Thread: Graveyard\Lighting Question

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OK, so I'm using 2 orange 75w lights to highlight a few of the graves in my graveyard. I'm using the home depot clamp light and have added the 3gal black planter mod to them (making them spotlights).

I have the lights at ground level and unless they are pointing well up into the air you can tell where the light is coming from due to a lot of light shining on the ground in front of the light. I was thinking of covering the opening with foil and painting black and cutting an appropriate size hole for the light to shine out (light will be behind a gravestone shining onto a few others approx 6-8ft away).

Who else uses lights at ground level to highlight their grave and what do you do so a lot of light isn't directly in front of the light on the ground?



-btw- The lights work awesome shining up from the ground lighting my skeleton caught in a spider web, can't tell where the light originates from.

I use ground spots with blue bulbs for my graveyard, orange for my pumpkin scarecrow, green on the witch and her spellbook and potion bottles. With a small UV to light up the UV reactive fluids in the potion bottles and UV's on the tree ghosts and spider web area.

Originally Posted by halloween_sucks_in_the_uk

I use ground spots with blue bulbs for my graveyard, orange for my pumpkin scarecrow, green on the witch and her spellbook and potion bottles. With a small UV to light up the UV reactive fluids in the potion bottles and UV's on the tree ghosts and spider web area.

Thx for the reply, but I was asking about the issue with having the lights close to the ground.

I have gotten the best results from solar spotlights like you use in regular landscaping. Puts just the right light on one thing and nothing else. Hope this helps. I have also found blue bulbs to be the best color when using clamp lights.

I do have solar lights and might use them, but I want orange for a few of the graves and will use 2 blue for across the whole grave yard.

Irish, I have the same issue, I use the standard ground stake socket and colored flood lights for a baffel I slip an 18" piece of 6" metal duct over them and I have painted the inside/outside black. I try to minimize the ground flare by hiding them behind a tombstone. I keep them low because my haunt is a walk through and it loops around behind and when you're behind the glare is really distracting. So far I have not come up with a good solution for this, I am seriously thinking of going with the led flood lights next year, or smaller par 20 bulbs or even dimmers. Best of luck

Originally Posted by scareisburg

Irish, I have the same issue, I use the standard ground stake socket and colored flood lights for a baffel I slip an 18" piece of 6" metal duct over them and I have painted the inside/outside black. I try to minimize the ground flare by hiding them behind a tombstone. I keep them low because my haunt is a walk through and it loops around behind and when you're behind the glare is really distracting. So far I have not come up with a good solution for this, I am seriously thinking of going with the led flood lights next year, or smaller par 20 bulbs or even dimmers. Best of luck

Same for me, the graveyard is a walk through so they have to be low and behind where the peeps will be walking. I'm going to try covering the opening w\ foil painted black and try different size openings...will report back on the results.

So I have the orange lights worked out..low to the ground and the bottom half of the baffle is covered, this gives me pretty much only the graves lit plus anything above like the house etc.

I still haven't worked out where to put the blue lights as they are 100w and I'm trying to get them positioned so when you walk through the graveyard they are not distracting...real pain as my graveyard is in front of the house spread out lengthwise left to right. People will walk through it starting from the right if you were facing the house.

heeellppp please..lol

Originally Posted by irishgond

So I have the orange lights worked out..low to the ground and the bottom half of the baffle is covered, this gives me pretty much only the graves lit plus anything above like the house etc.

I still haven't worked out where to put the blue lights as they are 100w and I'm trying to get them positioned so when you walk through the graveyard they are not distracting...real pain as my graveyard is in front of the house spread out lengthwise left to right. People will walk through it starting from the right if you were facing the house.

heeellppp please..lol

Your might be over thinking on this one. Most people in my experience look at props for 2-3 minutes and move on. I don't think they'll be distracted or complain about your light placement. If it really bothers you, perhaps instead of the light placement you try to control the viewing perspective, ie. with fencing, paths, etc. ? If this can't be done, maybe you can re-orient your tombstones 90 degrees?

yeah I thought about turning them some. After messing with placement I think I found where to put at least one blue light. I'm gonna foil over the street light in front of my house today (I'm covering it for Halloween) and see how this improves the lighting at night and make adjustments.