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April 2024 Contractor of the Month is: illuminations G2

illuminations G2 offers a wide variety of outdoor lighting services, including (but not limited to!) lighting for your trees, patio, pool area, yard art, pathways and more!

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Tell Us About Yourself & Your Company

I grew up in lighting, so I naturally entered the industry and started working alongside my father. My passion continued as I eventually branched off with my own lighting company in Ocala. Creating Illuminations G2, I grew by providing the same love and commitment as I was taught from the beginning.

The Interview

  • Can you tell us a little about what you did before lighting and how you got into it? Do you have any certifications or a background that helped excelling with landscape lighting?

    My dad started the original Illuminations in 1994. We have been doing full time since then. I started in high school helping him. Went to college in Gainesville an did a little bit of lighting then, moved to Jacksonville and did lighting there, now I am in Ocala with Illuminations G2 doing lighting here.

  • Can you tell us about your business?

    Illuminations G2 has nothing but 5-star reviews on google. My ability to create happy customers is what keeps us going. We do not leave a project until the customer is what we call “5 star happy.”

  • How did you get into the landscape lighting business?

    I grew up in lighting, so I naturally entered the industry and started working alongside my father. My passion continued as I eventually branched off with my own lighting company in Ocala. Creating Illuminations G2, I grew by providing the same love and commitment as I was taught from the beginning.

  • What percentage of your business is landscape lighting/what other services do you provide (ie: landscaping, irrigation, electrical…)?

    I am 100% lighting.

  • How long have you been installing landscape lighting?

    1994, this would be going on 40 years now and its just as exciting as it’s always been.

  • What AMP products do you prefer to use? Which fixtures are your favorite?

    My favorites are probably the ControlPro’s and I use a lot of the different path lights. I love installing path lights and creating walkway illumination. I enjoy giving the customers the choices of picking what style and color they want! Black is my most popular, but when the customer has some copper detail on their house like gutters, because it will match and patina the same way.

  • What tips or tricks have you learned that have benefited your work from a design/installation perspective?

    When I design projects, I love to understand how they use their outdoors and make sure I design my project from what they can see while they are spending time in that area. This not only creates more value in my design and projects, but the lighting effects are enjoyed even more with thoughtful planning and a creative eye.

  • Tell me about your sales process. How do you find your customers? What is your sales process? Do you use sales tools such as a free demo…

    I used to do demos, but I really don’t anymore. Since I have been Google Certified, a lot of my customers come through there. But nothing compares to the word of mouth from the customers that are happy with my projects.

  • Where do you find inspiration for your lighting designs?

    I have found most of my inspiration from my father. Learning design from him is what has turned me into an artist myself. I have now found my own creative way to use light, but it all started from doing installations with him.

  • What do you feel is the most personally rewarding part of installing a lighting system for a client?

    Getting the customers reaction when it is turned on. I can always envision it, but the customer cannot always see the vision. Then once they have a few days with lights, they want to add on themselves. I never over light a project, and when there is more to be added and the customer has the ability to now take the creative ways to light their own property, this is what takes their excitement and appreciation of the project to the next level.

  • Tell us a little bit about you personally: What do you like to do outside of work? What are your hobbies?

    My wife Greer and I have 5 boys from the ages 4 – 17. We are ALWAYS outside. We hunt and fish all the time, but they are also athletes! We go skiing every spring break and keep trying to find ways to spend more time outdoors. I am very lucky my boys enjoy the outdoors as much as I do.

AMP® Lighting appreciates the Professionals that make us who we are and why we strive, daily, to fulfill our vision statement. Our outstanding AMP® Pros deserve to be recognized for their exceptional landscape lighting work and to highlight some of our AMP® MVPs (most valuable professionals)!

Interested in being featured as an AMP® Contractor of the Month?

Contact Zach Evensen at: zache@amplighting.com

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