Course Description: Landscape lighting needs to be subtle. Attention should be drawn to the plantings, sculpture and out-buildings, not the lighting itself. Decorative exterior luminaires such as lanterns can't do the job by themselves. They can easily overpower the facade of the house and the yard area if they are the only source of illumination. Typically you will see two lanterns flanking the front door and maybe a pole light at the end of the driveway. These just become disturbing hot spots that leave everything else in silhouette. Still, they play an important role in the overall lighting design. Their job is to create the illusion that they are providing all of the exterior lighting, when in reality they may have no more than 25 watts worth of illumination. They serve the same purpose as interior decorative luminaires, like chandeliers.

CEU: 0.1 Course#7276

Length of Seminar: 1 hour

Instructor: Randall Whitehead

Text: No text required.

Fee: For fee information, contact Anita Synovec at 415-626-1277 or anita@randallwhitehead.com.
Handout master will be sent to the host organization for reproduction. Budget $1.00 per person

Facilities: A room that can be darkened to show slides.

Equipment: Power Point Projection - LCD projector (3,500 lumens), laptop compatible w/LCD projector, infrared remote pointer, screen, lavaliere microphone for groups larger than 40 people.