Holiday pics and getting back to work

I hope you have had a great Christmas and New year.
No doubt, like me, you are getting back into the work routine!
It was a bit of a shock to the system, coming back from relatively warm Italy, with several days of blue sky's (great for taking pictures) and temperatures in low double figures.

I really enjoyed taking some walks up into the hills around the city of Perugia. I got high enough to get above some inversion mist layers to see white capped snow mountains. I really struggle to know what photograph to show, so as I have not done a blog for a while , I am showing a daytime shot of this beautiful city, a nightime shot (you can work out how good of bad the lighting is and one, of many shots across a tonal graduated  range of hills. Finally, I managed to play with my camera settings, to get the orb of the sun as it dropped over the hills. I guess most shots again show a recurring theme of how amazing sunlight really is.Enjoy




Perugia, seen above the inversion layer with mountains in the distance

 

 

 

 

 



Stuart Bulmer (ILP Professional Services Manager) and I met recently with the Lighting Liaison Group (LLG) to discuss what is going on in our various organisations.  I was interested to hear how the different groups are promoting lighting in many different ways - education, trade, research, publishing etc. I think the one key fact that we all agree on is - how to get the message of lighting,  its importance and effect -  out to the person in the street. As lighting professionals we know about each other and what the different parties are doing. Certainly the profile of lighting was raised when an issue becomes newsworthy. Often that can be because of something sad or negative. So switch off grabs the headlines and we respond. People take lighting for granted, and those of you like me who appreciate just how much effort goes into design, installation and maintenance of whatever type of scheme, wonder how we can get people to understand a little more about good lighting. So next time you have an opportunity to talk about lighting to somebody who is not a specialist, go for it and be proud of what you are involved in. Looking forward to visiting  the regions and seeing you at agms and other events. Have a good year. Pete