Uplighting

We did it ourselves. However, you really need spotlights for the job--smaller home-type lights just won't be visible enough. Here's a description of what we did:

https://sites.google.com/site/2dbride/decor/lighting#TOC-Uplighting

We used standard theatrical spotlights, not LED lights. These are the least expensive lights. (In fact, they ended up costing us nothing, because we bought them used and sold them to a local theater after we finished with them.) However, there are several things to consider:

* Many venues require that you hire a professional if you have uplighting, so be sure to check with your venue to make sure this is not an issue.

* They require a lot of current, so you need to make sure the venue's electrical system has enough capacity so you won't be blowing fuses.

* They get very hot, so they have to be placed carefully to make sure that people who have had a few too many drinks don't run into them and burn themselves.

* Unlike LED lights, they can't be programmed to change color or intensity during the night. To change colors, you'd have to turn the light off, remove the color filter, and put in a new color filter, which is probably impractical. So they really work only for static effects, not ones that change over the course of the night.

Thank you for all the feedback and tips