LIGHTING


David Lockey, president of Landscape Lighting Specialists Inc., starts each initial visit with clients by walking their property and discovering their needs. He takes photos of job aspects and then marks them up with design suggestions. He usually asks clients for their budget up front so his suggestions match a client’s financial abilities. Photos: Jonah Heinl


night,” he says. “It was one of the things that was important to them.” Lockey takes pictures of aspects of the job, especially


any areas the client identifies, and those he suggests in a design. He marks up the photos with numbers and symbols to represent locations for lights, and he includes a legend to denote different types of lights. In his opinion, this approach is more efficient than us-


ing computer software. A cell phone camera is easy to work with, and then he is not limited to how a program is coded. Tat leaves him the flexibility to design and name items on the image as he sees fit. “Using the cell phone photos to create the design gives


the best representation of the project, so the client knows exactly what we’re doing,” he says.


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Security concerns promoted this project, but it was immediately clear the homeowners wanted to enhance the aesthetics of their property during the initial meeting. With a clear picture of the project objective, he got to work designing.


A blank canvas


Typically, Lockey asks clients up front about their budget. Many have a sum in mind, but these clients didn’t com- mit to a figure. Rather than assume they wouldn’t pay for an extensive lighting design, he eagerly filled the blank canvas with a focus on creating cohesion across the entire property. “I went into the design not thinking about a budget. I didn’t want that to take me down the road of thinking,


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