. Here are a few outdoor landscape lighting techniques we use at Lite Visions Landscape Lighting for developing distinctive and functional designs to put your property in the best light when the sun sets.
Up Lighting Example
Up-Lighting – Offering a greater contrast effect than typical wall-washing with floodlights, Lighting fixtures are placed closer to a building for a bolder effect. The goal is to focus guest’s attention to the most beautiful or intriguing parts of your landscape. This may relate to the architectural features of your home or, features in the landscape such as trees, statues, or fountains.
Silhouetting – By placing a fixture behind the feature, aimed towards an adjacent wall, you can create an illuminated backdrop. This landscape lighting technique creates intrigue by using lighting to make interesting outlines or profiles of features. Similar to up-lighting, spotlights and well lights work best to create these dramatic shapes.
Shadowing – A similar technique to silhouetting, shadowing also places the fixture towards the base of the feature, aimed towards an adjacent wall. However, the goal is to create a softer shadow, and often works best with a tree that has open, delicate foliage. The effect of the tree’s movement in the wind is sure to add drama to any home facade. Spotlights, well lights, and floodlights can help you achieve this effect.
Moonlighting – Create moonlighting techniques by placing a downlight fixture with a full glare guard high up inside a tree and angled downwards. This effect looks like moonlight shining down through the branches. It causes attractive shadow patterns on the ground to appear, plus it provides a very natural and beautiful lighting effect. This effect works best with open-branched trees.
Downlighting – The down-lighting technique is similar to the moonlighting technique, although brighter and less subtle. Place a fixture high up, inside a feature like a trellis, tree, or eave, and cast downwards over a large area. Place the light higher if you intend to illuminate a large portion of the yard, and lower if you wish to illuminate a path or garden.
Allow Lite Visions the outdoor lighting experts to help you figure out what outdoor lighting techniques work best for your home and property
Getting a professional outdoor landscape lighting design is better than doing it yourself for a several important reasons. Of course, as a landscape lighting company we may seem a bit biased. But Lite Visions is extremely proud of the work we do here, and we love it! So we put together a few benefits our customers love from our lighting services. We hope you enjoy!
SAVINGS
You save a few different things by hiring Lite Visions for your professional landscape lighting. The first thing you save is money. We know, that sounds crazy. Most of the time when you buy lights yourself you do not get the best quality lights that last. So you wind up spending more money on replacing them when with us you would never spend money on light replacements. Gotta love our warranty! Improper setup of your lights can also cause them to not last as long.
Time is another factor. Landscape lighting is a project. It’s not like buying a new tire for your car, which some people still outsource. Unless you happen to have experience in this field you are going to have to do research to figure out how to set everything up. How hard could it be? Well, there are some things you need to know about wiring like how much for different lights voltage drop etc. You’ll need to know how big of a transformer to buy in order to power all your lights as well as how to check amps and wiring loads. We could go on, but the point is you save a lot of time by hiring Lite Visions landscape lighting company, and you actually get to enjoy the experience of lighting your beautiful home and property.
The last thing you save on is tiresome rearranging of your lights. Lite visions is a professional landscape lighting designer. That means we figure out exactly what you want, give you our advice on opportunities we see at your home, and execute so you never have to worry about it again. You won’t want to rearrange your lights as much, because you’ll know Lite visions got it right the first time.
QUALITY
Professional outdoor landscape lighting is Lite visions business. It is what we do. When you work with us, you get the best quality landscape lighting products and designs for your home. We know what works and what does not work. Our designer may have ideas after seeing your home that you haven’t even thought of yet. We have done this at a lot of homes,even with an architect’s drawing, so we seldom run into situations that we have not already seen before.
PROPERTY VALUE
In addition to improving how your home looks, it also increases your property value . The obvious one is that it will help you sell your home if that time ever comes. The second reason is that people will think your home looks much better if it has professional outdoor landscape lighting. So, not only is your home more valuable after a professional outdoor lighting job, but its curb appeal also shines.
GET WHAT YOU WANT
Have you ever tried to put something together and it didn’t quite look right? That’s how things sometimes turn out when you do landscape lighting yourself. Why is that? We believe it is because there is an art to what we do. We paint your landscape with light. There is also a science to it. Like we said before, we have done this before and we know what works and what doesn’t. When you sign up with us, we work with you to find out exactly what you are looking for and make sure you get exactly what you want. That’s part of what makes Lite Visions professional outdoor landscape lighting professional.
I recently courtesy of my friend google, met the nicest young couple who have built a beautiful new home in our area. After speaking on the phone and setting up an appointment to meet one evening, we got in the car and at their request drove the the neighborhood of million plus homes to look at examples of good and not so good outdoor landscape lighting. With it being so close to Christmas I have to say I got to see some beautiful homes lit very nicely from some of the holiday lighting companies. My new friends evidently already had the local neighborhood handyman sprinkler installer who also does lights approach them and after viewing his work ,they decided they needed to call a actual outdoor landscape lighting designer. They talked about the too white ugly lights on a few homes where it seemed someone bought lights with whatever lamps they came with and stuck them under windows and created a nice horror movie look,spooky as the wife said. After our drive,I pulled out the battery pack and a few lights and with the husband walked around and looked at a few effects, we signed a contract that evening for their install and even ended up adding extra lights and will be doing more in several stages as the front is finished and the next phase in the back begins.I feel like we were brought together by a force bigger than us both and I am so fortunate to get to do what I love and enjoy for yet another beautiful home. Happy Holidays from Lite Visions.
At Lite Visions,every single outdoor landscape lighting job is unique and we have the intention of creating a vision with our lighting that will ensure not only that our customer is happy but everyone who sees the lighting will have to ask. WOW, WHO DID YOUR LIGHTING?
We always try to go one step further in helping the customer understand how light works,from driving thru a neighborhood looking at both good and not so good lighting jobs and trying to come up with a feel for what they like and creating a life changing outdoor landscape lighting design plan for them to enjoy for years to come. Including lighting fixtures that are not only stylish and trendy,but also have the best warranty available to the outdoor lighting design professional.
Lite Visions Outdoor Landscape Lighting, We bring your outdoor spaces to Life after dark with the perfect lighting solutions.
At Lite Visions Landscape Lighting we take pride in our unique and distinctive outdoor landscape lighting designs and we were fortunate enough to come across a innovative fellow from Canada who manufactures these great light fixtures that not only project shadows across the yard and walkway.,but they as the first customers who saw them said. WOW, those are a work of art in the daytime.
See your home in a whole new light this evening with professionally designed and installed outdoor landscape lighting.
EXHIBITOR SPOTLIGHT: LITE VISIONS LANDSCAPE LIGHTING INC.
copied from a home show blog we did earlier this season
We’re excited to have Lite Visions Landscape Lighting join us at the Fairgrounds Southern Ideal Home Show. Lite Visions Lighting Designer Joe, went from lighting up the stars to lighting under the stars with his outdoor lighting, architectural lighting and landscape lighting design firm Lite Visions. Lite Visions landscape lighting is located in Raleigh NC and currently services the following areas: Apex, Cary, Chapel Hill, Clayton, Durham, Fuquay Varina, Garner, Goldsboro, Holly Springs, Knightdale, Morrisville, Raleigh, Smithfield, Wake Forest and Zebulon. Lite Visions is not a lighting franchise, which anyone can purchase. Lite Visions is locally owned lighting design and installation company. They pride themselves in delivering the best LED Outdoor Fixture, workmanship and customer service to our clients in Raleigh and the surrounding areas. We do custom outdoor lighting to both residential and commercial properties.
Before seeing the team at booth #2347, get to know more about them in our brief interview below.
Describe your products and services.From Lighting the Stars to Lighting Under The Stars: Lite Visions Owner and Raleigh Native, Joe went from working with Concert acts Whitney Houston, Tim Mcgraw and Alan Jackson to the Christmas Sensation The Trans Siberian Orchestra as a Lighting Technician and Lighting Designer. Joe is now designing and installing unique outdoor and architectural lighting in the NC area. We also update older outdoor lighting systems. Please see our 5 star reviews on google.
What is your best home or garden tip for the season? If you are considering outdoor lighting, please make sure the person you use knows what they are doing. I see jobs where the job looks cheap due to the fact someone put lights under the windows of the home instead of lighting up the architecture of the home. Or they installed a transformer in plain sight of the front of the home. A number of people install lights, that does not mean they are lighting designers. I paint pictures with light.
What are your featured deals this season? I work with companies who offer the best products and warranty available in the professional outdoor lighting industry. I stand behind my installations and get many referrals because of that.
What are your home and garden pet peeves? Seeing a BAD lighting job when I drive out of a neighborhood in the evening knowing some homeowner paid good money for that job and does not know the difference. We are not a lighting franchise that can be sold to anyone wanting to open a franchise business. We do not sell or install inferior products just to make a profit. All of our products have the best professional warranty available to the lighting professional. As a lighting designer. I want to walk into a home and see what the owner’s view is outside to paint a beautiful picture with lighting that they can view. Some installers just put up a few lights that people riding by the home can see, that is not a lighting design. But what their franchise told them to sell as a package. Some companies stick lights in the ground and never come back to see how they look at night.
What is the strangest client request you’ve ever received? To light a big tree in a front yard that I would not have chosen to light, the couples son had recently passed away and he had planted that tree for his mom. When I heard that story I lit that tree for no charge.
What is your favorite part of the home show? Meeting and making friends from all walks of life and hearing the ohhs and ahhs from them the first time we turn their new lighting on. I recently did a lighting design and spent alot of time with the client over several evenings. He was so in awe of what the initial lighting looked like that we installed more lighting and he was like a kid with a new toy. I am passionate about my lighting designs.
Any additional information you’d like people to know? Professional outdoor landscape lighting is not cheap, I work with an interior designer who says “Do it right and you only cry once”. My designs include seeing the effects not the light source.I work with many different types of fixtures, lamps,color temperatures,filters and shields. Maintenance is a must,I can’t tell you how many old installs I get called to look at where a fixture or cable has grown into a tree.
The Fairgrounds Southern Ideal Home Show is taking over the North Carolina State Fairgrounds April 5-7, 2019. Don’t have your tickets yet? Buy online and save $2!
APRIL 5-7, 2019 NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIRGROUNDS
creating a nighttime backdrop with professional outdoor lighting
As a professional lighting designer I think of myself as creating a portrait with my outdoor lighting designs using light as my brush and my client’s home and property as my canvas with the end results looking like a beautiful resort with it’s breathtaking views at night after the sun sets.
I recently had a property owner contact me to see if I could work off their landscape architects plans for their landscape lighting. The first thing I noticed was the trees not lit up properly and too many obtrusive path lighting fixtures. We met and walked the property in person and came up with a plan that would be the icing on the cake of their renovations. After getting the landscaping in and their outdoor patio furniture and fire table I was able to see their views from the seating areas and came up with a plan completely different from the landscape architects for their outdoor landscape lighting. This is the view when walking in the backyard gate. These stunning lighting fixtures are works of art as well as throwing off beautiful shadows across and onto the walk in.
In this patio area I felt it was important for the to use the beautiful fence as a backdrop for the outdoor landscape lighting with the new trees and water features throwing soft shadows all along the fence ,but keeping the seating and fire table area out of any direct lighting.
Outdoor landscape lighting design is being able to visualize something that others can’t see.
Getting a professional outdoor landscape lighting design is better than doing it yourself for a several important reasons. Of course, as a landscape lighting company we may seem a bit biased. But Lite Visions is extremely proud of the work we do here, and we love it! So we put together a few benefits our customers love from our lighting services. We hope you enjoy!
Savings
You save a few different things by hiring Lite Visions for your professional landscape lighting. The first thing you save is money. We know, that sounds crazy. Most of the time when you buy lights yourself you do not get the best quality lights that last. So you wind up spending more money on replacing them when with us you would never spend money on light replacements. Gotta love our warranty! Improper setup of your lights can also cause them to not last as long.
Time is another factor. Landscape lighting is a project. It’s not like buying a new tire for your car, which some people still outsource. Unless you happen to have experience in this field you are going to have to do research to figure out how to set everything up. How hard could it be? Well, there are some things you need to know about wiring like how much for different lights voltage drop etc. You’ll need to know how big of a transformer to buy in order to power all your lights as well as how to check amps and wiring loads. We could go on, but the point is you save a lot of time by hiring Lite Visions landscape lighting company, and you actually get to enjoy the experience of lighting your beautiful home and property.
The last thing you save on is tiresome rearranging of your lights. Lite visions is a professional landscape lighting designer. That means we figure out exactly what you want, give you our advice on opportunities we see at your home, and execute so you never have to worry about it again. You won’t want to rearrange your lights as much, because you’ll know Lite visions got it right the first time.
Quality
Professional outdoor landscape lighting is Lite visions business. It is what we do. When you work with us, you get the best quality landscape lighting products and designs for your home. We know what works and what does not work. Our designer may have ideas after seeing your home that you haven’t even thought of yet. We have done this at a lot of homes,even with an architect’s drawing, so we seldom run into situations that we have not already seen before.
Property Value
In addition to improving how your home looks, it also increases your property value . The obvious one is that it will help you sell your home if that time ever comes. The second reason is that people will think your home looks much better if it has professional outdoor landscape lighting. So, not only is your home more valuable after a professional outdoor lighting job, but its curb appeal also shines.
Get What You Want
Have you ever tried to put something together and it didn’t quite look right? That’s how things sometimes turn out when you do landscape lighting yourself. Why is that? We believe it is because there is an art to what we do. We paint your landscape with light. There is also a science to it. Like we said before, we have done this before and we know what works and what doesn’t. When you sign up with us, we work with you to find out exactly what you are looking for and make sure you get exactly what you want. That’s part of what makes Lite Visions professional outdoor landscape lighting professional.
October: October is halfway thru the month and it is getting dark earlier and earlier.
Every evening I am surprised at how early the sun goes down.
And these shorter days and longer nights lead to a big huge home security concern: lighting.
Seems every October we get more calls about outdoor lighting than last year because of the early darker evenings as people become concerned about getting home after it is already dark. The best remedy for this is outdoor lighting that works from dusk to dawn so you do not have to drive up to a dark home.
Lighting serves an important role in two different ways to help keep your home safe:
1) Inside, it deters burglars by giving the impression that someone is home.
2) Outside, it deters burglars by taking away hiding spots in the darkness.
Lite Visions will check for safety hazards. Check the lighting on stairs and walkways in particular. Are there any dark spots that would be safer with lighting? Is your yard clearly lit for any visitors who aren’t familiar with any hazards like your family may be? Can someone easily find their way from the garage to the house in the dark? Lite Visions will help find these areas and make plans to make it safer.
Call Lite Visions today for more information about your personalized outdoor lighting system to keep your home and family safe.
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
Wanted soft lighting that I could appreciate from both inside and outside. Very satisfied and appreciate the artistic approach to lighting! Highly recommend.
Kathy Aspenwall
1 February 2025
Joe did an amazing job on our lighting project! He’s a true artist with decades of lighting experience and it shows. On top of that, he’s incredibly interesting to talk with and a genuinely nice guy! We couldn’t be happier! Thanks again Joe!!!
Larry Davis
23 October 2024
I spoke with 5 landscape light companies to replace my existing system. Lite Visions is truly professional and the system installed is 10x more dynamic than any others I have looked at. It is well worth the price!
Larry Mackell
4 September 2024
Very knowledgeable and professional
Tara Wasilewicz
1 September 2024
We selected Lite Vision Landscape Lighting Inc to design and install accent lighting for our home and we couldn't be more pleased. Choosing to work with Joe, a professional landscape lighting designer with a background in stage lighting, was absolutely well worth the investment.
Joe just didn't demo a lighting package, but educated us on the proper use of lighting and techniques that would be used to enhance the architectural features unique to our home and landscape. This extra step helped us appreciate the final design and installation even more.
It's been a year and we are still extremely pleased with the design, the product and the service. So pleased, we have asked Joe to design and install landscape lighting for our backyard.
We can't say enough about Lite Vision Landscape Lighting Inc. We highly recommend Joe for your lighting project.
D Dorsey
12 August 2024
Joe is a magician with light!
Being a magician is not his only strength, he is also really good at the customer service aspect of his business: He listens well, tells you what will work, and sets up evening demonstrations to give you an idea of what the finished product will look like. His after-install service is also excellent, we had some minor failures after a couple of days and he came back right away to resolve the problem and replace the failed hardware. I will be using him again shortly!
John Marra
28 July 2024
Joe did a superb job both in design and installation. Easy to work with and dependable.
Highly recommend.
Frank Papa
2 July 2024
Joe is does an amazing job with the lighting and is also just a sweet person who takes pride in his work and goes the extra mile to make sure it's absolutely perfect!! He's the best!
Rich Work
20 June 2024
Joe is not just a lighting installer, he’s a creative artist, a lighting luminary! He produces ambiences that illicit positive emotions with each experience. Joe is passionate about lighting and takes extreme pride in his work and educating customers on proper lighting. Most may not know this, but Joe ran concert lighting for some the highest acclaimed musical artist in sold out arenas, hence his unique and experiential approach to landscaping lighting. He considers the small but transformative details that others don’t, and that is what makes him the best in the business.
When you work with Joe you can expect the following: A great customer experience, excellent communication, superior service, the best quality, and exceeded expectations! Here are a few pictures of patio lights Joe installed for me. My wife and I love our patio and the ambiance created by Joe’s lights. Our neighbors and guests always compliment how nice our patio looks at night with the lights.
I am looking forward to working with Joe on a couple of more lighting projects. Once you have worked with the best, you don’t want to work with anyone else.
Thanks Joe!
-Jeremy
Jeremy Walker
15 June 2024
Joe did a great job on our project. He brought a great knowledge base and creative vision to our large project, and was very responsive to a tight deadline for an event we were up against. He was also conscious about what is practical for maintenance with landscaping crews. The end result is fantastic and I’m really re-inspired by our property now ! Absolutely gorgeous.
Johanna Caplan
19 May 2024
Joe is an artist. His eye for lighting is amazing. The colors, the shadows, the highlights turned my house into the best in the neighborhood!!! There’s no doubt in my mind that my house’s value has significantly increased!!! Thank you Joe
William Teakell
23 April 2024
This is the best decision we made to have Joe come and transform our curb appeal by his deep expertise, passion and unique eye for lighting. He is an artist and a true professional. He is fair in his pricing and dedicated to delighting customers. We can't wait to do more lighting with you in the future. Don't look any further, I don't know how you could have a better experience and result than Lite Visions! He also recommended Woody with Carolina Professional Landscapes to do some refreshing of our beds and plant varieties and it made a huge difference. If you need both, they are the dream team!
Mandi Carbon
6 February 2024
I came in with a vision for what I wanted for my back yard patio, but Lite Visions showed me that I could have been aiming much higher. I'm nothing but pleased with how it turned out. The quality of the product and the service is very good, and they worked with me and my schedule to get things set up quickly and conveniently. Joe really, truly understood what I needed and was able to get the project done.
Matt Basta
27 December 2023
Joe
Did a great job fixing our landscape light problem. He was able to troubleshoot and repair the problem quickly and a a great price. He does fantastic work work and plan on using him for the next big job. He is very nice to talk with and gave great advice
Greg Weiss
3 November 2023
Joe did a great job of lighting our house. He’s very nice, talented, and shows up when he says he will. I wanted the lights to accentuate house, not so lit up that it’s like a runway. Because he has a background with doing lighting for concerts, he knew where to place the light for best results, not just randomly placing them anywhere. After driving around neighborhood, our lighting is also ‘softer’ - not so bright and definitely not as white. You don’t think too much about that (at least I didn’t), until you look at everyone else’s. Personally, I think ours look better. It’s nice because he’s the owner and installer. We are very pleased that we went with him.
