In this episode, we continue our series on The Seven Deadly Sins of Outdoor Lighting by tackling one of the most critical aspects of landscape lighting design—fixture placement.

Lighting design is a vast subject, but when it comes to placement, understanding the fundamentals can solve nearly every challenge. You don’t need a dozen different beam spreads and wattages—we only use two. The reason most people overcomplicate it? They don’t truly understand where to place a fixture. Proper placement can transform a home’s architecture, create breathtaking landscape effects, eliminate glare, and maximize efficiency.

If you’re ready to enhance your designs and master the art of placement, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!

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Welcome to the very first episode of The Lighting Trade School Podcast! In this series, we’re diving into The Seven Deadly Sins of Outdoor Lighting, and we’re kicking things off with the biggest offender of them all—glare.

Glare is the number one killer of a lighting job, ruining aesthetics, functionality, and even safety. In this episode, we break down the different types of glare, including direct glare, blinding glare, accidental glare, hot spots, and reflecting glare. More importantly, we discuss how a skilled lighting designer can strategically block or minimize glare from all viewing angles to create a seamless, professional, and visually stunning lighting display.

If you’re in the lighting trade or simply passionate about outdoor lighting, this is an episode you don’t want to miss!

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Does this National Franchise teach these horrible methods?

This is what you are up against folks! You can be great in your market, you can be the best lighting designer, and the best installer. The bar is set awfully low for the landscape lighting industry. Be different and watch your bank accounts grow! Come get trained!

Lighting Trade School podcast launches February 24th 2025 on your favorite podcast platform, whatever that may be!

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What do you think of Shanes Nick Names?

Dip Sh*t millionaires all hanging together on their new podcast about all things outdoor lighting...and of course Shanes nick names for everyone.

The three lighting amigos are Shane Duffy, Nate Mullen, and Captain Matt.

Lighting Trade School Podcast drops February 24th 2025! Get ready landscape lighting world!

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The 7 Deadly Sins of landscape Lighting... Do you deal with wicking and corrosion? The connection is always the weakest part of any electrical system!

How do you prevent this?

Captain Matt, Shane Duffy, and Nate Mullen with The Lighting Trade School Podcast launches February 24th 2025! Get ready for some fun while learning how to earn more in outdoor lighting!

#connections #lighting #outdoors

Wire nuts should never be used for landscape lighting! If you're using wire nuts just stop, your hurting yourself and the systems you install. You can do better!

The Lighting Trade School Podcast launches February 24th 2025 with Nate Mullen, Captain Matt, and Shane Glo-Daddy Duffy! Get ready for some fun while learning how to earn more in outdoor lighting!

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You only need 2 beam spreads! Do you agree? Stop making it so difficult for yourself, your team, and your future self.

In landscape lighting so many use a host of different beam spreads and wattages, when the truth of the matter is 99% of the time if you understood placement you would only need to keep 2 main beam spreads (and one wattage) in inventory!

The Lighting Trade School Podcast launches February 24th 2025! Get ready for some fun while learning how to earn more in outdoor lighting!

#landscapelighting #beamspreads #wattage

Get ready landscape lighting world for The Lighting Trade School Podcast! We are thrilled to finally be releasing our podcast with Glo Daddy Shane Duffy, Nate The God Father of Landscape Lighting Mullen, and Captain Matt!

February 24th official launch date!

Get ready to join them as the discuss the 7 deadly sins of lighting, stories, talk to manufacturers and more all helping you learn and earn more in your outdoor lighting career.

⁠Learn Landscape Lighting⁠

#landscapelighting #outdoors #lighting #tradeschool #podcast

Get ready landscape lighting world for The Lighting Trade School Podcast! We are thrilled to finally be releasing our podcast with Glo Daddy Shane Duffy, Nate The God Father of Landscape Lighting Mullen, and Captain Matt!

February 24th official launch date!

Get ready to join them as the discuss the 7 deadly sins of lighting, stories, talk to manufacturers and more all helping you learn and earn more in your outdoor lighting career.

Learn Landscape Lighting

#landscapelighting #outdoors #lighting #tradeschool #podcast

The #1 sin on an outdoor lighting job! Have you ever seen this on one of your jobs and cringed and hoped the client didn’t notice? How did you fix it?

Glare will kill a lighting job. 1 fixture out of 100 and bam, job ruined. This is another reason pacement and hex louvers are so important on EVERY fixture.

The Lighting Trade School Podcast launches February 24th 2025! Get ready for some fun while learning how to earn more in outdoor lighting!

#glare #sin #outdoorlighting