Email your submission(s) with photos to:

lights@lightsofthevalley.com

or snail-mail them to:

Lights of the Valley
c/o Utkaduck Design
PO Box 1112
Livermore, CA 94551-1112

Include your name, the address & city of the display, information or a summary about the display and any special features or scenes that the display has, as well as any website or video links  and don't forget to send us the digital photos !!

PHOTO RULES: At least 1024 pixels wide - nothing smaller please. Each photo should be under 3 megs in size. No more than 10 megs total per email - you can send multiple emails spaced a couple of minutes apart so the servers don't get bogged down.

HINTS: The "Best" photos are taken at dusk - before its completely dark. Always use a tripod. Use the self timer to eliminate camera shake. Do not use the flash. Try several different shutter or timing modes.

How to take better night photos

Night time photography tips

 

Add code to YOUR website to display the House of the Day

You can display the House of the Day on your website!  Not sure what that would even look like, or how professional it is? 

Well, look below for several examples of what it would look like, then take the one line of code below you want to use and place it on your site at the location of where you want the image and text to appear.  The House of the Day will automatically update each day. You don't have to do anything other than to place the code below on your site. The "official" list of homes will display between November 29, 2008 and January 1, 2009.

Here is the code - NOTE that it needs to be one continuous line, and not wrapped like it is here (its wrapped due to space limitations).

LARGE
<IFrame src="http://www.lightsofthevalley.com/HOTD/HOTD.asp" width="214" height="234" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></IFrame>

MEDIUM
<IFrame src="http://www.lightsofthevalley.com/HOTD/HOTD-small.asp" width="180" height="207" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></IFrame>

HORIZONTAL - 430 pixel wide (demo below)
<IFrame src="http://www.lightsofthevalley.com/HOTD/HOTD-wide.asp" width="430" height="88" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></IFrame>

HORIZONTAL - 500 pixel wide (demo below)
<IFrame src="http://www.lightsofthevalley.com/HOTD/HOTD-wider.asp" width="500" height="90" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></IFrame>

This is how the House of the Day would look like on YOUR website:

LARGE

MEDIUM

HORIZONTAL - 430 pixel wide

HORIZONTAL - 500 pixel wide