Uplighting is the lighting technique used to illuminate a tree or object from below. Downlighting is a technique used to light up areas, objects, or plant materials from above. Typically, fixtures are mounted to trees, patios, gazebos, facades, or eaves to light outdoor activity areas. Try overlapping the light patterns, this will soften the shadows and create better uniformity. Spot Lighting is a technique for focusing on an object of interest, such as a statue or distinctive shaped tree.
Grazing is a technique used to create shadows and highlights.
A light fixture is placed to shine across a textured surface, such as a stucco wall or brick. In silhouetting, an object is seen standing out from a lighted background. Reflecting light off a vertical surface behind it can create the silhouette of a dramatically shaped tree of object. Shadowing is a technique that utilizes shining a light directly on an object to create interesting and dramatic shadows on the vertical surface behind it. Cross Lighting is a lighting technique using two or more light fixtures from below to illuminate an object from different directions.