Landscape lighting is designed to illuminate an outdoor living environment in a way that highlights the most attractive features, creates architectural impressions, and adds a layer of safety and security. Landscape lighting designers and installers typically utilize a combination of techniques to create visual interest and reinforce aesthetic appeal of an exterior environment. Some of the popular techniques used in a landscape lighting design include up lighting, down lighting, path lighting, wall washing, wall grazing, moon lighting, cross lighting, mirror lighting, silhouetting, shadowing, backlighting, step lighting, and reflected lighting. These techniques can be accomplished using different types of landscape lighting fixtures which include path lights, post lights, spot lights, flood lights, wall washers, wall grazers, well lights, deck lights, underwater lights, etc.
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