{"id":16591,"date":"2026-09-25T21:44:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T21:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/?p=16591"},"modified":"2026-09-25T21:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T21:44:04","slug":"do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Need Uplighting at Your Iowa Wedding?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We get it: you\u2019re planning a wedding, and you\u2019ve been hearing the term \u201cuplighting\u201d thrown around. And you may be wondering:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What exactly is uplighting?<\/li>\n<li>Do we actually need that?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let\u2019s get to the bottom of those two questions so you can better understand what your options are. If you want to change the look and feel of your reception space, it\u2019s one of those upgrades that can make a bigger difference than you might expect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get it: you\u2019re planning a wedding, and you\u2019ve been hearing the term \u201cuplighting\u201d thrown around. And you may be wondering: What exactly is uplighting? Do we actually need that? Let\u2019s get to the bottom of those two questions so you can better understand what your options are. If you want to change the look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":16593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[105,106,84],"class_list":["post-16591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dance-floor-lighting","tag-uplighting","tag-wedding-decor-rentals"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do You Need Uplighting at Your Iowa Wedding? | Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you planning a wedding wondering what the heck is uplighting and what is the difference between that and dance floor lighting?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do You Need Uplighting at Your Iowa Wedding? | Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are you planning a wedding wondering what the heck is uplighting and what is the difference between that and dance floor lighting?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/completeomaha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-25T21:44:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2026\/09\/Des-Moines-Complete-Weddings-and-Events-Uplighting-on-a-dance-floor.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dsmadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dsmadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Do You Need Uplighting at Your Iowa Wedding? | Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","description":"Are you planning a wedding wondering what the heck is uplighting and what is the difference between that and dance floor lighting?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Do You Need Uplighting at Your Iowa Wedding? | Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","og_description":"Are you planning a wedding wondering what the heck is uplighting and what is the difference between that and dance floor lighting?","og_url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/","og_site_name":"Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/completeomaha\/","article_published_time":"2026-09-25T21:44:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"http:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2026\/09\/Des-Moines-Complete-Weddings-and-Events-Uplighting-on-a-dance-floor.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"dsmadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"dsmadmin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/"},"author":{"name":"dsmadmin","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/#\/schema\/person\/bf37b5ff25c71f62d8baa2cc65278296"},"headline":"Do You Need Uplighting at Your Iowa Wedding?","datePublished":"2026-09-25T21:44:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/"},"wordCount":88,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2026\/09\/Des-Moines-Complete-Weddings-and-Events-Uplighting-on-a-dance-floor.jpg","keywords":["dance floor lighting","Uplighting","wedding decor rentals"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/","url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/","name":"Do You Need Uplighting at Your Iowa Wedding? | Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2026\/09\/Des-Moines-Complete-Weddings-and-Events-Uplighting-on-a-dance-floor.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-25T21:44:04+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/#\/schema\/person\/bf37b5ff25c71f62d8baa2cc65278296"},"description":"Are you planning a wedding wondering what the heck is uplighting and what is the difference between that and dance floor lighting?","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/do-you-need-uplighting-at-your-iowa-wedding\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2026\/09\/Des-Moines-Complete-Weddings-and-Events-Uplighting-on-a-dance-floor.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/140\/2026\/09\/Des-Moines-Complete-Weddings-and-Events-Uplighting-on-a-dance-floor.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"Des-Moines-Complete Weddings and Events Uplighting on a dance floor"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/#website","url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/","name":"Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines","description":"Photography | Videography | Photo Booth | Lighting | DJ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/#\/schema\/person\/bf37b5ff25c71f62d8baa2cc65278296","name":"dsmadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d604bc1f8ac5fd0164792bd65450405ca2b93870ebe2a63f35948ee9ba4db15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d604bc1f8ac5fd0164792bd65450405ca2b93870ebe2a63f35948ee9ba4db15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d604bc1f8ac5fd0164792bd65450405ca2b93870ebe2a63f35948ee9ba4db15?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"dsmadmin"},"url":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/blog\/author\/dsmadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16591"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16608,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16591\/revisions\/16608"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/completewedo.com\/des-moines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}