About a year ago, I've realized that I have written a fair stack of blogs, essays and comments on the art and practice of Landscape Lighting Design. I've decided that I should gather all that stuff up and make an effort to organize it. I decided to find a way to share it with other glad souls who have discovered the most ephemeral of the arts... the Art of Lighting the Landscape.Much to my surprise, I was approached by Timber Press, a Portland, Oregon press that publishes lovely books that are focused on the domestic garden in North America. They asked me to realize my dream and write a book on the art and practice of lighting the landscape for them. I am looking for excellent photographs of the landscape lighted. The photos must be Hi Definition at least 10 Mega Pixels. The focus and composition must be very good. I'm only interested in photos that truly reflect the effect of landscape lighting at night. As lovely as many photos are that feature lighted garden and cobalt blue skies are, I am committed to featuring ONLY images that truly illustrate the effect of landscape lighting at night... black, dark skies. The use of still bright skies that function as "fill lighting", in my opinion, does not do justice to any well-conceived and executed landscape lighting design. I'm also very interested in having some talented photographer/Landscape lighting Designer create a series of photos in several different locations that record the addition of each layer of light. Perhaps, first uplight, second side light, third downlight. I hope to have several versions of these type of photos to print. The goal will be to "build the design" via photography. For an example, see This is an simple example of what I am seeking. In this case, I wanted to demonstrate how useful pathlights can be when lighting a young garden that lacks height for downlight.
Listed skills include Landscape Lighting, Lighting Design, Architectural Lighting, Garden Design, and 23 others.