visual Bend Blog
Audio Visual Bend – A Story of Spousal Success in Business
Marriage is hard work. Business ownership is hard work. Owning a business with your spouse is really, really, really hard work. I (Lauren Breslin) began this blog post with an idea to feature Christine (Chrys) Sprando’s female role as a business owner in a male dominated AV industry. However, after just a short time into our interview, my focus clearly shifted to the ways in which Tony and Chrys partner together, personally and professionally. Read more »
The Similarities of Sound and Light
Written by Guest Blogger: Isaac Imig, Owner of Integrated Audio/Video
Light and sound are both waves. The propagation, or distribution of sound, is actually very similar to light, just a whole lot slower. The waves of sound or light both reflect, refract, and attenuate depending on their environment. Read more »
Sell and Stay within Your Scope of Expertise
An article by guest blogger, Erik Beyer – Regional VP of Sales – CLAIR Solutions
How do we, as professionals in the AV industry, help small businesses recognize the opportunities that are better serving of their needs? Systems that will better serve them in the long run and, in some cases, improve the environment altogether? Read more »
Holding 10,000 Lumens in Your Hands
Movie Night at Lave Ridge Elementary School
A Mix-up for Movie Night
This past Friday, the PTO of Lava Ridge Elementary decided to host an End-of-Summer Movie Night in the playground. What a good idea to bring parents together with the kids to enjoy one more good community event before the cold sets in. Read more »
Sightlines – Part 3 – How Visual Cues Affect Learning Rooms
Describe Your Favorite Grade School Classroom
If I asked you to describe your favorite classroom as a child, I believe most of you would easily be able to bring an image of that space, and teacher, to the forefront of your memory. Most likely, visual cues such as window placement, wall decorations, your assigned seating arrangement, etc., would help your recall and even remind you of the positive emotions and experiences you had in that classroom. Read more »
Breaking Down Sightlines in Worship Centers
In a recent article in Church Designer Magazine, author and design leader Chuck Hultstrand, provides an excellent overview of the key elements required to create visual experiences through the use of integrated sightlines. As a review… Read more »
Creating Visual Experiences Through Sightlines – Part 1 – The Need for Collaboration
In a recent article in Church Designer Magazine, author and design leader Chuck Hultstrand, provides an excellent overview of the key elements required to create visual experiences through the use of integrated sightlines. With this article as our inspiration, we will use his writings as a launch pad for a series of upcoming blogs. Read more »
Project Highlight – Worthy Brewing’s Hopservatory
Look up there! In the air! Do you see it? It looks like a brewery. No, wait. It looks like an observatory?
What is it?!?! It’s a Hopservatory!
Did you read about it in our local Bend Bulletin? Check it out. Read more »
Image Colors Matter – Choose an Inorganic LCD Projector
Image by Hydroflask Today
In a side by side comparison of color display, the Inorganic LCD Projector was far superior to a single chip DLP projector. This is most noticeable for customers who are creating marketing materials for display use. Just imagine spending hours on creating a new brand with a variety of colors, handpicked by you and your boss. Read more »
Vertical Portrait Displays versus Horizontal Landscape Displays – Which is Better?
In the Audio Visual industry, choosing and mounting display screens is a large segment of our business and services. And upon conducting research for this blog post, other industries including marketing, psychology, and photography, have a lot to say about which type of display, vertical or horizontal, is better. And the winner seems to be… Read more »