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15 My inspiration for becoming a lighting designer came f rom understanding that light shapes how we feel My inspiration for becoming a lighting designer came f rom understanding that light shapes how we feel before we ever think about how it looks. Lighting creates comfort, safety, and clarity. It directs the eye, before we ever think about how it looks. Lighting creates comfort, safety, and clarity. It directs the eye, establishes focus, and quietly guides how we experience a space. In landscape lighting, we are not simply establishes focus, and quietly guides how we experience a space. In landscape lighting, we are not simply illuminating objects. We are shaping perception. illuminating objects. We are shaping perception. Light defines form, reveals texture, creates depth, and establishes atmosphere. Thoughtful lighting Light defines form, reveals texture, creates depth, and establishes atmosphere. Thoughtful lighting transforms landscapes and architecture after dark, allowing the space to be experienced in a completely transforms landscapes and architecture after dark, allowing the space to be experienced in a completely new way. new way. Great lighting design balances emotion with restraint. It enhances without overwhelming and feels Great lighting design balances emotion with restraint. It enhances without overwhelming and feels intuitive rather than imposed. At its highest level, lighting is as much about what remains dark as what is intuitive rather than imposed. At its highest level, lighting is as much about what remains dark as what is illuminated. illuminated. Equally important is our responsibility to protect the environment and the night sky. True mastery lies in Equally important is our responsibility to protect the environment and the night sky. True mastery lies in using only what is necessary, minimizing glare and light trespass while respecting the natural darkness using only what is necessary, minimizing glare and light trespass while respecting the natural darkness that gives lighting its power. that gives lighting its power. We here at Dayloom and Sterling Lighting are proud to introduce you, in the following pages, to the work We here at Dayloom and Sterling Lighting are proud to introduce you, in the following pages, to the work here in the Northeastern U.S. created by some of the top lighting designers in the country. here in the Northeastern U.S. created by some of the top lighting designers in the country. Patrick Harders Dayloom and Sterling Lighting Danville, VA. Northeast Chapter Northeast Chapter

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