force from the spring 168 the first annular contact 132 comes in electrical communication with the second annular contact 140 closing an electrical circuit including the led 120 and battery 156 as a result the battery 156 powers the led 120 and the led 120 is illuminated the light from the led 120 may be used for any lighting purpose the led 120 is deactivated by simply releasing the finger pressure on the shell 116 releasing pressure on the shell 116 allows the spring 168 to urge the shell 116 upwards preventing electrical communication between the first annular contact 132 and the second annular contact 140 in an alternative method the ring light 100 may include the aforementioned electronic mechanism that causes the led 120 to be activated for a predetermined amount of time e g 5 seconds once a user presses down on the shell 116 and releases it in this method the user simply presses and releases the shell 116 the user does not have to maintain pressure on the shell 116 to keep the led 120 activated in a further method the ring light 100 may have a standard on off switch in this method instead of pushing on the shell 116 the.