What is landscape lighting to you?

What is landscape lighting to you?

By Mike Gambino

Its Thanksgiving morning and time to give thanks to all clients, family and friends for another great year at Gambino landscape lighting. I just got off the phone after several calls to family on the east coast. All affected by hurricane Sandy and its devastation. All thankful that it wasn’t worse, rebuilding and looking forward to the future. Power was out for more than a week and after that experience you really get a sense for how much we take granted the electrical and lighting system of the home. Sitting in your home in the cold and dark is not much fun and this got me thinking about the question.

What is lighting to you?

For me, lighting a landscape is an expression of what I see around me, and how it makes me feel.

The trick is to then convey that in my lighting designs. What do I want others to see first, where do I want to direct their attention. Where do I want to entice them to walk. What do I want to hide from them. How can I provide a safe and secure environment that people will enjoy. These are all concerns of mine that I take into consideration when designing a landscape lighting scene.

Everyone is unique, and no 2 people will light a landscape or see a landscape in the same way, we all see things differently and that should be enjoyed to the fullest.

Landscape lighting is a creative expression, therefore there is no right or wrong way to do it. However there are some that will look and perform much better than others.

And this is actually one of the main reasons why I like landscape lighting so much – because it is so unique. If 5 different landscape designers took a look at the same landscape do you think they would all look the same?

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving to all especially those who have supported Gambino landscape lighting and continue to make it the successful business that it is.

This landscape lighting blog is published by Mike Gambino of Gambino landscape lighting inc. all rights reserved. Mike is a professional landscape lighting system designer/ builder and has been designing, installing and maintaining landscape lighting systems for more than 20 years. Mike resides in the Los Angeles area with his wife and 2 sons. To visit his website go to www.gambinolighting.com . To inquire about hiring Mike please click here .

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