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Detailed how to on landscape lighting basics. Fundamentals of lighting, structure, types of lighting and lighting techniques, voltage drop, mechanics, sales and marketing…. More >>
Trade Secrets of Professional Landscape Lighting
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#1 by Anonymous on June 28, 2010 - 2:36 am
Provided solid overview for starting a commercial landscape lighting business. Equally good information for do-it-yourselfers. Reading the book will save hundreds of dollars and will guarantee a beautiful night scape.
Rating: 4 / 5
#2 by Jim Lewis on June 28, 2010 - 5:35 am
Nate goes into so much detail it will blow your mind. Yet, he’s so concise that you won’t feel overwhelmed at all. He shares everything from designing, estimating, bidding, landing the job (even how to market specfically to the psyche of the wife or husband), marketing, etc. He shares all of his systems and forms.
His approach to landscape lighting is far superior to the way most other manufacturers market it. He will transform the way you think of arranging lights and you’ll never look at it the same again.
I highly recommend this book. I can’t even see a reason to buy another book on the subject. It’s THAT good.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Joseph T. Masciotti on June 28, 2010 - 7:51 am
This is a print version of what is now termed an “info-mercial” on TV. The “Secret” is that the technical content is based on the use of single-source equipment and if you don’t buy (literally and figuratively) the multi-tap transformer (12v to 22v secondaries) you cannot repeat the results. Lighting techniques are discussed but since reliance is placed almost exclusively on a single fixture (an in-ground uplight) and a single lamp type (the 12v PAR 36 sealed beam flood) the palette of effects is somewhat constrained. A very “California” book in that techniques and effects rely upon a benign climate, lush foliage and high surface brightness. The dust jacket photograph illustrates this well. The usual charts and voltage drop formulae plus many sample wiring schemes based on hundreds of feet of low voltage cable with voltages as high as 22v supporting two or three lamps per cable run. The sections on sales and marketing will interest readers who intend to get into the field of outdoor lighting. The high profit margins given are based on labor and materials only with no mention of overhead costs; the marketing tips exhaust the obvious. Much padding, didactic repetition, many typos and a section on where and how to buy equipment from the author.
Rating: 2 / 5