From our G3 Infiniti™ spotlight series - third generation Infiniti™ Technology in a compact brass, integrated, 800 lumen Cree® LED spotlight With a fixture light output of 800 lumens, this is the brightest of the G3 Infiniti™ spotlights. Perfect for lighting large trees, uplighting dark-colored surfaces, and other applications where very high light output is needed. Perfect for uplighting expansive tree canopies. Lifetime Warranty Patented Learn More

The most affordable all-brass spotlight on the market - ideal for any uplighting application. Budget-friendly, durable fixture. Features premium internal components and built-in glare guard and adjustable knuckle for precision control. Uses easily interchangeable MR16 LED bulbs. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Our ever-popular Top Dog Scotty gets a modernized look with our new durable black powder-coated Onyx finish and a flat lens. Designed with convenience, durability, and functionality in mind, the VOLT® Top Dog Scotty Cast Brass Spotlight features premium internal components and a fully adjustable glare guard and knuckle for precision aiming and control. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Allows for RGBW color-changing modes and 10-step dimming with all VOLT® RGBW LED fixtures. Infrared (IR) remote control. Requires (2) AAA batteries (not included). For optimal signal, maintain close proximity and line-of-sight with RGBW fixtures.

One side will be more strongly illuminated than the other (the contrast will be greater the harder the light is but the principle holds true even for softer light). One solution is to use a reflector or supplementary light to gently illuminate the shadow side (the key is to lighten the shadows without overpowering them).

Solid brass lamp-ready fixture specially designed for extra-powerful light output. Designed to primarily be used with our 9W LED MR16 bulb (70W Halogen Replacement), this fixture is specially designed for high lumen output. The recommended bulb features a special thermal foldback design which will help dissipate heat by gradually dimming if needed. Features toolless adjustability for precision light control. Available while supplies last. Learn More

Budget-friendly, professional-grade copper spotlight; ideal for any uplighting application. Uses replaceable MR16 LED bulbs for a wide selection of options..

Whether you seek to accentuate architectural elements, highlight lush greenery, or create captivating focal points, the VOLT® Top Dog Scotty Mini Brass Black Spotlight is your perfect companion.

However, that doesn’t mean that that’s all there is to photography. You need light, but to make a successful photo you also need to understand the qualities of light and how these affect your images.

Introducing our tiniest spotlight yet! The Nano spotlight delivers incredible illumination while remaining inconspicuous.

Elevate your outdoor lighting game with the sleek and stylish VOLT® Fat Boy Mini Brass Spotlight in Black. Boasting a slim and shortened profile with an extended glare guard, this spotlight makes bulb replacement a breeze and is perfect for customers seeking reliable and budget-friendly landscape lighting solutions.

With a built-in push button, this integrated LED spotlight can easily be dimmed in 5 stages (20% intervals) – no remote control is required. Cast brass construction with antique bronze finish for a lifetime of durability and beauty.

Use these VOLT® outdoor spotlights and accent lights to uplight trees, highlight architectural features, and achieve other lighting effects such as silhouetting, shadowing, grazing and floodlighting. Downlights are used to spotlight from above, in order to achieve affects like moonlighting.

Single-source integrated LED spotlight also features a modular design for long-term versatility, smooth, sleek brass housing in a bronze finish, and vibrant color changing LED lighting, color temperature adjustment, and dimming with RF control. Requires VOLT® RF remote (sold separately).

Introducing the VOLT® Fat Boy Mini Brass Spotlight - the ultimate solution for landscape lighting! With a slimmer and shortened body, and an extended glare guard, the Fat Boy Mini spotlight still allows for easy bulb accessibility while delivering the same great light output as the G2 Fat Boy.

Frontal lighting is lighting that emanates either from behind the camera or from the camera itself. Built-in or on-camera flash is a frontal light. Frontal lighting has one big advantage. It evenly illuminates your subject so metering is fairly straightforward.

Designed with durability in mind, this rock light is crafted with a sturdy epoxy resin and a brass faceplate. The adjustable internal gimbal allows for precision aiming of the replaceable MR11 bulb. IP67 rated.

The next generation of our premium Infiniti spotlight features RF controls for improved communications. Single-source integrated LED spotlight also features a modular design for long-term versatility, smooth, sleek brass housing in a bronze finish, and vibrant color changing LED lighting, color temperature adjustment, and dimming with RF control. Requires VOLT® RF remote (sold separately). Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Designed to primarily be used with our 9W LED MR16 bulb (70W Halogen Replacement), this fixture is specially designed for high lumen output. The recommended bulb features a special thermal foldback design which will help dissipate heat by gradually dimming if needed. Features toolless adjustability for precision light control.

Budget-friendly, professional-grade brass black spotlight; ideal for any uplighting application. Uses replaceable MR16 LED bulbs for a wide selection of options.

Designed specifically for smaller, non-traditional landscapes, the VOLT® Nano Integrated LED Brass Spotlight is a game-changer in lighting solutions. With its compact size and powerful performance, this spotlight effortlessly transforms smaller, non-traditional landscapes into stunning visual experiences.

The simplest of light’s qualities is its direction relative to your camera. There are essentially three directions: frontal, side and backlighting.

The newest addition to VOLT®'s flagship Infiniti™ series - RGBW color-changing. This single-source integrated LED brass spotlight is the first of the premium Infiniti™ series to offer powerful, vivid RGBW color-changing capabilities. Features true-to-color LEDs. Ideal for large trees/canopies and other uplighting applications where high light output with color options is needed. Lifetime Warranty Patented Learn More

Designed for use with VOLT® RGBW integrated LED fixtures. Allows for RGBW color-changing modes and 10-step dimming with all VOLT® RGBW LED fixtures. Infrared (IR) remote control. Requires (2) AAA batteries (not included). For optimal signal, maintain close proximity and line-of-sight with RGBW fixtures. 1-Year Warranty Learn More

Flash is one of the easiest way to do this, a technique known as fill-in flash. The strength of the flash will determine the balance between the exposure for the background and your subject. Less is often more. Too much flash and you run the risk of losing the sense that there’s any backlighting at all.

The most affordable all-copper spotlight on the market. Features premium internal components and fully-adjustable glare guard and knuckle for precision control. A great solution for any budget without sacrificing professional-grade quality.

Premium, professional-grade stainless steel spotlight; ideal for any uplighting application. Add a sleek, modern look to outdoor spaces.

Highly durable, versatile fixture. Features premium internal components and fully-adjustable glare guard and adjustable knuckle for precision control. Uses easily interchangeable MR16 LED bulbs.

Budget-friendly, durable fixture. Features premium internal components and built-in glare guard and adjustable knuckle for precision control. Uses easily interchangeable MR16 LED bulbs.

Introducing the VOLT® Mini Brass MR8 Spotlight - the ideal lighting solution for low-profile uplighting applications. Compact yet durable lighting solution for discreet uplighting of smaller architectural and landscape features. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Whether you are looking to illuminate a small garden bed or highlight small architectural features, the VOLT Mini Brass Spotlight is the ideal choice. Its affordable price point and high-quality construction make it accessible to anyone looking to upgrade their landscape lighting.

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Introducing our tiniest flood light yet! The Nano flood light delivers an impressive 175 lumens of light, all packed into a compact fixture the size of your index finger. Designed specifically for smaller, non-traditional landscapes such as high-rises, apartments, planters, and more, this flood light offers widespread illumination with its ~120° beam angle. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Budget-friendly, professional-grade copper spotlight; ideal for any uplighting application. Uses replaceable MR16 LED bulbs for a wide selection of options.. The most affordable all-copper spotlight on the market. Features premium internal components and fully-adjustable glare guard and knuckle for precision control. A great solution for any budget without sacrificing professional-grade quality. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

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Budget-friendly, professional-grade brass black spotlight; ideal for any uplighting application. Uses replaceable MR16 LED bulbs for a wide selection of options. The most affordable all-brass spotlight on the market. Features premium internal components and fully-adjustable glare guard and knuckle for precision control. A great solution for any budget without sacrificing professional-grade quality. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Introducing the VOLT Mini Brass Spotlight - Powerful, affordable, and perfectly discreet! Whether you are looking to illuminate a small garden bed or highlight small architectural features, the VOLT Mini Brass Spotlight is the ideal choice. Its affordable price point and high-quality construction make it accessible to anyone looking to upgrade their landscape lighting. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

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However, it tends to flatten a subject. The shadows cast by frontal light are behind the subject, out of sight from the camera’s point of view. Shadows help to give a sense of shape and form to a subject.

Of the three directions, side lighting creates the strongest sense that a subject has three dimensions. There’s always a catch however. The catch in this instance is contrast. Side lighting doesn’t evenly illuminate your subject.

Heavy-duty construction with dynamic adjustability; ideal for any uplighting application. Highly durable, versatile fixture. Features premium internal components and fully-adjustable glare guard and adjustable knuckle for precision control. Uses easily interchangeable MR16 LED bulbs. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Although this lamb is backlit there was enough ambient light to ensure that contrast wasn't too high. Note the attractive rim lighting around the back of the lamb.

This decorative rock light seamlessly blends into your landscape while harnessing the power of an MR11 bulb to provide impressive illumination. Designed with durability in mind, this rock light is crafted with a sturdy epoxy resin and a brass faceplate. The adjustable internal gimbal allows for precision aiming of the replaceable MR11 bulb. IP67 rated. LIfetime Warranty Learn More

The three directions have a different effect on how three-dimensional your subject appears to be due to the that shadows are cast. Let’s go through the three directions in order.

Designed specifically for smaller, non-traditional landscapes such as high-rises, apartments, planters, and more, this flood light offers widespread illumination with its ~120° beam angle.

An exclusive VOLT® innovation - specially designed with a built-in push-button for easy manual dimming. With a built-in push button, this integrated LED spotlight can easily be dimmed in 5 stages (20% intervals) – no remote control is required. Cast brass construction with antique bronze finish for a lifetime of durability and beauty. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Backlighting is caused when the light source is behind the subject shining towards the camera. If your subject obscures the light source - and if you expose for the background rather that your subject – the result will be a silhouette.

Our best-selling, most affordable all-brass spotlight on the market now features a slimmer and shortened body while still offering the same great light output. Introducing the VOLT® Fat Boy Mini Brass Spotlight - the ultimate solution for landscape lighting! With a slimmer and shortened body, and an extended glare guard, the Fat Boy Mini spotlight still allows for easy bulb accessibility while delivering the same great light output as the G2 Fat Boy. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

VOLT®'s premium spotlight series - fourth generation Infiniti™ Single Source Technology in a compact brass integrated LED spotlight With a fixture light output of 350 lumens, this is the smallest of the three G4 Infiniti™ spotlights - perfect for small to medium trees and other uplighting applications where low to moderate light output is needed. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

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The epitome of modern elegance and discreet illumination for your uplighting needs. Whether you seek to accentuate architectural elements, highlight lush greenery, or create captivating focal points, the VOLT® Top Dog Scotty Mini Brass Black Spotlight is your perfect companion. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Side lighting is light that falls on a subject at roughly ninety degrees to the camera. This means that one side of a subject will be lit and the other side will be in shadow. In terms of helping to convey a subject’s shape and form this is ideal.

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Our best-selling, and most affordable all-brass spotlight on the market now features a slimmer and shortened body while still offering the same great light output. Elevate your outdoor lighting game with the sleek and stylish VOLT® Fat Boy Mini Brass Spotlight in Black. Boasting a slim and shortened profile with an extended glare guard, this spotlight makes bulb replacement a breeze and is perfect for customers seeking reliable and budget-friendly landscape lighting solutions. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Silhouettes look flat, almost like a cardboard cut-out. If the shape of your subject is strong this can be very effective.

Our best-selling, and most affordable all-copper spotlight on the market now features a slimmer and shortened body while still offering the same great light output. Introducing the VOLT® Fat Boy Mini Copper Spotlight - the perfect addition to your landscape lighting arsenal! Featuring a slimmer and shortened body, and an extended glare guard, the Fat Boy Mini spotlight still allows for easy bulb accessibility while delivering the same great light output as the G2 Fat Boy. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

With a fixture light output of 500 lumens, this is the mid-tier of the G4 Infiniti™ spotlights. Ideal for medium to large trees and other uplighting applications where moderate to high light output is needed.

This single-source integrated LED brass spotlight is the first of the premium Infiniti™ series to offer powerful, vivid RGBW color-changing capabilities. Features true-to-color LEDs. Ideal for large trees/canopies and other uplighting applications where high light output with color options is needed.

Crafted with solid brass and finished with a pre-aged bronze, this spotlight exudes durability and timeless appeal. With its fully adjustable glare guard and knuckle, you can precisely aim and highlight your favorite garden or architectural features. The moisture-tight design ensures reliable operation in any weather, while the smaller footprint allows for easy concealment, creating a hidden light source to enhance your surroundings. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Strong backlighting usually results in a silhouette. However, it’s less so when your subject’s shape is more ambiguous. If you don’t want to create a silhouette then you’ll need to also illuminate your subject.

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Without shadows a subject’s shape becomes more ambiguous. Shadows can also add drama to a photo. Frontal light lacks drama, making a photo look more like a record shot and be less interesting for this reason.

The most affordable all-brass spotlight on the market. Features premium internal components and fully-adjustable glare guard and knuckle for precision control. A great solution for any budget without sacrificing professional-grade quality.

Introducing our tiniest spotlight yet! The Nano spotlight delivers incredible illumination while remaining inconspicuous. Designed specifically for smaller, non-traditional landscapes, the VOLT® Nano Integrated LED Brass Spotlight is a game-changer in lighting solutions. With its compact size and powerful performance, this spotlight effortlessly transforms smaller, non-traditional landscapes into stunning visual experiences. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

With a fixture light output of 350 lumens, this is the smallest of the three G4 Infiniti™ spotlights - perfect for small to medium trees and other uplighting applications where low to moderate light output is needed.

Premium, professional-grade stainless steel spotlight; ideal for any uplighting application. Add a sleek, modern look to outdoor spaces. Durable stainless steel spotlight. Features premium internal components, built-in glare guard and adjustable knuckle for precision control. Add a sleek, modern look to outdoor spaces. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

Designed with convenience, durability, and functionality in mind, the VOLT® Top Dog Scotty Cast Brass Spotlight features premium internal components and a fully adjustable glare guard and knuckle for precision aiming and control. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

From our G3 Infiniti™ spotlight series - third generation Infiniti™ Technology in a compact brass, integrated, 800 lumen Cree® LED spotlight

With a fixture light output of 800 lumens, this is the brightest of the G3 Infiniti™ spotlights. Perfect for lighting large trees, uplighting dark-colored surfaces, and other applications where very high light output is needed. Perfect for uplighting expansive tree canopies.

Durable stainless steel spotlight. Features premium internal components, built-in glare guard and adjustable knuckle for precision control. Add a sleek, modern look to outdoor spaces.

Designed with convenience, durability, and functionality in mind, the VOLT® Top Dog Scotty Cast Brass Spotlight features premium internal components and a fully adjustable glare guard and knuckle for precision aiming and control.

VOLT®'s premium spotlight series - fourth generation Infiniti™ Single Source Technology in a compact brass integrated LED spotlight

Introducing the VOLT® Fat Boy Mini Copper Spotlight - the perfect addition to your landscape lighting arsenal! Featuring a slimmer and shortened body, and an extended glare guard, the Fat Boy Mini spotlight still allows for easy bulb accessibility while delivering the same great light output as the G2 Fat Boy.

With its fully adjustable glare guard and knuckle, you can precisely aim and highlight your favorite garden or architectural features. The moisture-tight design ensures reliable operation in any weather, while the smaller footprint allows for easy concealment, creating a hidden light source to enhance your surroundings.

Our ever-popular Top Dog Scotty gets a modernized look with our new durable black powder-coated Onyx finish and a flat lens. Designed with convenience, durability, and functionality in mind, the VOLT® Top Dog Scotty Cast Brass Spotlight features premium internal components and a fully adjustable glare guard and knuckle for precision aiming and control. Lifetime Warranty Learn More

VOLT®'s premium spotlight series - fourth generation integrated single-source Cree® LED Infiniti™ brass spotlight. With a fixture light output of 500 lumens, this is the mid-tier of the G4 Infiniti™ spotlights. Ideal for medium to large trees and other uplighting applications where moderate to high light output is needed. Lifetime Warranty Patented Learn More