Up Lights & Spotlights

Total Light uplights and spotlights are designed to add depth, focus, and dimension to outdoor spaces. Use them to highlight trees, architectural details, stonework, signs, and landscape features with controlled low-voltage illumination. Pair fixture styles with compatible MR16 LED lamps to choose the brightness, beam spread, and color temperature that best fits your project.

Match the Beam to the Feature

Uplights and spotlights add depth by directing light toward trees, architecture, stonework, signs, and focal landscape elements. The size and shape of the target should guide the beam choice: a tighter beam emphasizes a smaller or taller feature, while a broader beam can reveal more canopy, wall area, or planting mass.

Many Total Light brass directional fixtures in this collection use replaceable MR16 lamps, allowing beam spread, output, and color temperature to be selected separately from the fixture. Other products can use different light-source designs, so confirm the exact product specifications before choosing a lamp.

Aim After Dark

Fixture placement is only the starting point. Fine-tune the aiming at night, when hot spots, glare, spill light, and shadow patterns are visible. Layer directional lighting with path, deck, hardscape, or downlighting so the property has depth rather than identical brightness everywhere.

Related guides: How to Position Landscape Spotlights · MR16 Landscape Lighting Guide · Uplighting vs Downlighting

Quick Uplight & Spotlight Selection

Compact fixture profileMini
General-purpose uplightingOld Faithful
Adjustable glare controlBlaze
Substantial cast-brass profileGrizzly
Rounded fixture profileMagnolia

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between an uplight and a spotlight?

Both are directional lighting methods. Uplighting describes aiming light upward from a lower position, while spotlighting describes concentrating a beam on a specific feature. Many adjustable fixtures can be used to create either effect depending on placement and aim.

What type of lamp do Total Light brass uplights use?

Many of the replaceable-lamp Total Light brass fixtures in this collection use MR16 lamps. Because the assortment can include other designs, verify the lamp requirement on the individual product page.

What beam spread is best for lighting a tree?

It depends on the tree's trunk, canopy width, fixture distance, and desired effect. A narrower beam can emphasize vertical form, while a wider beam can cover more of a broad canopy or feature.

How do I reduce glare from an uplight?

Aim the fixture so the bright source is outside common sight lines, use an appropriate beam and output, and make final aiming adjustments after dark when glare and spill are easiest to evaluate.