Gordon Lights Christmas Display

Just a brief break from photography, but not from visual beauty!  This is the time of year that The Gordon Family is in full swing with Gordon Lights at my brother’s house, 2 blocks south of my studio.  It’s quite an incredible display of lights and music, which Fabian spends pretty much all year working on – building, soldering, designing, sequencing, etc…  Then about 3-4 weeks before Thanksgiving, their lawn becomes a flurry of family and thankfully, as we have a very SMALL family, volunteers!  Thank you volunteers!!  Action continues all the way up to Thanksgiving, as lights are strung on trees, into grids on the ground, mini trees are carefully placed, mega trees are built, reindeer, merry go round style horses, painted signs, strobes, candy cane posts, all take their place on what becomes a stage that will entertain many families throughout the holiday season.  A couple of us climb ladders for the higher objects, up to the the roof for the very highest.  It would be difficult to explain the complexity involved without showing some of the “behind the scenes to you.”  I won’t even pretend to know exactly where to start in the explanation!  There are lots of “construction” images from previous years on our facebook page, just “like” our page and you’ll be able to see them all.  www.facebook.com/gordonlights  And of course you can also visit the official (thought somewhat dated) website at www.gordonlights.com.

But as anyone will tell you, the BEST part by far is to see it in action!  Here is a teaser of what you’ll see when you visit, taken from The Official Gordon Lights Vimeo page.  When you visit Gordon Lights in person, if you feel led to give to Operation Homefront, the charity that Gordon Lights supports annually with this event, there is an anonymous donation box at the front of the display for you to do so.  On their behalf, we thank you very much for your support.  However, there is absolutely no fee to come and enjoy the show!  So if you live nearby, please come and visit us!  And for those of you too far for a visit, please enjoy the videos, which can be found in their entirety on the Gordon Lights website at www.gordonlights.com:

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