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February 19th, 2023. Captain Matt here, I'm in Borrego Springs, California. We're about to go ride some UTVs today, I'm happy to be in a place where the weather is nice, the weather in New York was starting to get to me. I just wanted to touch base, we had a little hiccup with take downs so I've been out running the crews and everything and I haven't really been doing these daily videos. Now that take downs are finished up I'll be getting back on track with these. I hope you all remember me! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2585
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Landscape Lighting Packages! Captain Matt here with Barefoot Lighting, I'm super excited to announce our landscape lighting packages! So you can go to our website to see our packages, we have four which are the Mimosa, The Good Life, The Staycation, and The Oasis. You can see examples of each and the cost associated with them. You're gonna love them! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2582
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Landscape Lighting Design Help #1 With Captain Matt Captain Matt here continuing my design help series. I went to a Facebook landscape lighting group and found this picture. Remember with different artists you're going to get different suggestions, none of them are wrong, anything can look great! But, I have studied with some of the best designers out there and this is just how I would do it. Let me know what you guys think! Transcription: hey Captain Matt here so I want to do a little uh design help went to Facebook Landscape Lighting Group here um and again remember with different artists you're gonna get different suggestions it's not like Juan is wrong you know they can all look great but uh I've studied under some of the best here and this is just how I would do things so I'm gonna go ahead and roll into it you got this guy here asking um first time doing landscape lighting and he's already saying he's gonna use 22 spotlights 20 trees and two on the fr
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Landscape Lighting Design Help From Captain Matt. Captain Matt here, it's 2023 a brand new year! I did a lot of videos last year and I'd like to jump into doing a few different things this year. One of those things is going to be some design help from Facebook groups, emails, or messages I get, not full blown designs but real quick overviews. Different artists have different techniques, I design to level 11. Usually when I give design help people get frustrated because I want them to do more than they want to do or what they think is necessary. However, that's the way I was taught to design, design what you want to do and figure out how you're going to do it afterwards. I'm going to start a new series, maybe once a month or once a week, just to see what I would design in different situations. So if you want any design help you can message me right here with pictures and I can help you out! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2552
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My Favorite Artist and Some of his Original Pieces Captain Matt here, I wanted to share some art I got from this artist Chance Hart. My mentor, who collects art, told me "when you see something and you fall in love with it, you're not going to be able to describe it and you're going to want everything they make". I saw this one, Self Portrait, and I messaged him that I wanted the original and not a print. I also got the original of the one that went viral. This one is called Unicorns, and I just love them all. https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2545
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Take downs have begun, don't get left in the dark! Christmas Lights are Coming Down! 😱 Captain Matt here! Christmas is over and I just want to thank all of you guys for supporting my company again this year, it means the world to me that I can do what I'm so passionate about which is outdoor lighting. If you don't know I do illumination portraits outside for architectural lighting and landscape lighting, it's amazing and it will change your life! Ask anyone who has gotten one of my Captain Matt original designs, they will tell you it has. Especially during these northeast winters its gets very depressing around this time of year because it's dark for 14-16 hours a day, so once we take away those Christmas lights it's going to be so dark outside your homes! Let me change that! When you're sitting in your living room your view won't just end at your window it'll continue on with the lights. It's helped so much with cabin fever, I know how dark an
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Drone Footage of Christmas Lights in Clifton Park NY I wanted to show you guys the drone footage of our Christmas decorations and lights from a drone. I think it came out so amazing! Let me know what you guys think! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2542
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Drone Pictures of Christmas Lights! A videographer texted me and asked if he could take some pictures of our Christmas decorating. I bet you can tell which house is mine! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2539
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Lights Glistening in the Snow! I wanted to show you guys some great pictures I took of our Christmas lights in the snow. Don't they look amazing? Let me know! https://barefootlighting.com/lights-glistening-in-the-snow/
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She is a beauty! Tree All Dolled Up for Christmas!  Captain Matt here in Albany at the CapCom Financial Center. They just got this tree put in, its branches are still super soft. We put some warm white mini lights on it and it looks great! Let me know what you guys think! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2512
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Gemstone Light Installation in Clifton Park! Captain Matt out here in Clifton Park doing another Gemstone installation. We're also doing some Christmas decorating here, we already put up the wreaths and garland. Some people like to call them permanent Christmas lights, a more accurate term would be architectural lights that can also become holiday lighting when needed. This house is going to look great! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2509
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Arriving Home Sets the Atmosphere. Captain Matt here, I'm driving home and I wanted to show you guys that I can already see where my house is from the main road when I'm driving home. I always talk about how important lighting is when you're arriving home, it makes you excited to be home. You can see my house with Christmas decorations, Gemstones, and landscape lighting. https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2506
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When Your Tag Line Hits the Mark! Emma randomly saw this in our parking lot before she came into work, it was too funny not to share! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2503
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Honored to be Invited to the Make A Wish Alum Christmas Party!  It was an honor to be invited to the Make A Wish Alum Christmas party this year! You guys saw the set up we did for this party in a previous video, it was amazing to see all the decorations we put up in action! Thank you Make A Wish for inviting us! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2500
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Century Hill Drive in Latham! See These Nine Tress From the Northway! Captain Matt here with Barefoot Lighting and The Christmas Guys, I'm here at Century Hill Drive tonight. We decorated nine trees with branch wraps here and you can see them from the Northway! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2497
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Some of Our 2022 Christmas Projects and Fun! I put together this video of all of our 2022 Christmas season projects for you guys! This was a great season and great year, I hope you enjoy it!   https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2493
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We're going to make it a magical environment! Setting up for Make A Wish at Hanger 743!  We're here at Hanger 743 today setting up for a Make A Wish celebration. We've never decorated a hanger before, it was pretty fun figuring out what we're going to do in here. We obviously brought face hole cutouts, we wrapped a couple of beams in the ceiling, bistro lights in the center, and smart lighting above the bar. It's gonna be fun! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2490
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Spreading Christmas Cheer out in Altamont! I'm here out at Altamont Corners tonight, we're working on some branch wraps, some lights on the rooflines and the ridge lines. We've got most of the crew here tonight working away at spreading Christmas cheer! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2487
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Wow! Check Out the Big Reveal for this Christmas Decorating! Captain Matt here, we just finished up the landscape lighting at this clients house, we also did some Christmas here! I wanted to show you guys the big reveal, we did the roofline, some evergreens, and some branch wraps, a little bit of everything! This house looks amazing and we definitely know which house called Captain Matt! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2484
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...No not that big! Schenectady County Parade "DREAM BIG" Our float for the Schenectady County parade ended up being a little too big for the event! The top of our geometric tree did not quite fit under the bridge... But we had a great time nonetheless! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2481
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Check Out Our First Parade Float! Captain Matt here at the Schenectady Parade. We put together a float for the radio stations, Ultimate Roofing is pulling it. It's gonna be great, there's a lot of people here. The float looks amazing and I'm super excited for this! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2478
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This is always our favorite event of the year! At the Make A Wish Event! We're here at the Make A Wish event that just wrapped up here at Crossgates Mall in Albany. We've got most of the crew here, and Bill from Make A Wish with his light up suit on. We set up a bunch of amazing Christmas decorations here, we have photo ops and selfie stations. We love doing this event every year! https://barefootlighting.com/?p=2475

Landscape Lighting Design Help #3 with Captain Matt

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Answering landscape lighting design questions on Facebook. Thought this would be fun and helpful at the same time. I go over what I would do for this pool area and backyard lighting. Turn children's play equipment into yard art? Yes I would.   What would you do? #outdoorliving #captainmatt #barefootlighting #landscape #lighting
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Now This is a Winter Wonderland! Captain Matt here! Check this out, this is a real winter wonderland! This backyard looks amazing, we have C9's all over in so many different colors & patterns. We also have Gemstones lights on the house. This is just the backyard imagine what the front looks like! https://barefootlighting.com/now-this-is-a-winter-wonderland/