Morning Thoughts

So instead of writing several different posts with all my different stories, I'm going to just write one, due to time.

Our Disney Park Secrets blog has a new twitter account, that you should follow. So far it seems as though many people like the blog, and we have some exciting new ways to promote it in the future. If you wish to stay even more updated, check out our Facebook page. Thank you everyone who has helped support Jake and I's blog. We just enjoy talking about Disney, and we hope you enjoy reading about the secrets.


Remember my Stats rant awhile back? Yeah, this time it's my online Philosophy class. No question I answer is good enough for him. Yet, two of my friends who are in his class have A's, and say how it's a fun class, with a fun professor. However, online seems to be a different story for some reason. I'm happy that my grade is better than my Stats grade! Just not pleased with it completely.


Winter Light!. Wow. I've been working on it whenever possible. So far I have half of the finale up, half of the icicles, and half of the C9's. Tomorrow it looks like we are filming a section for the show, and today I'm continuing to set everything up. My goal is to start programming by this Friday or Saturday. The show is coming fast! You can stay up to date on this as well through my Facebook Page.




That seems to be all that's on my mind at the moment. Now I have to get ready and meet some people for lunch, then head home to put up more lights!

Halloween 2011

Four months in the making, Halloween flew by and is now over. My main project this year was the giant talking face that I've kept you all updated on so much, and it's something that I hope to continue to improve and add to in the future shows.

I procrastinated the show this year quite a bit since I was so busy with work and school. So setting up the day of was a mess, and I was running around like crazy. But I'm really happy with how everything turned out, even if it is a small display. It's fun, and people enjoy it. That's all that matters.

As always, the show will continue to grow. This was only my second Halloween show. I've always set up decorations and various effects, but I've only had 2 Christmas-like shows for Halloween, so I look forward to doing more Halloween shows in the future, and already have a few ideas down.

Thank you to everyone who helped me in any way with set-up, take-down, tech-work, and thanks to my parents who let me invade the office for 4 months while I programmed.

To everyone that came out and saw it- Thank you. I hope you enjoyed it, and I can't wait until you all can see Winter Light! I promise you, it will be incredible.

Without further adieu, here is the video.


Halloween 2011

Mini Show Update

With Halloween 2 weeks away, I'm in a serious time crunch to get the show done and running. Here's my list to complete-

1. Finish programming the face
2. Program the lightning and pumpkins
3. Put out the lights/spider web/other props the week of.


I procrastinated on buying the projector, and they are currently sold out. It is supposed to ship in the next few days though, so I might have my singing pumpkins in the show. Or might not. Either way, it WILL be here for Christmas!



Christmas- I am still begging for your pictures! It's going to be awesome when your out there, watching the show, and suddenly your pictures comes up. I'm trying to not give away everything, but I still need a lot of them. For those that already sent some to me, thank you!

I recently updated my "Current Projects" page on the website, you can check it out here: Winter Light!

As for everything else to do with Christmas, there's a lot going on, and that needs to be done. It's going to be a busy few weeks, but Thanksgiving night it will pay off! This year is going to be incredible. I'm so excited to show you everything.


If you want to continue to stay updated on it all, please "Like" our Facebook Page.

Thanks!

-Austen

I Need You...

Your pictures, that is! As most of you know, for awhile now I've been asking people to email me their holiday pictures so I could use them in my Christmas light show.

No? Don't know what I'm talking about? Let me explain...


My best friend and I have come up with a new effect for Winter Light! We are going to project YOUR pictures that you send in during certain sections of the show. Why? Because this year's theme is Memories, and what better way to incorporate memories and stories than through pictures? A picture is worth a thousand words, and since our show isn't very long, we are using pictures instead of telling several thousand word stories.

Here's the deal: Find a picture of you and your family or friends in the snow, in front of the Christmas tree, opening presents on Christmas morning, drinking hot chocolate in-front of your own Christmas lights, the list goes on. As long as it's related to Christmas or winter, we will accept it.

We ask that you email your pictures to this address: ehurdag@hotmail.com

However, all I need is to save the picture to my computer, so if you follow me on Facebook or Twitter, just send me a message or tweet with your picture and I can grab it.

We  need a ton of pictures, roughly around 100 or more. The more the better though.
Since this project is quite large, and we still have a lot of other things to work on, the deadline to send your pictures in is October 28th. Please don't wait until the last minute, send them in as soon as you can.

You could find more information about this Here.
And don't forget to like us on Facebook to stay updated on all things Christmas and Halloween.
We also have an Event on Facebook going, so please "attend" and "share" it with your friends. Again, the more pictures the better!

If, for any reason, you have a question, I encourage you to ask, via email or comment on this post.


Thank you for helping us to create the best year ever for Winter Light! I promise, you won't want to miss this!