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Richmond’s Trusted Outdoor Lighting Installation Company

When daylight fades, your home doesn’t have to disappear. With a professionally designed home lighting system, your architecture, landscaping, and outdoor living spaces come alive after dark. As a trusted outdoor lighting installation company serving the Richmond, VA, area, Sound + Image creates stunning experiences that feel as good as they look.

Why Invest in Outdoor Home Lighting?

You’ve invested in a beautiful home, so don’t skimp on your outdoor lighting. Thoughtfully designed landscape lighting enhances curb appeal and expands your outdoor living spaces to create a sense of comfort, safety, and pride every evening.

Unlike basic fixtures or DIY kits, our solutions are carefully planned, expertly installed, and tailored to your home’s aesthetic and your lifestyle preferences. From elegant patios to refined gardens, we design intentional lighting that never looks overdone and always feels inviting.
A contemporary home with sleek lighting highlighting its facade. A patio with modern lighting creating a cozy evening ambiance. A well-lit pathway with modern ground and bollard lights enhancing safety.

Refined Aesthetic Appeal

Refined Aesthetic Appeal

An expertly designed outdoor lighting system transforms how you experience your Virginia property once the sun goes down. By curating precision illumination in strategic areas, we can highlight what matters most to craft an atmosphere that feels welcoming and unmistakably yours.

Architectural Drama

Reveal textures, lines, and finishes with subtle illumination that adds depth and dimension after sunset.

Evening Ambiance

Transform patios, pools, and gardens into inviting spaces that are designed for conversation, celebration, or quiet moments outdoors.

Timeless Curb Appeal

Make a striking first impression every night with lighting that enhances your home’s presence without overwhelming it.

Design Consistency

A cohesive lighting plan ensures every fixture works together to preserve the elegance of your home’s exterior.

Home Safety

Home Safety

Working with a landscape lighting company like Sound + Image leads to well-designed, beautiful spaces. Improved lighting adds clarity to walking paths and excitement to entertaining areas, and it increases peace of mind. By eliminating dark areas and improving visibility, your family feels safer and more secure, and your property becomes easier to navigate every evening.

Crime Deterrence

Thoughtful illumination discourages unwanted activity without harsh floodlights or glare.

Clear Sightlines

Brighten pathways, entrances, and driveways to reduce trips, falls, and uncertainty after dark.

Improved Visibility

Lighting enhances the performance and visibility of outdoor cameras when motion is detected.

Always Looks Lived-In

Automated lighting schedules create the reassuring presence of an occupied home, even when you’re away.

Lighting Designed, Not Just Installed

Great outdoor lighting is all about balance, not just adding fixtures. Through layered illumination, varied beam spreads, and intentional placement, we design lighting that feels organic, immersive, and visually captivating from every angle.

Explore What Outdoor Lighting Can Do
Path Lighting
Contemporary front yard with pathway lights integrated into sleek concrete steps.

Guide movement safely and beautifully with discreet fixtures that enhance walkways and steps.

Security Lights
Garage exterior lit by minimalist black wall-mounted security lights at night.

Strategically placed lighting strengthens perimeter visibility without harsh brightness.

Wall Lights
Minimalist LED wall light casting a soft glow on the exterior of a modern house.

Blend form and function with architectural fixtures that enhance outdoor walls and facades.

Landscape Accent Lights
Ground-level view of a sleek black outdoor light illuminating green shrubs in a garden.

Highlight trees, gardens, sculptures, and water features with gentle, focused illumination.

Hanging Lights
Close-up of a modern black chandelier with exposed bulbs against a wood-paneled ceiling.

Suspended fixtures bring warmth and intimacy to covered patios, walkways, and al fresco dining spaces.

Underwater Lights
Evening view of a swimming pool with underwater lighting and cozy outdoor seating.

Add elegance and safety to pools and water features with subtle, shimmering light.

home at dusk with lighting

Pool Lighting

Create a calming nighttime retreat with adjustable lighting that enhances safety and visual appeal.

Walkway Lighting

Light the way with fixtures that combine safety, style, and seamless navigation.

Sconces

Add architectural character while delivering ambient light that feels balanced and refined.

Security Lights

Reinforce safety with purposeful illumination that protects without overpowering your home in Virginia.

Pendant Lights

Designed for the outdoors, these fixtures provide overhead glow for covered patios and gathering spaces.

Landscape Lights

Draw attention to the natural beauty of your Richmond-area property with soft illumination that adds depth and dimension.

Smarter Lighting Starts Here

Without intelligent lighting control, landscape lighting only offers two functions: on or off. With smart lighting, every fixture works together to respond to time, activity, or your lifestyle needs automatically. The result is effortless control, elevated ambiance, and lighting that feels intuitive rather than cumbersome.
Energy Efficiency
Energy Efficiency
Customization
Customization
Convenience
Convenience
    Energy Efficiency

    Energy Efficiency Works for You

    Your lights should work smarter, not harder. With simplified controls and efficient LEDs, outdoor lighting delivers beauty and performance while minimizing energy use automatically.

    A house at dusk with warm outdoor lighting.
    Responsive Brightness

    Lighting adjusts naturally throughout the evening, maintaining comfort and visibility without excess.

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    Built-In Energy Savings

    Motion and ambient light sensing ensure lights activate only when needed and turn off when they’re not.

    A traditional home at dusk
    Lifestyle-Based Scheduling

    Lights follow your routines, turning on at dusk and powering down automatically at sunrise.

    Customization

    Personalization Without Limits

    Every moment deserves the right mood. With customizable color temperatures, brightness levels, and scenes, your outdoor lighting adapts instantly—whether you’re entertaining or unwinding.

    A cozy evening setup with soft, ambient lighting.
    Tailored Atmosphere

    Fine-tune the evening ambiance for pool parties, dinner gatherings, or quiet nights under the moon and stars.

    Scene Control

    Save your favorite looks, from everyday evenings to holidays, and activate them instantly.

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    A charming house with elegant outdoor lighting and cars in the driveway.
    Voice & Location Awareness

    Control lighting hands-free or let it respond automatically as you arrive or leave.

    Convenience

    Effortless Control, Anywhere

    Outdoor lighting should feel simple. With centralized control, managing your Richmond home’s exterior is easy. You can relax and make adjustments on the porch or change settings while traveling miles away.

    A person interacting with a smart home interface.
    Remote Access

    Check, adjust, or turn off lights from anywhere using your smartphone.

    A woman using a modern touchscreen panel to control a smart lighting system.
    Whole-Home Integration

    Lighting works seamlessly with your smart home system for a cohesive control experience.

    A vibrant lighting control app displayed on a smartphone.
    Multiple Control Options

    Use wall keypads, apps, remotes, or voice—whatever feels most natural to you.

    Working with a Local Lighting Expert: Sound + Image

    Outdoor lighting may seem simple, but exceptional results require experience, planning, and precision. From electrical safety to lighting design and system integration, a professional transforms your home from the ground up, so it always looks stunning and functions flawlessly.

    At Sound + Image, we design with intention, install with care, and support you long after installation, so your lighting evolves in tandem with your needs.
    A sleek, modern home with warm outdoor lighting in a snowy evening. A group of professionals in yellow helmets collaborating over detailed blueprints. A well-lit pathway with modern ground and bollard lights enhancing safety. A group of professionals discussing a floor plan with tablet visuals. Close-up of modern step lighting with integrated LED strips. A technician in a yellow hard hat working on an outdoor electrical system.
    Expert Design
    Expert Design

    Our lighting designers understand how to shape exterior light for beauty, balance, and long-term performance.

    Built-In Safety
    Built-In Safety

    We adhere to proper electrical practices and safety standards to safeguard your home and investment.

    Truly Custom Solutions
    Truly Custom Solutions

    Your home isn’t generic, so your lighting shouldn’t be either. We customize every design to your family’s needs.

    Efficient Execution
    Efficient Execution

    Our streamlined outdoor lighting installation process delivers exceptional results without unnecessary delays.

    Compliance Handled
    Compliance Handled

    We manage all permitting, codes, and regulations for you, from start to finish, so you don’t have to.

    We manage all permitting, codes, and regulations for you, from start to finish, so you don’t have to.

    Experience the difference professional outdoor lighting makes. In a thoughtfully illuminated home, evenings feel more inviting, more secure, and more enjoyable. Let’s design something extraordinary together.

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