Maybe you can see them from space
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As more and more folk decorate their homes with Chrissy lights publishers are there to capture the event. This book has a go but I thought it was fatally flawed in several editorial areas:
* The book is too small. At six inches square any decent photo has to be compromised.
* The smallness means that the pages are really stuffed with headlines, text and other graphics. All the non-photo stuff just make the pages confusing and the overall look is very messy.
* The photos are just average snaps, frequently cropped so that some decorations are cut. Many pages have two or three photos as well, some are really no bigger than thumbnails. By their nature houses covered with colored lights and photographed at night seem to want plenty of surrounding blackness to really show what is going on. There just isn't enough space on these pages to let the photos capture the moment for the reader.
Visually the book is hopeless but I did enjoy some of the copy. Written in light-hearted way which the subject deserves. It's a pity the photo contents and design didn't have a much larger page size to show the light magic that many home-owners have created.
Fans of house lights should have a look at `Holiday Lights' (ISBN 1580175082) a handsome 180 page paperback with lots of photos and nicely, plenty of practical decorating ideas.
***FOR AN INSIDE LOOK click 'customer images' under the cover.
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Perfect Present!!! - Amusing, Entertaining and Great Value!
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I liked the look of this after seeing it reviewed on Sky TV. But it was even better than I expected.
Intelligently written, beautifully photographed and strewn with well-observed witticisms. This is far more than a quirky Christmas stocking-filler and I heartily recommend it.
I look forward to next year's edition!
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