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I was interested in having a little website to share my Halloween pics and ideas with family and friends. So I threw together one of those freebie websites. I was just wondering what you guys in the Halloween community might think. Feel free to take a look and tell me what you think. I have never made a website before so suggestions are welcomed.

http://yardhauntjunkie.weebly.com/

Incase you didn't know or haven't tried, it is very difficult to take pictures of your haunted house or Halloween stuff and do it justice, Unless you are about a professional photographer, and have the equiptment and experience.
Your things look like alot of fun and that's great!
Some intangibles just can't be caught on film, like anticipation, awe, wonder. The subtleties of mood inspired via sounds and lighting, which almost never films exactly the way it looks in person.
Notice how good your archway looks at night. Stark shadows are always a big part of the Halloween thing, and they are free! (Sort of..)
We put a sign up on the outside of The Ravens Grin Inn, "Leave The Camera In The Car'"
Then I painted a Ford Model "T" and an antique camera on a tall tripod with the cape.
The sign seems to work.

looks good.

very nice.
I like the way you have set it up.
I need to do the same.
BTW, Is that you in the hard hat next to your FCG?

Originally Posted by Gym Whourlfeld

Some intangibles just can't be caught on film, like anticipation, awe, wonder. The subtleties of mood inspired via sounds and lighting, which almost never films exactly the way it looks in person.
Notice how good your archway looks at night. Stark shadows are always a big part of the Halloween thing, and they are free!

Thanks for the input. Something that I did not anticipate was that my haunt was way too dark for an amateur photographer like me to get good pics. But, the darkness was intentional., because I didn't want it to seem like a Halloween display. I wanted it to be eerie and creepy like a real abandoned mining town. In person it definitely had an eerie feeling. And I wanted the thunder and lightning effects to be more prominent. Another thing that influenced the pictures was the crappy weather. It rained or drizzled pretty much all night. But, one of the pictures a friend took of the haunt actually won money in a contest!! So it wasn't all bad. Lesson learned, I need to get better pictures. However I feel even without fancy photos my props stack up with people who have great camera skills. I actually have been trying to find someone with some photography skill to take my pictures in the future, because I know it makes a big difference.

Originally Posted by Wyatt Furr

BTW, Is that you in the hard hat next to your FCG?

Yep, sad to say but I actually grew out my beard for my costume. I was hoping to be more of a zombie miner, but just didn't have time to get makeup done with all the set up I had to take care of last minute. Oh and a photo very similar to that one was the one that won the money in the Japanese photo contest my friend entered.

Nice job! How customizable is the Weebly site?

Originally Posted by yardhauntjunkie

Oh and a photo very similar to that one was the one that won the money in the Japanese photo contest my friend entered.

Oh yeah? Was it a Halloween photo contest?

I love it! Did you use your with last year? She is a pretty cool prop.

Originally Posted by Haunter

Nice job! How customizable is the Weebly site?



Oh yeah? Was it a Halloween photo contest?

I have never made a website before, so I am not sure how to compare Weebly to other website generators. I thought it was pretty easy. The only thing that isn't easy is changing the background and headers. Programming knowledge is required if you don't want to use the provided templates, but I found this one that was kind of Halloweeeny.

The photo contest wasn't Halloween related. I think it was a lomo photo contest.

Originally Posted by Mr. Gris

I love it! Did you use your with last year? She is a pretty cool prop.

The witch prop was pretty cool. But, it no longer exists. I still have the hat, mask, hands and dress. so if I wanted to use it again I would just need to remake the frame and add the motors. It was hard to work a witch into the abandoned mining town theme.