Do you do lighting?

 

Not yet, Didn't know there was a business in it. Now I am starting my research, what kind of things done and will this area support that business. Hence wanting to see pictures of the work ya'l do so I can get an idea.

 

I finished mine today. 700ft counting the sideway and driveway. I'll get some better pics but here is one from my phone camera.

 

can't tell alot of detail, but it sure is litup. I'll be watching for those better pics.
How do you come up with your layouts? yourimagineation, customer design or a book. I know theres a program that you do a layout on,but the original Ideas

 

well my camer didn't do too well at night but here goes...

 

looks good. I wanted to do that to my own house this year, still might. I already have over3500 minis on the house and yard plus several siouetts, santa, snowman that kinda thing. I make those and paint them in detail. Got a 4.5' 8point star with 200 lights in it alone. I love Christmas.

 

These are of my own house, over 3500 mini lights, The Sleigh and reindeer, snowman, star and santa I made and painted. As you can tell, I prefer colored lights

 

I'll have to get some of my house on here. I have over 20,000 lights. I know Jason Rose has a lot too because he is on the Christmas light forum that I go on.

 

20k lights? guess I better start putting up more hehe

 

what forum is that?

we are all so festive aren't we?

That last part I did was the tallest gable. There was 30mph wind gusts. I got down quick.

 

check out www.planetchristmas.com

go to talk on the left of the menu. Its the lawnsite of Christmas lights

 

Christmas lights at my house

 

there is a short commercial before the stories

http://www.newschannel5.com/Global/story.asp?S=7432231

 

looks nice Mark, nice house too. I believe I would have placed some candles in the first floor lleft windows too. Kinda bare there.

 

What do you think of these prices?

I got $500 for the first pic and $320 for the 2nd house... I could have used a 36' ladder on both but we managed.

 

Can anyone give some insight as to how you go about hanging most roof-lines. Are they done while actually on the roof? Or by ladder. It seems there are spots where neither could be done with a pretty steep pitch on the roof.

Maybe I should hire a roofer for next season. I will work off a ladder but getting on the edge of a roof with a good pitch is not what I want to be doing.

Thanks and those roof lines look great!!

 

In the bottom pic, on the steep pitched areas I put the ladder direct against the shingles but I kinda maneuvered it so i could still put the lights on. On other parts we had to use a high quality ladder stand off.

But yeah I don't like it either but I made sure to have a experienced ladder guy footing it.

Never let a unexperienced ladder guy foot your ladder. You be better off tying ropes so your ladder can't move.

 

Thanks... I am thinking of finding a laid off roofer and letting him do the roofs, ladder work ( on jobs where it looks like more than I want to do )


Chad

 

First time doing a pic here hope it works....this house is all LED's, c-9, garland and minis.
The bulbs that look like they are out on the roof are hidden behind trees in the front yard

 

Another angle

 

It looks like all you guys got one straight up in the peak and then had them evenly spaced down the peak on both sides. I HATE looking at lights that don't match across the gables and aren't straight up in the peaks. It makes me wanna go rip them down and do them myself. There is nothing worse than sloppy hanging lights.

 

here is an extremely crappy camera phone video of my lights. I am going to get some better pics up soon.

 

Are there any tricks to get the picture to turn out that good?
I have tried with flash and with out, digital on several different mega pix., also even 35 mm. with 800speed film. what am I doing wrong. They just dont look as good.

Nice Job on your lights, Were the c-7's led's?

 

without flash on a tripod. that should do it

 

The Tripod..... Thats it. Thanks

I will try it.