As a professional landscape lighting designer looking to install and operate a new low voltage lighting system, you need to consider what transformer will be required to convert your standard line voltage outlets using 110-120V into your outdoor low voltage 12V-15V lighting design. This consideration as an outdoor lighting installer allows your landscape lights to function...

To capture amazing images of your lighting design applications, and create that perfect portfolio to showcase the beauty of your work, let’s consider a few basics for photographing the architecture and landscapes of your projects at night. When buildings are illuminated at night their shapes and features are enhanced in a very different way than by daylight and it’s a great...

Most of the lower voltage lights are energy efficient and will be powered by electricity in the range of 12-volts. This kind of innovative lighting system can offer lots of benefits and are widely used not only around our home landscapes but can also be used outside an industrial and commercial buildings exterior as it can offer a high-quality brilliant luminance around the...

When you are in the landscape lighting industry as a manufacturer, lighting designer, distributor, or architect specifier, you will often need to reference IES photometric plan files to understand the true output of light and lumen power for the fixtures you wish to install into your designs. For all of us in the outdoor lighting industry, this article is here to help us...

Learn How to Create a Safer and More Welcoming Driveway Entrance Driveway entrance lighting is a very important aspect when looking to create a safe and welcoming entrance that you and your guests will enjoy every night at your home or business. Sometimes, builders and lighting designers may also make the mistake by over-lighting a driveway entrance by installing too many...