A Quick Review of Accent Lighting Techniques

Path and Spread Lighting – provides safety, comfort and decorative accents to your landscape entrances and more.

Accent, Deck and Patio Lighting – provides the interest in your nightscape. Accent lights should be used sparingly to create visual focus.

Spotlighting – an effective technique for highlighting any statue, trees or entranceway.

Grazing – light placed to shine across a surface such as brick or stucco walls, or a natural surface like tree bark to bring out all the texture.

Silhouetting – the silhouette of an object can be created by reflecting light off a vertical surface behind it. The light source should be concealed, usually directly behind and below the object to be silhouetted.

Up Lighting – this technique provides dramatic effects. The light source is mounted or recessed in the ground and angled up to display a tree, artwork or structure.

Cross Lighting – uses two or more light source from below to illuminate an object from different directions.