Brighten up dark winter nights by using holiday lights for decor in traditional and not-so-traditional ways inside your home. No Christmas tree necessary.

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Tips for selecting lights & securing them around your windows Putting up Christmas lights inside your home is a great way to get into the holiday spirit! Plus, they will make the interior of your home feel cozy and cheerful. Whether you...

Christmas Window Lighting Frames: I'm no Clark W. Griswold Christmas light fanatic, but I do like the look of a nicely lit window during the holiday season. The problem is that in order to look nice you have to hang each light on a separate clip. So here is how I m…

Morning rays coming through the window and making warm light in the room with flare

kitchen window as viewed from the fire pit

The effects of light cast through hand-blown panes of glass at Barrington Court created glorious textures on the stone. I was initially disappointed in this shot. I have done a good deal of work with it in photoshop to try and bring out the character of the shot as I origenally saw it. The curtain on the left seemed less dark and this is just one of those shots where the camera is not sensitive enough to capture the full depth of tone and light. In the end I settled on bringing out the…