I have been working in the music industry since I was 18 years old, being a Roadie for bands and doing lighting. I have always worked in the lighting industry and coming into the world of architectural and outdoor lighting seemed very natural transition to me.
I, however, have NO desire to be a
landscaper, pond builder, hardscaper, irrigation company or a pool company.
I did not simply buy a lighting franchise.
On the other hand, it seems nowadays everyone thinks they can add landscape lighting as a sideline to their existing business. After attending an hour-long manufacture seminar they now a certified lighting designer. Unfortunately, many of the companies are profit driven and encourage these other industries to install lighting as a profit sideline to their existing business.
I drive thru high-end subdivisions all the time at night after leaving a job location and focusing the client’s lights after dark, I see all kinds of badly done lighting installations that someone paid a lot of money for. From just the other night seeing an entrance to a subdivision that has lights pointing in your eyes as you drive by with no lighting shields to seeing a water feature at a Japanese steakhouse I eat at on a regular basis have a pond company install a bad lighting job.
Being able to simply stick a lighting fixture in the ground by no means makes you a lighting designer
Lighting is an Art and I believe I am painting with light, by knowing the proper use of different types of bulbs, beam spreads, wattages ,color temperatures. There are many many tips and tricks to keep lights your of your eyes.
I might use a combination of lights up in a tree pointing down with a moonlight lens filter along with a combination of path lights to create a unique vision for your walkway.
I might create a backdrop in your backyard to not only visualize your property but to keep your eye from your neighbor’s property
I might use a combination of different light fixtures along a brick or stone wall to create texture, interest, and shadows.
I might place a few lights at angles alongside a privacy fence to create beams of light dancing in between plant material.
No two projects are alike and that is what makes lighting interesting to me, anyone can stick lights in the ground and believe it or not some of those other companies never even come back at night to properly focus the lighting.
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