{"id":733,"date":"2014-02-26T18:06:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T00:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/night-scenes.com\/?p=733"},"modified":"2014-02-26T18:06:07","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T00:06:07","slug":"we-dont-sell-landscape-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/night-scenes.com\/2014\/02\/26\/we-dont-sell-landscape-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"We Don't Sell Landscape Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just got back from the annual AOLP<\/a> outdoor lighting conference; and as usual, I always return to work refreshed and ready to take on another year of creating beautiful outdoor lighting scenes for my clients.\u00a0 Naturally, since this was a conference dedicated to the outdoor lighting industry, lighting fixtures was a very large topic for discussion.\"Star<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the things I always stress in my industry is that a true outdoor lighting designer<\/a> is not selling light fixtures, we sell ambience.\u00a0 We sell art.\u00a0 We sell a vision and atmosphere.\u00a0 We don\u2019t sell landscape lights.<\/p>\n

Of course, we can\u2019t create a lighting design without fixtures, but the point is this: We\u2019re not out to sell as many lights as we can on any project.\u00a0 We\u2019re dedicated to using whatever fixtures are needed to create the right ambience in the space. This makes our client happy and produces the atmosphere that they desire in their outdoor space.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve discovered over the years that it usually takes more fixtures to create the right design than less.\u00a0 The reason for this is that a good lighting design requires layers of light, not just \u2018ten of the same fixtures pointing up to some trees.\u2019\u00a0 There needs to be some fill light between those trees.\u00a0 There needs to be some light between the viewing location and those trees; and most likely, those trees shouldn\u2019t use the same fixtures on each one, and also likely will need more than one fixture each to show their depth and enhance their beauty properly.<\/p>\n

We can\u2019t use the same lighting technique to accent a magnolia tree as we do for a crape myrtle since they have different structure, leaf size and thickness, and color. This applies to all the different plants, flowers, hardscape and architecture on the property. As I\u2019ve said before, one light fixture is not the right fixture<\/a> for every application.<\/p>\n

The point I\u2019m trying to make here is that a good lighting designer doesn\u2019t count fixtures, they use the \u201ctools\u201d \u2013 like a painter uses paints and brushes — that are needed to create the art they envision.\u00a0 If they can create their design with 12 lights, then that\u2019s what they\u2019ll use.\u00a0 If it takes 50 lights, than that is what it takes to bring the design to life.\u00a0 Our commitment is to the end result for the space and the client. As lighting designers, we are not fixture sales people; we are designers and artists first and foremost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just got back from the annual AOLP outdoor lighting conference; and as usual, I always return to work refreshed and ready to take on another year of creating beautiful outdoor lighting scenes for my clients.\u00a0 Naturally, since this was a conference dedicated to the outdoor lighting industry, lighting fixtures was a very large topic … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,176,27,20,11,29,94],"tags":[8,202,203,9],"class_list":["post-733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aolp","category-curb-appeal","category-design-2","category-fixtures","category-installation","category-led-lighting","category-security-2","tag-austin-landscape-lighting","tag-austin-landscape-lighting-design","tag-austin-led-lighting","tag-austin-outdoor-lighting"],"yoast_head":"\nWe Don't Sell Landscape Lights - NightScenes Landscape Lighting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/night-scenes.com\/2014\/02\/26\/we-dont-sell-landscape-lights\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We Don't Sell Landscape Lights - NightScenes Landscape Lighting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I just got back from the annual AOLP outdoor lighting conference; 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