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good lighting designs

Posted on January 23, 2023January 22, 2023 by admin in Landscape Lighting, Outdoor Lighting

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.

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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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Good Vs Bad Outdoor Lighting Design

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What makes us Unique

Posted on January 22, 2023January 22, 2023 by admin in Landscape Lighting

What makes us Unique at Lite Visions Landscape Lighting is several things :

Being an actual accredited lighting technician and designer coming from over 35 years in the concert and stage lighting industry working with acts from starting with local bands to theatre and arena tours.

Being a lighting technician as well , when I got into Landscape Lighting I searched out only the best products available to the professional from fixtures to transformers and cables and connection methods.

I get many calls from people who have problems with their outdoor landscape lighting not or partially not working and have seen many reasons why.

Most reasons are poor wiring connections and cheap wire choices as well as cheap fixtures and lamp sockets that don’t make a solid connection. Wire nuts that come FREE from some lighting companies make a terrible connection and some people don’t tighten them down properly.

A few photos of bad lighting jobs I have fixed that others have installed below. Most require a complete system rebuild.

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We use top quality solid brass connections with allen screws to tighten into the wiring,these are covered by a silicone filled heat shrink connector that goes past each end of the connection and guarantees no moisture will get into the wiring.

There is a lighting franchise that has been sold several times in the area as well as contractors who do other work and include lighting after they took a 2 hour class by a lighting manufacture.

Also irrigation companies and landscape companies who get paid and are gone and some can’t even troubleshoot their own work if anything happens down the road.

Lite Visions cares about clients becoming members of our family as we depend on word of mouth referrals from our satisfied clients to tell others about our trouble free landscape lighting installations.

Our background in lighting has allowed us to select the finest fixtures that will last a long time,along with being able to change lumens on plants as the plantings grow if needed,we usually prefer a lower lumen lever to create a unique work of art as we paint your landscape with illumination.

We might use more fixtures than another company due to our artistic vision as using one light per tree sometimes does not properly illuminate that object.

If you are searching for outdoor landscape lighting,make sure if you are getting more than one quote,they show the products,connection methods and how long they have been in business along with their google reviews.

I am a Raleigh native and a homeowner and am proud of the fact I am a local small business owner in our community with many 5 star google reviews.

https://night-scenes.com/2013/11/13/top-3-low-voltage-outdoor-lighting-problems-and-their-solutions/

Retrofitting landscape lighting systems with energy saving LED Lamps.

Posted on September 21, 2022January 6, 2023 by admin in Landscape Lighting, Outdoor Lighting, outdoor lighting professionals raleigh

There are many old halogen systems that are in need of a landscape lighting led retrofit. A lot of these outdoor lighting systems are in dire need of maintenance from having the wrong color temperature bulbs that either the homeowner or someone else installed to just some of the lights not working at all to the lights are just falling apart or have bad/old wiring to the plant material being 3 times larger and way outgrown the original lighting plan. I see this in the evenings when I ride thru some of the older neighborhoods like Wakefield, Bedford,Weston,Preston when leaving a new outdoor lighting installation and driving the the neighborhoods at night. These things happened over a long time due to either poor maintenance or lack of any maintenance. Maintenance on the outdoor landscape lighting would have included re-positioning lights as plants grew along with cleaning fixtures and checking lights and timers bi annually to keep your outdoor landscape lighting looking like new always. Contact Lite Visions today to get your old outdoor lighting system looking like new once again.

a great lighting blog by our friends in Utah

https://www.utahlights.com/blog/replace-vs-repair-landscape-lighting

My paintbrush is illumination of the landscape

Posted on September 12, 2022January 7, 2023 by admin in Landscape Lighting, Low Voltage landscape lighting, Outdoor Lighting, outdoor lighting professionals raleigh

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From Lighting the Stars to Lighting under the Stars

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Member Association of Outdoor Lighting Professionals

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Outdoor Landscape Lighting Design for each customer, not simply a cookie cutter design

Posted on January 5, 2021May 5, 2024 by admin in Landscape Lighting, Low Voltage landscape lighting, Outdoor Lighting, outdoor lighting professionals raleigh

Lite Visions outdoor landscape lighting design provides a unique and distinctive lighting design for each of our clients.Joe, our designer has over 35 years working in the live concert industry as a lighting technician and lighting designer. We see things different than most outdoor lighting companies, from our fixtures to the smallest details because we design and install our systems to be trouble free. Many outdoor lighting installers use fixtures with cheap lamp sockets and connections which are the heart and soul of an outdoor lighting system.

Lite Visions takes pride in using only fixtures with the BEST led lamps and locking lamp sockets as well as making sure our connections are bulletproof to last many many years after your installation. The transformers and cable are rated the best available to give our clients peace of mind knowing their outdoor landscape lighting system will not have call backs due to problems

When Joe retired and came off the touring road a few years ago, he visited with some out of state contractors and several different lighting manufactures to find the best installation methods and equipment available for his clients.

Lite Visions is a genuine small business that considers our clients as members of our family and we truly enjoy creating an outdoor oasis for your family to enjoy.

Outdoor Landscape Lighting design and installation is our only business and not simply a sideline or a outdoor lighting franchise. Most of our happy outdoor landscape lighting clients come from previous lighting customer referrals.

Lite Visions Outdoor Landscape Lighting Raleigh’s landscape lighting experts

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LITE VISIONS LANDSCAPE LIGHTING’S OWNER JOE’S CONCERT LIGHTING HISTORY TO OUTDOOR LANDSCAPE LIGHTING HISTORY IN NASHVILLE IN THE MID 90S

Posted on September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 by admin in Landscape Lighting

Going from concert lighting to landscape lighting was an easy transition for me coming from many years in the concert lighting industry. One of the concert lighting companies I worked with in the mid 90s was Bandit Lights in Nashville. Bandit had a rich history and I had been calling and sending in a resume for a few years. In 1993 as I was just starting a huge tour I called home from my Miami hotel suite to check in with my mom and had a message from a friend at Bandit,he said call they want you to come in and talk about a tour.I went to Knoxville and spoke with the owner and soon went out on the first tour with Dan Fogelberg as the lighting technician. That tour ended and I got a call back in NC could I go out and do a Christmas tour with the Oak Ridge Boys. The Oak Ridge Boys,Brenda Lee and Alvin and the Chipmunks. A little after Christmas I got a call asking if I would thing about relocating to Nashville to work on a tour with a new country artist Alan Jackson on his first headline tour. Nashville turned out to be a nice place and you run into so many artists while at the Kroger shopping. We did a songwriter award show at the Ryman auditorium and not being so country music aware,a nice gentleman came back by my dimmer area side stage and asked if he could sit back there with me . a few minutes later my boss from Bandit called me on the headset and said,Joe how do you know Vince Gill 🙂

I did a few weekend gigs with our account at the time WWF wrestling which carried a huge lighting production,I have to say there is nothing more humorous than fogging up the Undertakers coffin so another wrestler could break it up with an axe during a backstage cutaway scene. WWF was sure alot of fun and alof of frequent flyer miles.

Probably my most memorable tours were with Billy Ray Cyrus who we got to see go from headlining arenas to going down to just one truck to playing casinos. The other side of the coin was being a part of a country tour where Tim Mcgraw was opening for Little Texas with Blackhawk opening,seemed like overnight don’t take the girl came out we did a video shoot and bam suddenly people knew the words and sang it louder than Tim did,we watched Tim turn into the headline act and it could have not happened to a nicer guy.

http://www.banditlites.com/About%20Us/40YearsofBandit.pdfhttp://www.banditlites.com/About%20Us/40YearsofBandit.pdf

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Creating your own backyard escape with outdoor landscape lighting.

Posted on July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 by admin in Landscape Lighting, Outdoor Lighting, outdoor lighting professionals raleigh

With alot of families staying home and enjoying their backyard patio and pool outdoor areas currently, we have seen a large amount of outdoor landscape lighting installed in these areas so the family can enjoy their outdoor areas well into the late evening hours. Outdoor landscape lighting not only enhances your homes safety and security ,but creates a resort style ambiance and gives your property the feeling it is ok to walk around outside no matter the hour. Here are a few photos of some recent outdoor landscape lighting in the Raleigh NC area.Contact us today to create your own backyard escape.

Lite Visions Outdoor Landscape Lighting Google 5 star reviews

Posted on June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 by admin in Landscape Lighting, Outdoor Lighting, outdoor lighting professionals raleigh

Here are a few recent 5 star reviews for Lite Visions Outdoor Landscape Lighting from our happy customers

Jennifer Rodriguez Positive: Professionalism, Punctuality, Quality, Responsiveness, Value,Joe was a true professional from start to finish. He came highly recommended and now I know why. His vision, ideas and overall presentation was what made him stand out. Now our front yard really “pops” compared to others in out neighborhood. It’s not overdone… it’s just perfect! Thanks Joe! Can’t wait to have you do the pool area next.

My Winston Positive: Professionalism, Punctuality, Quality, Responsiveness, ValueThe lighting installed by lite visions has made a significant difference in the appearance of our home. Joe is very knowledgeable, helpful and passionate. He helped us choose the appropriate location for the lights so that it would enhance the look of our house. He did an awesome job helping us choose the right spots and gave us great design. The work was completed on time. He is a thorough professional and he absolutely knows what he is doing and what is best for the customer’s house. It was a great experience. Can’t wait to work with him on our backyard lighting. I would recommend him for any kind of landscape lighting work. He is the best!!! Ben

Stacey Wilbourne Positive: Professionalism, Punctuality, Quality, Responsiveness, ValueWorking with Lite Visins was a dream. Joe came out and did a great job with design and installation…seamless from start to finish! We will be using him again in the near future! Highly recommend!!!

Google link to all our 5 star reviews

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Why outdoor landscape lighting is one of the best investments a homeowner can make

Posted on March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 by admin in Landscape Lighting, Outdoor Lighting, outdoor lighting professionals raleigh

One of the fastest and easiest ways to boost your curb appeal and show off the beauty of your Raleigh home is to add outdoor landscape lighting in the areas that will provide maximum impact making it a great investment. By highlighting the best features of your home, not only you can be sure it looks its best, even after night falls; outdoor lighting can also be used to show off the other investments you’ve made to improve your curb appeal.

Taking the time to properly light the exterior of your home can showcase your home and call attention to the features you love most, without making expensive changes to the structure of your home or yard.

HIGHLIGHTING YOUR HOME

WITH OUTDOOR LIGHTING

outdoor landscape lighting jobs by Lite Visions Landscape Lighting

Some of the changes you make to the exterior of your home won’t even be visible after dark unless you highlight them with your lighting choices. outdoor lighting is one of the least expensive ways to boost curb appeal and makes a big impact on your home’s exterior. With lighting, you can pick out and highlight your home’s best features – while leaving those you’d prefer not to show off or that are in need of attention in the dark.

SHOW OFF YOUR LANDSCAPE FEATURES

WITH OUTDOOR LIGHTING

The landscape, garden, even that beautiful statue or water feature will shine after dark if you highlight them with the right lighting. Exterior lighting enhances all the other improvements you’ve made and improves your home’s appeal, even after dark. By highlighting your improvements with up lighting,tree lighting and other lighting effects, you can be sure you get the most from your curb appeal investment.

OUTDOOR LIGHTING BOOSTS

SAFETY AND SECURITY

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An investment in outdoor lighting does more than just make your home look great; by illuminating your lawn and yard you make your home a less appealing target to potential burglars and those possibly wishing to do you harm.

Lighting up the areas around windows and doorways and walkways can and will enhance the look of your home and boost your security as well.

Outdoor lighting is about more than crime prevention; by using lights to illuminate walkways and paths, you make your yard safe and easy to navigate. Your family and guests will appreciate being able to navigate the yard and reach your home without safely in the evenings.

Whether you want to enhance your curb appeal, show off the unique features of your yard and home or improve your home’s safety, outdoor lighting can help. Call Lite Visions today at 919-518-9950 to find out how easy it is to make a lasting impression with the right outdoor lighting. We can help you decide what you need to showcase your home’s best features and to give you peace of mind about the safety and security of your home, too.

Outdoor lighting installed on bridge over water feature and walkway providing safety in the evenings.

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

Why now is the best time to create your backyard oasis with outdoor landscape lighting.

Posted on March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 by admin in Landscape Lighting, Outdoor Lighting, outdoor lighting professionals raleigh

After one of our lighting customers explained why they wanted outdoor lighting around their backyard patio deck and pool area more than ever right now it made total sense.

She said,We had a vacation planned and now can not go so we are going to turn our backyard and pool into our own resort to enjoy since we have to stay at home. Being home with family and enjoying that time in our own backyard.

Let Lite Visions Landscape Lighting help create your own private oasis to enjoy with your family

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