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VISION IS MORE POWERFUL THEN HISTORY

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A FEW BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE LIGHTING BACKDROPS

Vision is more powerful than history,In meeting with a client with a beautiful home yesterday I found this out. I receive many calls in relation to taking out old landscape lighting systems.
Potential clients only know what they have seen done when they have an old lighting system that they have looked at daily in the evening for many years. 

My job as a lighting designer is to talk about my unique vision for their project.
After walking the property with my potential client and explaining why having a bunch of pathlight fixtures lighting the edges of their beautiful water feature with several places where water falls was probably not the best way to illuminate it.
I then talked about the kit lights shooting across the pond and replacing them with lights under the falling water stones to highlight each area to create a much different effect on the three falls.
 

We looked at also creating a backdrop behind the water feature, creating reflections in the water feature from the uplit plants and removing even more pathlights along a beautiful stone ledge wall to accent the architectural features properly.
I then asked my potential client to turn around and imagine looking out those large windows of the home at the picture we just talked about creating in the background and how nice it would be in the evenings .
A lighting designers job is to create a 3 dimensional picture for the potential client to enjoy their space in the evening hours.

Lite Visions Landscape Lighting ,Raleigh North Carolina

Imagine your personal resort oasis

 

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Spruce up your outdoor spaces with landscape lighting

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Are you looking for ways to spruce up your outdoor spaces? Have you considered landscape lighting ? Landscape lighting can take your yard from drab to fab with the right design and installation. In this blog, we’ll talk about the basics of landscape lighting design, the benefits, and some design tips and successful projects.

What is landscape lighting?

Landscape lighting is exactly what it sounds like – it’s lighting designed to highlight your outdoor spaces and provide a warm, inviting atmosphere. It is a carefully crafted art form that requires a good eye and a knack for design. Landscape lighting involves strategically positioning lights and fixtures to create an aesthetically pleasing look that highlights the best features of your outdoor spaces.

The most common type of landscape lighting is low-voltage lighting.

Low-voltage lighting is powered by a transformer that converts the electricity from your home’s power outlet into the low voltage needed for the lights.

LED lighting is also becoming increasingly popular for landscape lighting design as it is more energy-efficient and long-lasting than traditional bulbs. LED bulbs also produce less heat, making them safer for outdoor use. Led also lasts 20 times longer than halogen light sources.

Benefits of landscape lighting

There are several benefits to installing landscape lighting in your outdoor spaces. Here are just a few of them:

  • It adds beauty and charm to your outdoor spaces. The right lighting can make your yard look even more beautiful and inviting.
  • It increases safety. By strategically positioning lights in your outdoor spaces, you can make them safer and easier to navigate at night.
  • It adds value to your home. A well-lit outdoor space can be a major selling point for potential home buyers, increasing the value of your property.
  • It can be a great way to show off your landscaping. With the right lighting design, you can highlight your favorite plants and trees and create a stunning effect.

Examples of successful landscape lighting design projects

Now that you know the basics of landscape lighting design, let’s take a look at some successful projects.

  • One successful project is the lighting design at this home and back yard. The lighting was designed to highlight the beauty of the garden, while at the same time creating a safe and inviting atmosphere.
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Creating a nighttime oasis with landscape lighting

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Lite Visions landscape lighting will help you to create a nighttime oasis with landscape lighting. Many homeowners have spent thousands of dollars to create a beautiful backyard oasis, including architectural features, hardscaping elements,pools,ponds,waterfalls and lots of landscaping from palm trees and grasses to bamboo privacy screens and Japanese maples and zen gardens. The only problem is, after the sun goes down this all disappears into the night.

Professionally designed landscape lighting can not only make your backyard oasis useable well into the evening hours, but will also add safety and security to your little piece of heaven. Lite Visions Landscape Lighting can add professional landscape lighting from creating shadows with downlighting in trees, to tiki torches by the pool. Path lighting can create a well lit path into a dark backyard walkway to create safety. We only install the best landscape lighting fixtures available to the professionals. Call us today to get on our schedule as the nights are getting dark earlier and earlier.

As a former lighting designer and lighting technician for bands since he turned 18, Joe searched out the best professional grade landscape lighting fixtures to install at his clients homes and gardens.

I wanted to give my clients the best possible value for their money. Landscape lighting, when designed properly has the ability to change and enhance your outdoor landscaping completely.

Lite Visions landscape lighting is an artistically based design company and we might take more time and perhaps a few visits to make certain to visualize all the options for each clients unique situation. We do this by choosing a few fixtures which we can control the lumen output on as well as the optics for each specific lighting need to turn your home and outdoor area’s into your own personal resort oasis. Contact us today and see why Lite Visions Landscape Lighting in Raleigh outshines the competition.

 

Lite Visions Landscape Lighting Inc

919-518-9950

BACKYARD PATIO AREA IN RALEIGH NC
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Working with shadows and light to create unique art

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Creating art and shadows and light to create unique art makes a true lighting designer. I work in many subdivisions and drive out in the late evenings after doing a nighttime adjustment of a landscape lighting system I just installed and I see many BAD lighting jobs.

So many people who install outdoor landscape lighting are not lighting designers but instead fixture salespeople who do not understand certain objects should not be lit flat with just one light.Your eyes see things in the daytime with the sun coming thru them and creating shadows on the ground and on your home and other objects.

You see things in 3d,not flat. I understand that and design your lighting system to make things beautiful and to create works of art at night with your lighting and property. Some of the photos below are examples of that. Call us Today to see your home and property in a whole new light.

Lite Visions,we do one thing and do it right. When Lite Visions Landscape Lighting’s owner Joe decided to go from lighting up the stars to lighting under the stars in Raleigh NC ,he knew lighting would be his only focus.

As a former lighting designer and lighting technician for bands since he turned 18, Joe searched out the best professional grade landscape lighting fixtures to install at his clients homes and gardens.

I wanted to give my clients the best possible value for their money. Landscape lighting, when designed properly has the ability to change and enhance your outdoor landscaping completely.

Lite Visions landscape lighting is an artistically based design company and we might take more time and perhaps a few visits to make certain to visualize all the options for each clients unique situation. We do this by choosing a few fixtures which we can control the lumen output on as well as the optics for each specific lighting need to turn your home and outdoor area’s into your own personal resort oasis. Contact us today and see why Lite Visions Landscape Lighting in Raleigh outshines the competition.

www.litevisions.com           Raleigh’s Outdoor Landscape Lighting Experts

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Do one thing and excel at it

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We do one thing and excel at it, Landscape Lighting. Do you believe one person can do 5-7 things and be and excel at all those things?  Hardscapes, Landscapes, Mulch, Ponds, Fences, Tree Trimming, oh and we can also do lighting, lol. I see trucks in Luxury neighborhoods daily when out working and laugh to myself, because I see what those guys are installing.

We do one thing and excel at it, Landscape Lighting in Raleigh NC 

They find the cheapest thinnest fixtures they can purchase,bulbs included and install them for the low price they add onto the 15-30,000 hardscape or landscape project they installed. Sad thing is that the client will have no idea until they are long gone and the year warranty is long gone as well. Some lighting manufacture had them attend a half day class and they are suddenly lighting experts.

Professional landscape lighting involves a well thought out design that the clients can look out of their home and enjoy as well as the lighting can be viewed by neighbors riding by. I have to educate clients every day of the week as to proper landscape lighting designs as so many of these companies stick one light on one tree that is not a good tree to be illuminated.

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Trees that look magical at night when illuminated properly with landscape lighting are Crepe Myrtles, Japanese Maples, River Birches, Dogwoods. Most builder trees are not trees that look at all good lit up. Architectural aspects of the home when properly illuminated should be softly illuminated between brick or stone facades and not have lights placed directly under windows which can create a hot spot and a ghoulish effect.

 

I come from a concert and theatrical stage lighting background and see so many horrible lighting jobs that clients paid good money for. It only takes a few minutes of walking or riding around looking at such jobs to make most clients realize the bad lighting that is all around them, including two new things builders are guilty of. permanent holiday lighting and soffit lighting in the homes peaks which creates bright hot spots with horrible glare at night.

You paid alot of money for your forever home and landscaping and you need to educate yourself on the differences in not good and good lighting.

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Yes, you can go with the low price leader for any type of home improvements, but I get the phone calls when those systems that are not wired properly or put together cheaply fail and we ,as most companies don’t work on those type systems as its usually just a band aid till the next failure happens.

Value vs low price=  quality small company who does one thing and does it correctly vs a company doing quantity installs for a quick buck to add onto their other project they made their profit on.

We do one thing and do it right at Lite Visions Landscape Lighting     www.litevisions.com

Lite Visions Landscape Lighting,We do one thing and do it Right

Think hiring a professional is expensive?

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Think hiring a professional is expensive? Wait until you hire an amateur who represents themselves as a pro.

Understanding architectural and landscape lighting design isn’t just something you can learn in a class; it takes many years of hands-on experience. Learning the different fixtures, light sources, how and where to properly place a lighting source. So many fixture sellers will simply place fixtures with no consideration to these things.

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They have been taught to simply sell a certain number of light fixtures per job to make a quota. They have no real idea of proper techniques for wiring and the difference in wire manufacturing to just use the cheapest wire they can purchase. These fixture sellers have no thoughts as to when their one-year warranty expires as they rush off to the next installation.

Lite Visions Landscape Lighting strives to not only meet, but to exceed our clients’ expectations with our availability both during and after the installation is completed. Not only do we have a love for what we create at Lite Visions, but we have loved it for over 35 years working with concert and stage lighting. Lighting is our passion.

Please make sure to Google Lite Visions Landscape lighting and take a few minutes to see what makes us different from anyone else.

 

Lets face the facts:

Anyone including a homeowner can simply stick a light fixture in the ground, but as with painting it takes an artist to create a masterpiece. Proper lighting design takes a combination of a creative vision to imagine what is not yet there. Along with professional knowledge of proper products and installation techniques. Many years of working in the professional lighting field allows us to deliver stunning results nightly for our clients.

 

Professional landscape lighting when designed properly has the ability to change your space and transform your landscape into a magical nighttime backdrop.

Properly designed softly illuminated landscape lighting can help you to relax and enjoy your outdoor spaces well into the evening hours and allow you to entertain guests without having to worry about dark walkways and unsafe dark areas.

 

SEE THE DIFFERENCE TONIGHT;

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Raleigh’s Landscape Lighting Experts

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 From lighting up the stars to lighting under the stars

Lite Visions Landscape Lighting – Raleigh’s Landscape Lighting Experts

Enhance the beauty of your outdoor space with professional landscape lighting. Trust our experienced lighting designer and local experts for all your landscape lighting needs in Raleigh, NC. Joe went from lighting the stars to lighting under the stars as his 35 plus year career in the music and stage lighting industry spanned from working with local beach music favorites the Embers to touring with such different arena acts as Kool and the Gang to Whitney Houston, Alan Jackson and Tim McGraw to the Christmas sensation the Trans Siberian Orchestra.

At lite visions landscape lighting, we treat each project not as a cookie cutter installation, but as an original lighting design highlighting your property as the stage set and backdrop .

There are many people installing landscape lighting, it takes a lighting designer to understand the many different lamps, filters and how to create effects that stand out.

Let us create your resort oasis today.

 

If you’re considering landscape lighting for your home or property. It’s important to do your research, especially if a company is fairly new to the business. There are two types of companies to look out for: those jumping on the outdoor lighting bandwagon to add profits to existing businesses, and those buying into an outdoor lighting franchise.

The first type may offer cheaper lighting fixtures or wiring and connections, but don’t be fooled – they don’t understand the principles of actual lighting design and are usually using inferior products.

On the other hand, franchises may offer better training, but the photos on their website and advertisements are often from the franchise or manufacturer and not of the local companies’ work. Anyone with enough money can buy a decorative outdoor lighting franchise.

At Lite Visions Landscape Lighting, We prefer to showcase our own work. This way, you can trust that the lighting you see on our website is a reflection of the quality we provide.

Softly Lit Courtyard

 

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Creating Magical Illumination

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Lite Visions Landscape Lighting: Creating Magical Illumination, At Lite Visions Landscape Lighting, we bring our extensive experience in theatrical stage and concert lighting to illuminate your residence and landscaping. Our owner lighting designer Joe combines the artistry of theatrical techniques with the practicality of outdoor lighting design to create mesmerizing and enchanting outdoor spaces. Using only the best landscape lighting fixtures available to the professional.

Our Approach: Your Residence is Our Stage

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At Lite Visions Landscape Lighting, we believe that your residence deserves to be the star of the show. We approach each project as a unique performance, carefully crafting lighting designs that enhance the beauty and architectural features of your home. Our goal is to create an inviting and captivating ambiance that showcases your home and landscaping in the best possible light.

Our Techniques: Theatrical Expertise for Outdoor Illumination

 

Drawing from our background in concert and stage lighting, we incorporate theatrical techniques to create stunning outdoor lighting effects. With an emphasis on soft and subtle illumination, we use low-lumen lights, filters, and shields to hide the source of light and create a magical soft glow. Our lighting specialists are skilled in utilizing the play of light and shadow to create depth and drama, transforming your landscape into a work of art. Too many times we witness lighting in our work areas that are way too bright and overpowering.

Our Commitment: Long-Lasting and Trouble-Free Lighting Solutions

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At Lite Visions Landscape Lighting, we prioritize quality and durability in our lighting solutions. We use long-lasting LED modules combined with the best connections to ensure a trouble-free outdoor landscape lighting system. Our fixtures are not only aesthetically pleasing but also designed to withstand the elements and provide years of reliable performance. We focus on energy efficiency and utilize the latest technology to minimize energy consumption while maximizing the visual impact of your outdoor lighting.

Our Service Area: Raleigh, NC, and Beyond

Lite Visions Landscape Lighting proudly serves Raleigh, NC, and the surrounding areas. Whether you’re looking to enhance the beauty of your residential landscape or create a magical ambiance for a backyard landscape oasis, we are dedicated to delivering exceptional results. We work closely with our clients to understand their vision and bring it to life through our expertise in outdoor lighting design. At Lite Visions you are not just a client but a member of our family.

Conclusion

Illuminate your landscaping and transform your outdoor spaces into captivating and enchanting retreats with the power of outdoor lighting. By prioritizing safety, security, functionality, and beauty, we can create a lighting design that enhances the aesthetic appeal of your home while providing practical benefits. By seeking the design and installation services of a professional lighting designer like Lite Visions Landscape Lighting, our key is to approach the design process with creativity, planning, and a focus on achieving your desired outcomes. With the right lighting techniques, fixtures, and expertise, your residence can shine bright and become a stunning masterpiece both day and night.

From lighting the stars to lighting under the stars: Let Lite Visions Landscape lighting show you what sets us apart

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Backyard Lighting Raleigh

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Summer is the perfect time for gathering with friends and family. But once that sun goes down is the party over for you? Landscape lighting is the perfect way to extend your living space show off your home, highlight specific features of your property, expand your entertaining space, and revitalize your yard.

Remember, your home is your investment. By adding Outdoor Lighting to your home, you will increase your property value and appearance.

Let Lite Visions show you what your home could look like with our FREE DEMO.   Give us a call 919-518-9950. We will enhance your home’s Appearance, Functionality, and Safety.

 

 

 

 

Here are some reasons why it’s the perfect time to brighten up your yard with landscape lighting:

 

1. Appearance

The obvious benefit to lighting up your outdoors is the enhancement of your home’s look. Outdoor lights can make the architectural features of your home stand out, creating an enchanting façade after sundown. You can also customize lighting on commercial properties to create an inviting common area along with curb appeal.

 

What Some of Our Previous Landscape Lighting Customers Have Said About Us:

RAMAKANTH K ★★★★★

Decided to go to NC home show at State Fair Grounds and met Joe. He is very professional and extremely creative. He set up a demo system for one night and it looked stunning. Few of my neighbors were impressed as well. So we decided to get the lights installed. He made our home look great in the evening and we love it.

HOLLY B ★★★★★

Joe did an amazing job with the landscape lighting in our backyard. He is an expert at what he does and offered lighting ideas that completely changed the look and feel of our yard.

RICK FRENCH ★★★★★

I typically don’t write reviews but I couldn’t be more pleased with the professionalism, design and great work that Joe did for me, hence the exception here. He is a true pro who has provided lighting set-design for many major touring acts and he showed the same level of attention to detail in designing an architectural lighting plan for my home. I can’t recommend Joe and Lite Visions highly enough. His work brought the exterior of my home to life. Really happy I responded to his direct mailer and contacted him.

MATT HOLMAN ★★★★★

Joe does the best Landscape lighting in the area! From his music touring days and professional lighting experience, he knows the ins and outs of the lighting systems he is installing. I had several quotes from other companies which were not as detail-oriented as Joe. Joe knows how to add just the right amount of light for the project and has the artistic eye for the best placement. He is honest and will not try to “sell” you on more fixtures. He did a Demo light set up which was invaluable!!!! (Other companies not wanting to do this because they “know where the lights need to go”) If you are spending the money on landscape lighting it is helpful to be a part of the process and see the placement of the lights. We may extend our lighting system in the future and will not use anyone else other than Joe (owner) of Lite Visions!

 

 

SAFETY AND SECURITY

Lite Visions Landscape Lighting of Raleigh truly cared about my landscape lighting installation and Joe even explained why I should be able to look out and appreciate the lighting as a three-dimensional effect, not only should it be seen from the street. I liked the fact that Joe had worked in the concert industry and was a true lighting designer.

We also feel safer with the dusk to dawn control system. My wife and I  both drive in from work now to a secured and nicely lit up home in the evening. I feel Live Visions landscape lighting is the best landscape lighting company in Raleigh NC.

Jay R.  Henderson NC

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2. Functionality

Landscape lighting also plays a pivotal role in the way you use your outdoor space. If you find yourself moving inside once the sun goes down, you could be missing out. After all, there’s no better time to enjoy the cool evening breeze or simply unwind from the stress of a long day. Landscape lighting gives you the ability to extend your living space and your time outside.

 

3. Safety & Convenience

Although landscape lighting does beautify your yard and all of its important features, it also promotes safety. Home exteriors are full of potential dangers, like stairs, drop-offs, pools and tripping hazards. Lighting can help to prevent falls or other injuries. Illuminating your driveway, walkways and house number helps visitors to arrive safely and makes your home easy to find.

 

Enjoy your home and backyard in the evening hours this summer with outdoor landscape lighting

 

 

We can also fix or upgrade your older outdated lighting system to energy-saving LED lighting

 

Give us a Call today to see your Home and Yard in a whole new Light 919-518-9950

 

 

 

 

good lighting designs

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Good lighting design and educating my clients in the differences. These are a few examples of Good vs Bad outdoor landscape lighting.  My job as a lighting designer is to help educate my clients all about proper lighting design techniques. It seems I see so many BAD landscape lighting jobs when I ride out of these subdivisions in the evening that I have to call attention to them to help my clients SEE and hopefully understand the difference.

With properly designed and installed outdoor landscape lighting,there are a few things to consider as a lighting designer.

Lumens: lumens is lighting output of a lamp or LED chip

I see many many jobs where the light level is way too much on a homes architecture or on trees or plant material,causing a really bright hot spot on the bottom middle of the object itself.

 

Another thing viewed at night are the wrong color temperature lighting or the wrong width lamp which can create a V pattern going up the walls and architecture of the home.

As a lighting designer I want to create soft illumination on what I light and use a proper spread of illumination to light trees from at least two or more sides to create a portrait with illumination for the client to view thru their windows or doors. Not just a one sided vision that the neighbors can view passing by. The world we live in is not just one dimensional.

I have been blessed with the ability to envision things that are not yet there to create a private backyard sanctuary for my clients to enjoy in the evening hours,to highlight all their favorite things about their residence.

 

Here are a few examples of BAD lighting,Hot spots and not enough lighting to properly illuminate the homes architecture.

Please remember: before you hire that other contractor to install your lighting because of some advertised special or as one of their many other services.

 

Researching and choosing the right landscape lighting designer who has a vision is much like commissioning a piece of art for your residence.

At Lite Visions Landscape Lighting:

We are not light fixture sales people.

We are true lighting designers whose pallet is illumination of your beautiful homes architecture and landscape and as such we possess the ability to create your private sanctuary to enjoy in the evening hours.

 

Imagine driving home to your own private backyard oasis after that stressful work day  and coming home to sit under the stars with the beautiful illuminated backdrop behind you listening to soft music and letting your cares leave your mind.

Compare these examples of GOOD lighting design to the photos of BAD lighting.

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