A lighting aiming system for aiming a large area lighting system, the large area lighting system for lighting an area to be illuminated, the lighting aiming system comprising: a luminaire, the luminaire having a mounting location and an orientation and configured to generate a light beam along an optical axis; a camera configured to capture an image, the camera coupled to the luminaire and having a defined relationship between a field of view of the camera and the optical axis; a memory configured to store lighting information corresponding to a desired aiming location of the luminaire within the area to be illuminated, and the memory further configured to store feature information comprising an expected location of at least one feature within the area to be illuminated, which is different to the desired aiming location; and characterized in that the lighting aiming system further comprising: a processor configured to determine and output aiming evaluation information based on the feature information, lighting information and image to enable a determination on whether the luminaire is correctly aimed by analyzing the image to determine the at least one feature within the image, to determine the feature position within the image, and analyzing the feature position within the image using the lighting information and feature information to determine and output the aiming evaluation information; the aiming evaluation information comprising an indicator as to whether the luminaire is correctly aimed a luminaire, the luminaire having a mounting location and an orientation and configured to generate a light beam along an optical axis; a camera configured to capture an image, the camera coupled to the luminaire and having a defined relationship between a field of view of the camera and the optical axis; a memory configured to store lighting information corresponding to a desired aiming location of the luminaire within the area to be illuminated, and the memory further configured to store feature information comprising an expected location of at least one feature within the area to be illuminated, which is different to the desired aiming location; and characterized in that the lighting aiming system further comprising: a processor configured to determine and output aiming evaluation information based on the feature information, lighting information and image to enable a determination on whether the luminaire is correctly aimed by analyzing the image to determine the at least one feature within the image, to determine the feature position within the image, and analyzing the feature position within the image using the lighting information and feature information to determine and output the aiming evaluation information; the aiming evaluation information comprising an indicator as to whether the luminaire is correctly aimed a processor configured to determine and output aiming evaluation information based on the feature information, lighting information and image to enable a determination on whether the luminaire is correctly aimed by analyzing the image to determine the at least one feature within the image, to determine the feature position within the image, and analyzing the feature position within the image using the lighting information and feature information to determine and output the aiming evaluation information; the aiming evaluation information comprising an indicator as to whether the luminaire is correctly aimed