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Lighting Recommendations

After years of resisting LED lighting, this was the first year where every ounce of Haunt illumination was done by LED tealights and LED flood lamps.  Not sure if my eyes are just becoming less sensitive (and old) or if the technology is becoming less harsh, but I used to have visual discomfort in the presence of too many LEDs.  Well, we ordered six LED floods and these things are amazing.  In the past, I dreaded getting burned on (or breaking) giant old delicate bulbs or electrocuted by ancient light fixtures if they got wet.  A considerable amount of Haunt anxiety has been removed as a result of these purchases.  More important than my nerves, however, is the fact that we can now enhance the atmosphere of the Haunt in a major way.  These things have the option of providing literally any color in the spectrum, and any level of brightness.  Operated from a cell phone, you can make decisions without having to move the fixture around.  

I'm sure I'm just late to this LED lighting party, but in the event you're tired of wrangling old light fixtures with sensitive bulbs, you might want to give these a try.  We went for a bold and bright theme this year, but we're looking very forward to next year's "darker" atmosphere to experiment with lighting choices and levels.  

Here's an amazon link to the floods we used:

I've also solved a lot of my lighting issues using small and bright LED tealights.  I used to stress about running cords into the heads of my scarecrows or pumpkin-headed creatures, but if you use three or four of these little guys it's a pretty significant source of light. 

Click below for the link (I used them in my candelabras and the Pumpkin Ghost this year [and in all of the scarecrows from last year's display]):

Fun With Lighting

Using some LED flashlights for some texture out there.

Toil And Trouble

A cauldron, some incense resin, a charcoal, and an LED (shot last November)...

Always Three

Flameless Tea Lights

I'm a guy who typically dislikes any kind of LED tea light.  They seem dim and never realistic.  And most are light orange, not the neat bright white of a real candle flame.

I was initially going to use real candles in the ANGELS' hearts and in the green CHURCH staffs around the KINGS, but I realized early on that would have been foolish due to the heat and the potential for accidents (a lesson I ignored from the big votive stand I built).

Each of these green-glassed jars had three LED tea lights in them.

So I thought I'd pass along the type I purchased on Amazon.  Really bright and totally realistic.  My advice would be to use two or three in anything you're thinking of lighting, but definitely DIFFUSE the light sources by wrapping the tea lights in a thin piece of crumpled white tissue paper - but only one layer!

I used two LED teal lights for the hearts.

Here's the link to the LED lights if you're interested...click below:

Monsters In The Dark

The Great Mushrooming

Some amazing LED mushrooms.

Click below:

Blue And Orange

Bright Flickering LEDs

Easy how-to on creating a flickering LED much brighter than those available in stores.

Click the angry squash:


Thanks, Rene!

Lighting Accents

By Jack's Tool Shed.
I saw these mentioned on halloweenforum.com and ordered a bunch. Figured you could never have enough wireless light sources. They arrived today and I couldn't be more pleased. They're super bright and will be perfect for accenting props. About two inches long, they have a tiny clip and can pivot in any direction.

And they're CHEAP.






jackstoolshed.com

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LED Lanterns

Solar powered LED lanterns for your graveyard.

"Ideal for rotting corpse lighting!"

Thanks, Carla, for the link.

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