Christmas Lights, 2008 Style

Heidi, Charlotte and I spent most of the day setting up our Christmas light display. It's not much different from last year, but we have big ideas for next year. This was the first time Charlotte has "helped" us with this project, and she is in love with all things Christmas. When it got dark tonight Charlotte and I went for a walk around the neighborhood to "ooh" and "ahh" over the other lights around the block. She gets extra excited about snowmen right now for some reason. Whenever we're driving around town and we see Christmas lights, she demands to be taken to see more.
PHOTO GEEKERY AHEAD: I had fun making this photo... I was playing around with time exposures but the Santa kept coming out overexposed compared to the rest of the lights. For this shot I used a 20 second exposure at f/22, but I started the shot with Santa unplugged. After I hit the shutter, I counted off 10 seconds then plugged him in so he was only in the shot for half the time. I probably should have tried eight or even five seconds on Santa, but I was getting tired so I decided this was good enough.