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Painting with Light to create an oasis

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As an Outdoor Lighting Designer, I like to paint with light to create an inviting atmosphere for you and your guests to enjoy in the evening. Outdoor lighting should never be harsh or overpowering, Lite Visions specializes in outdoor lighting systems that are distinctive to your home, garden, and property. We design a lighting system that provides soft but inviting lighting. Lite Visions from our concert and theatrical lighting background use many theatrical techniques including soft filters and different lighting fixtures, shields and lamps and sometimes even color. We then combine all this with our experience to bring the exterior of your home to life in the evening. Remember, even if one of the outdoor lighting franchises was trying to sell you on the beauty of their copper or brass light. The true purpose of a lighting designer if to conceal the fixtures as much as possible so that you only see the effect, not the lights.

a beautiful evening oasis ,created by the right outdoor lighting

Good Vs Bad Outdoor Lighting Design

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Today’s blog is going to talk about things we have seen driving in the evening from installing a lighting installation.

Here is the first example below of good and bad lighting placements, the fixture in the grass will be beaten up by lawn maintenance and equipment and will not last very long in that area. Path lights should be installed in a mulched bed or walkway to not only use them properly for their effect but also to protect them from landscapers and equipment. Also notice you do not see the lamp source only a soft pool of lighting with good lighting. You should never see the bulb or glare in a lighting fixture if the lighting is properly designed with the correct fixtures.

  • Bad Design Fixture In Grass
  • Good Design Fixture Protected
  • Good Design and Path Lights provide safety light

DO NOT place lights under windows ever,this not only looks bad but will also cause lighting to spill into windows and cause a glare so you can’t see out of your windows. A lighting designer would never install lights under a window. As a lighting designer we use several filters and know the difference in lamp color temperatures.

  • Waste of money lighting under windows
  • Notice architecture softly lit with no glare from windows. pathway also lit softly

Transformer placement, shiny aluminum transformers should be hidden behind plant materials or placed alongside other mechanical equipment,Transformers should never be seen in plain sight in front of a home or building.

  • Ugly transformer job
    and even lit up at night

  • Transformer well hidden out of sight behind plant materials
  • Do you see the transformer ?

Call or contact us today if you want your outdoor lighting design done right the first time.

919-518-9950

WiFi Control Modules To Control Indoor or outdoor lighting Raleigh

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We are now using and installing wifi sockets for some outdoor lighting installations that plug into any outlet.

 

These small modules are easy to setup and program right into your homes wifi signal, you can easily program indoor lamps to come on when your outdoor lights come on.

Imagine pulling up to your dark home and being able to turn lights on by simply touching the app on your phone.

Most any item that plugs into an outlet can be controlled with these small modules.

Use your smart phone and turn on your lamps when you leave work late or to simply turn on lights so the animals won’t be left at home in the dark if you are running late.

The app has several different ways to program your lights on a schedule or simply turn them on and off right from your phone.

One customer has 2 window unit air conditioners programmed to come on in the afternoons to help keep his home cool with his central units.

Turn your lamps On or Off with one touch on your phone app, when going to bed or in the middle of the night.

Never touch a lamp twist button again.

Call or contact us thru the website to find out more about these modules and how they simplify your life

   919-518-9950

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