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Lighting Design Techniques for Creating Dramatic Effects
Progress Lighting offers the following tips and design techniques to follow when planning landscape design, ensuring your yard will be a wonderful environment where your friends and family can relax.
Accent Lighting
Also known as spot lighting, this effect uses cross lighting and uplighting techniques to showcase a particular item in your garden with bright light in an otherwise dark area. Use an accessory shield to avoid glare.
Path Lighting
Grazing
Uplighting
Lighting along paths and driveways enhances the overall theme of your outdoor space while preventing accidents in the dark.
• Position lights on alternate sides for even illumination
• Define edges by positioning lights about one foot from one or both sides of the path
• Position lights to avoid shadows when used at steps, as well as away from plants so they don’t interfere with light distribution
Grazing light is an effect that illuminates the outline of a particular tree, shrub or architectural feature to enhance its shape and texture. This must be done precisely and is usually requires mounting a carefully positioned spotlight 6 to 12 inches from the surface.
Highlight or accent distinct plants, trees or accessories in your yard by positioning in-ground lights close to your focal point.
The best way to enhance the texture of objects outdoors is by mounting spotlight or floodlight fixtures on the ground.