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Ambience is everything with professional outdoor lighting

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As a lighting designer I come from working in a creative field my whole life, I sometimes visualize things other people simply can’t. I feel I have been blessed with this gift.Years ago when I talked to my mom about a privacy fence in the backyard she just said no way. After it was installed, the first thing her and my sister said was WOW, we never really noticed the plant material in the yard. Yes, I said, do you know why?We simply took some material and created a backdrop for the plants that were already in place.We sometimes do the very same thing with outdoor landscape lighting. Why would you have beautiful landscaping or hardscaping that you paid good money for only to have it all disappear in the evening hours? By using several different lighting techniques we create depth and dimension and pull your eye away from looking into your neighbor’s yard. Have you ever noticed a home with all the lights on inside? If your home has outdoor lighting, peoples eyes are pulled away from the inside lights when they see your home with outdoor landscape lighting. Let us create some outdoor evening ambience for you to enjoy tonight..

BUILDING A NEW HOME? MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE THE LED LIGHTING OPTION

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I did a home and garden show recently and spoke to a lot of couples who were building homes. When we started talking about things they were doing I was surprised to find out LED lighting isn’t a standard in every home built today. I can’t imagine installing landscape lighting today with the old, not efficient halogen light bulbs that do not last. With most LED manufactures giving a warranty of 5 years or 50,000 hours I can’t imagine why LED lamps are not required and why the old very un-efficient halogen can lights used in most homes are still installed in this day. If you are building or remodeling a home, please do yourself a favor and ask the builder or electrician about the many LED options available from can lights to very nice track lighting and wall sconces. Visit a professional lighting showroom and have them go over the options with you. Most LED sources are also able to work with dimmers and if you are installing a beautiful stone fireplace, do yourself a favor and have them install some LED track lighting just above the stone with the lights focused down along the stone. There are also many nice outdoor LED fixtures for garages and floodlights. There is ever a very interesting LED candle flame effect that looks really nice in the outdoor lantern type fixtures. Do yourself a favor and use energy-saving green friendly LED lights in your home and watch the power bill go down.

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CONCERT LIGHTING TO OUTDOOR AND LANDSCAPE LIGHTING RALEIGH NC

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I have had several people ask me recently, what makes me and Lite Visions Landscape Lighting and outdoor lighting in Raleigh NC different from everyone else who does outdoor lighting and landscape lighting in Raleigh NC.

First and foremost I have been a lighting technician and lighting designer since 1979 in the music business when I started working with local bands.I went on to tour with bands from theatre to arena concerts and when home in Raleigh worked as a stagehand in lots of the local concert venues and still do to this day part-time. From climbing in the ceiling and focusing stage lights to operating a spotlight for a show at Memorial Auditorium. I simply love being creative and feel fortunate to have been able to travel a lot of my life and see many different cities and sights. I love the feeling I am an artist who simply paints with lighting.

My first huge TV special and first major arena tour I was a lighting tech on was this 1984 Kool and the Gang show at the New Orleans Worlds Fair for HBO’s video jukebox, the Light Designer most recently lit up the American Idol TV Series and it was a learning experience. The beautiful venue was built right on the river. We had a giant heart that came down from the ceiling during the show’s opening.I got to run lights for KC and the Sunshine band, some new band called Run DMC  and a girl singer called Shannon, her hit was called Let the music play, they were some of our opening bands on the tour. My job was to set up one of the lighting trusses as well as connect all the wiring to the lighting dimmers and babysit our dimmer area during Kool and the Gangs show beside the stage.

Here is the video from that concert.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TesMhfSMgRk

Call us today about lighting up your outdoor area or landscaping in Raleigh NC

Call us Today 919-518-9950 Lite Visions Outdoor Lighting and Landscape Lighting Professionals Raleigh NC

WORKING WITH A LIGHTING DESIGNER AND PLANNING TO ENJOY YOUR HOME AND LIFESTYLE AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN

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As an outdoor landscape lighting designer in Raleigh NC, we work with Triangle area homeowners to determine how you enjoy your outdoor space, particular features or a structure that you would like to highlight. What you like most about your homes architecture, specific trees or plant you like. A walkway or path you would enjoy or use more if it was illuminated. A  favorite pond or water feature. Features you love most in your outdoor kitchen or along your hardscaping.

Accent outdoor lighting  gently grazing the surface of the stone, stucco, and brick will add depth and dimension your home’s architecture as well as showing the features

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Adding outdoor lighting to such things as an arbor, fence a statue or structure and trees will give you a dramatic and attention-getting visual lighting effect, creating a lighting scene with a backdrop as well as mimicking moonlights natural effects.

Water feature outdoor lighting.

Illuminating a water feature, pond or pool combines 2 effects, you might have some trees or plantings near the water that will look interesting with up lighting. You also get stunning mirrored images on the water’s surface, creating dreamlike effects rippling across the water’s surface.

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Add outdoor lighting and illuminate a bridge over a water feature to highlight it’s features and create safety

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Adding path or walkway outdoor lighting will create a sense of security along stone pathways and lawn walkways as well as adding a hint of intrigue to plant beds and boulders along the way.

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Adding down lighting with lights placed up in trees shining thru the trees creates stunning shadows on the ground below mimicking moonlighting effects.

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Patio and deck outdoor lighting will feature and accentuate all of the architecture, beauty and detail of your deck, patio, outdoor kitchen, hand railings, steps and more while creating safety.

Hardscape outdoor lighting brings out your stone features along with your outdoor kitchen, retaining walls, steps and more.

Call us Today 919-518-9950 Lite Visions Outdoor Lighting and Landscape Lighting Professionals Raleigh NC

LED RETROFIT INTO OLDER OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE LIGHTING SYSTEMS RALEIGH

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Sometimes I will get a phone call from a customer in the Raleigh asking if it is possible to come and look at their 15 year old landscape lighting system in and around the Raleigh area and possibly retrofit it to the new LED bulbs. I am always glad to come look at an older existing system as long as it is a professionally installed system with professional landscape lighting fixtures and not some of the big box store lighting that someone installed themselves. If the light fixtures are high grade materials and there is an existing professional transformer in place and the wiring and connectors are still in good shape, it is possible to upgrade an older landscape lighting system to the new energy saving and green friendly LED bulbs. There are many options available ,from just retrofitting the existing fixtures with drop in LED lamps,to redoing the system’s connections,updating wiring and installing the new long lasting LED chip on board landscape lighting fixtures. Some of these nice fixtures even have a variable wattage and focus on the fixture.

Best Outdoor Lighting Warranty and Maintenance

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When I started Lite Visions landscape lighting, I decided to take myself over the top by giving a warranty along with the Manufactures warranty. I also give a FREE Annual maintenance agreement as well. I do this simply to show my gratitude for my customers and I want to help keep their lighting system looking 100% always.

Coming from my music and touring background. I feel confident in my skills as a lighting technician and lighting designer, as well as lighting fixtures and installation methods I choose.  I back our systems with the best warranty and Annual year service contract in the Raleigh area! It’s not about the sale, it’s about providing a stunning lighting design for our clients for years to come.

I want you to tell your friends & neighbors about us!

Most of my landscape lighting business is word of mouth referrals from friends and neighbors who saw your night time demo or lighting system.

From cleaning your fixtures, adjusting them due to growth or simply cutting a few small branches that are in front of a light fixture, I always want your lighting to look 100%

Color my World with LED Outdoor Landscape Lighting

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I have worked in the concert and live entertainment industry most of my life. I feel this gives me a huge advantage over anyone else in the NC designing and installing outdoor landscape lighting. Recently I had the chance to design and install lighting and the home of Trans Siberian Orchestra’s lighting designer and then to visit Vegas for a week to put our heads together and put our colorful lighting thru it’s paces. We used a new WIFI Color changing lighting system and installed the most color changing lighting of it’s kind to this date in one place. The backdrop of his pool walls combined with some unique desert plants and several different palm trees gave us a wonderful area to paint with colored as well as some white lighting in a few niche places. Here are a few photos from the install. We wanted to create some depth to his small backyard pool and patio area’s and I feel we accomplished a unique yet colorful design together.I have been receiving different photos every few days of new and unique looks he has come up with. Thanks to Kevin Smith from Brilliance LED for his help with the colored LED lighting and ideas and thanks to Bryan Hartley for allowing me to help light his beautiful home in Vegas. Oh yea,we ended up adding 11 more lights at the end 🙂

Protect Your Home and Yourself with Landscape Lighting

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Protect Your Home and Yourself with Landscape Lighting :Brightening your lot at nighttime is a way to reduce the chances of dangerous falls and dissuade criminals. Learn why landscape lighting brings not only beauty, but also safety to your property.

ILLUMINATE MORE THAN YOUR FRONT DOOR While 81% of burglaries happen on the first floor, only 34% involve the front entrance, according to the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors. That’s why you should illuminate more than just the main entrance of your property. Use landscape lighting to brighten doors and windows on all sides of your home, making it easier to monitor criminal behavior. Strategically placed accent lighting or perimeter lighting will also remove those dark corners of your yard.

BALANCE THE GLARE OF STREET LAMPS Picture a scene with bright light in the foreground, but none in the background. Your eyes adapt to the light in front, making it tricky to see what’s beyond that light. That’s the unintentional problem created by street lamps and the reason some call them criminal-friendly. By contrast, landscape lighting brings balance to what you and neighbors can see from the street, making it easier to keep an eye on all areas of your property.

SEND A STRONG SIGNAL OF A WELL-WATCHED SPACE Landscape lighting is a clear statement that you care about your property. Like other property upgrades, it sends a signal that University of Washington researchers have called “implied surveillance.” You’re someone who pays close attention to your home. Dreaded burglars would be fools to mess with someone so smart and aware.

BE SAFE OUT THERE – MOST FALLS OCCUR OUTDOORS As the National Institutes of Health points out, outdoor falls made up 72% of total spills among middle-aged men and 58% for middle-aged women. If you want to make your property safe for all ages, brighten your walkways with landscape lighting to keep everyone upright.

MOST FALLS DO NOT INVOLVE RISKY BEHAVIOR Among all ages, the most frequent activity at the time of a fall is walking, which accounted for 47% of outdoor falls in a National Institutes of Health study. Steering clear of risky activities can’t spare you from a possible slip. Illuminating your outdoor walking paths will help.

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Has your outdoor lighting designer worked on concert tours as a lighting designer/technician?

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Has your outdoor lighting designer worked on concert tours as a lighting designer or lighting technician? Lite Visions founder Joe has toured with Alan Jackson Whitney Houston, Tim Mcgraw, 3 Doors Down,Joan Jett,Dan Fogelburg and the Christmas sensation The Trans Siberian Orchestra.

Lite Visions was founded after Joe decided to install outdoor lighting at his personal home and could not find anyone in the area who knew what he knew about lighting design.

Lite Visions is the area’s leader with innovative outdoor lighting design, the best long life LED lighting fixtures and easy to operate lighting systems add FREE maintenance on top of their installation warranty and Lite Visions simply OUTSHINES the competion.

Durable & Long-Lasting Outdoor Lighting
The Lighting fixtures we install are long lasting with the best warranties in the industry,engineered to let the LED lamps run as cool as possible to extend lamp life.

Integrated LED fixtures are warrantied for a minimum of 10 years

LED Lamps are warrantied for a minimum of 5 years

Transformers have a lifetime warranty.

Customization

We differ from most other outdoor lighting companies who have a cookie cutter lighting system they use. we customize your outdoor lighting system to your home and yard.

Superior Outdoor Lighting System Design

With a wide variety across multiple product lines, We have alot of different tools available for our custom lighting design from different lamp wattages, beam spreads,lamp color temperatures along with filters and different shrouds and even colored lights .We  figure out what is the best fit for your home, landscaping and your personal style.

Let Lite Visions Create Some Nighttime Magic At Your Home Today

Working With A Landscape Lighting Designer to design your outdoor lighting system.

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As a landscape lighting designer , I work with homeowners in and around the Raleigh NC area to determine how you enjoy your outdoor space, particular features or a structure that you would like to highlight with outdoor landscape lighting. What you like most about your homes architecture, specific trees or a plant you like. A walkway or path you would enjoy or use more if it was illuminated. A favorite pond or water feature. Features you love most in your outdoor kitchen or along your hardscaping that would look great with outdoor landscape lighting.

Accent landscape lighting,which is light gently grazing the surface of the stone, stucco, and brick will add depth and dimension your home’s architecture as well as showing the features. This home is a great example. Accent outdoor lighting such things as an arbor, fence a statue or structure and trees will give you a dramatic and attention-getting visual lighting effect, creating a lighting scene with a backdrop as well as mimicking moonlights natural effects.

Water feature landscape lighting. Illuminating a water feature, pond or pool combines 2 effects, you might have some trees or plantings near the water that will look interesting with up lighting. You also get stunning mirrored images on the water’s surface, creating dreamlike effects rippling across the water’s surface.

Accent and illuminate a bridge over a water feature with outdoor lighting to highlight it’s features and create safety. . Path way outdoor lighting will create a sense of security along stone pathways and lawn walkways as well as adding a hint of intrigue to plant beds and boulders along the way

Down lighting with lights placed up in trees shining thru the trees creates stunning shadows on the ground below mimicking moonlighting effects. . Patio and deck lighting will feature and accentuate all of the architecture, beauty and detail of your deck, patio, outdoor kitchen, hand railings, steps and more while creating safety. Hardscape outdoor lighting brings out your stone features along with your outdoor kitchen, retaining walls, steps and more.

Call us Today 919-518-9950 Lite Visions Outdoor Lighting and Landscape Lighting Professionals Raleigh NC