Happy Holidays from the Wildfire team! We’re grateful for each one of our customers, fans, and followers. May you find plenty of inner peace, love, and joy this holiday season and beyond…
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.”
Turns out, glowing white men CAN jump… even to the point of defying gravity. With the magical touch of “Fighting Gravity”, these three glowing hooded dudes can fly!
Check it out…
So what’s the secret to their magic?
You guessed it… black light.
It takes a team of 13 performers, each with their own unique task, to pull off this stunning illusion. Unseen figures dressed in black manipulate the glowing figures, along with various glowing accessories such as balls, skateboards, and other objects.
Wildfire provides the lighting and paint… Fighting Gravity provides the talent and original ideas.
Travis Dalrymple of Fighting Gravity says, “We were using just normal highlighter fluids mixed together when we first started. Then we found some other UV paints at local hardware stores, but we never really got the effect that we were looking for until we started using Wildfire products. It makes all of our props look 100 times better and its significantly more durable than any other product that we’ve tried in the past.”
Fighting Gravity had its inception in 2009 when thirteen fraternity brothers at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA were brainstorming ideas for a talent show. After watching a few Youtube videos featuring black light effects, they came up with their cool, unique concept.
This spark of an original idea led them all the way to 3rd place on America’s Got Talent. You can see the videos on their website at www.fightingravity.com.
Since then, they’ve performed with J-Lo, will.i.am, and Far East Movement in addition to doing several corporate commercial gigs.
These former engineering and business majors are now full time performers developing an original, unique show in the vein of Blue Man Group or Cirque du Soleil.
Well, it’s Thanksgiving (almost)… …and the Wildfire team would like to express our deepest gratitude to all of our customers and readers. We are truly grateful for your support… and may you experience a joyful celebration of life this holiday weekend! “Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes [...]
“A small man with a big heart.” That’s how one person described Rick Alonzo. For the past eleven years, Rick has been showcasing an entertaining blend of martial arts, gymnastics, and… you knew it was coming… black light paint! The result is quite spectacular… take a look: But for Rick, it’s all just a vehicle [...]
Generally, UV (black light) paint comes in colors that for the most part represent the primary spectrum: red, yellow, orange, green, blue, violet, and white. (Wildfire Luminescent Paint also has a hot pink and magenta.) (To complicate matters, there are also the invisible colors, which appear white under normal light and fluoresce their color only [...]
Spot. Wide Spot. Flood. In the past, you had to purchase three different fixtures to get these three configurations. But now, with the Series II, you get all three in the same fixture, thanks to the new interchangeable reflector design. Instead of buying a completely new fixture, simply change out the reflector. In other words: [...]
Ever since we first saw Bradley Lawrence’s work, which we wrote about here, we’ve been enamored. Lawrence is an artist who creates, among other things, stop-motion animation using the black light effect. In fact, we think his work is so cool and unique, we’ve decided to sponsor his latest project, “Creative Process.” “Creative Process” is [...]
Scarlett Lacy’s got something to hide. No, it’s not skeletons (October is next month), it’s something a bit more… er… erotic. Certainly not the sort of thing you want just anyone to see. Lacey is a fine artist whose abstract paintings have caught some attention. She was born and raised in England. Had artistic, liberal-minded [...]
Say you’re out hunting duck with a buddy, and you both shoot at the same bird, but your buddy claims it was his kill. That’s exactly the scenario that inspired the invention of Spectra Shot™ skeet shot. Spectra Shot is shotgun ammunition with fluorescent pellets – available in four different colors – so you can [...]
One of the most common questions we get at Wildfire is, “Should I add a sealer to my UV artwork?” The answer is always, “It depends.” As a general rule, if your artwork will be kept in a safe place away from touching or handling, then you don’t need to worry about sealing. However, if [...]
