Beware:
Don't be fooled by The Home Depot Buyer's Guide for
lighting fixtures.
The illustrations in "Create Your Outdoor Lighting Plan" are extremely
misleading!
Five
of their six recommendations encourage you to buy offensive
lighting. In fact, the sixth recommendation (to install "neighbor-friendly
fixtures") is available for every one of the other five applications shown. The
lighting plan merely perpetuates the unnecessary use of obtrusive light
fixtures.
The
illustrations in the Buyer's Guide suggest the area illuminated by the
lights is well-defined and contained. In fact, the two examples shown are
among the worst offenders for widespread, indiscriminate broadcasting of
light.