ABSTRACT
This chapter in many ways is an extension of Chapter 7 but has several key elements that address the special needs of working in landscape lighting. The basic tasks of creating client studies, proposals, and lighting documents are based on a similar set of principles as discussed in architectural lighting and are not repeated here. Several topics in which this chapter provides more specific detail include a description and general background of landscape lighting, luminaires, and other equipment that are unique to this area of lighting, and a summary of common approaches to landscape lighting. While the materials in this chapter should give you an introduction to this area of lighting design, they are not meant to be a full reference for this type of design. For a more comprehensive view of landscape lighting I suggest looking at references like Janet Lennox Moyer’s The Landscape Lighting Book or Randall Whitehead’s The Art of Outdoor Lighting: Landscapes With the Beauty of Lighting .
