Test Shot

I'm not big on behind-the-scenes shots, but I feel like these ladies still retain all of their dignity in the photo below.  And I dig that it shows off her pot belly.  I imagined they ate a lot of swamp creatures, like bullfrogs and snapping turtles.

2012 Leftover

Basement Witches

Replaced a standard bulb with an orange one.  Sure, I can't see what I'm painting, but it sure looks cool.

Organics

Basement Witches

Moved these Ladies into the basement.
Experimented with some lighting.

The Day After Halloween

Woke to find restored cable, phone, and television.  Finally catching up on everything.  Been a crazy weird week. 

Started decorating yesterday morning and then some of the neighbors let me know our township rescheduled Halloween for Friday night.  So I didn't put out any of the props, just the witch jars and the cornstalks, and I had planned to light the softening jackos. 

I have to admit to being pretty bummed about Halloween being postponed.  Something just seemed off about that decision.  So I watched old dvr'd episodes of Paranormal Witness and horror movies from the collection.   

A door bell ringing.  

Kids were trick-or-treating.  It was Halloween sunset, and they were coming.  You know those dreams a Haunter has, where you're running around trying to set up your display while kids are coming for candy?  Well, that was me.  Lighting pumpkins and witch jars, and trying to set up the fogger and position the Witches.  I tripped over a flower pot in the bushes and fell on my face...  It was hectic, but not stressful.  It was fun.  And funny.

Halloween came.  Despite the township.  Despite the stupid hurricane. 


Click below for the new Pumpkinrot Tinies:

And click here for the 2012 Haunt Gallery (had a lot of time these last few days):

Hope everyone had a Wonderful and Happy and Safe Halloween.

Halloween 2012: Skull Witches

My grandmother would tell us the story,
On each Halloween.  
About something deep in those woods.
She called them Deathlies and Deadlies.  
And she said they guarded 'the Witches,'  
Witches with skull faces...

Precautions And All That

The pre-Halloween set-up was a success.  Got some cool photos and had a really great time.  There were moments where I was convinced it really was Halloween night.

I'm hoping that this stupid storm doesn't do what they're saying.  In anticipation of the wide-spread power outages they're predicting, I'll be setting a blog entry to post on Halloween morning.  I'll have a few of my favorite photos from last night's shoot in there.  Doing it prior to the High Holiday just didn't seem right (though the blog heading photo is from last night).

If the power IS out on Halloween and beyond, I'll take this time to wish everyone a magical and safe Halloween.  Hope the night is a blast and you get tons of trick-or-treaters and beautiful weather.

Happy Halloween!

Tree Ghosts: Part II

Put out some more decorations today...

 

The Great Experiment

Lantern Jack:
A scarecrow with a tiki torch brain.
Something I've wanted to do for a very long time.

Witch Torch At Night

Witch Torches

I built a torch prototype for my Skull Witches.  I'll have three of these placed safely near the display.  I'm thinking most of the detail will be lost in the shadows, so I kept the coloring pretty light.

Rustic And Traditional

Built this guy to display in October on the corner of our property.
There's a school bus stop right across the street, so it'll be cool for the kids to see this leading up to the High Holiday.



And he'll have a light in his familiar head.

A Deadly

She called them Deathlies and Deadlies.
And she said they guarded 'the Witches,'
Witches with skull faces...

Old Photo