Today I built studio lights. I could not have imagined how big of a difference it would make in seeing color. I can now see differences in hues, I could not see before. Next I need to mount them…
5 x 5000k (11w).
Apologies if this isn't relevant. I’m just so happy right now 🙈😂
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And very relevant. It's hard to paint without adequate light.
Denis
I'm trying to make something similar my self.
Thx
That is about 540 lumens. That is about half of the 1000 lumen architects suggest for sustained, detail and value discrimination. You might want to double up in the future.
Denis
Directly inspired by your post, I've rigged up some removable lights for my kitchen studio. The main kitchen lights can go back to warm white and be pointed at the sink & kettle... no more moaning from the family. Thank you.
The cupboards already have a piece of wood that stands above the top of carcass. My wooden bracket just hooks over this.
Yeah you can just count them up. So five at 900 is 4,500 lumens.
Now imagine a sphere of light radiating out from a point source on the ceiling.
The light strength falls away with distance. The question is …How much is hitting the canvas.
At six feet from source to canvas the inverse square law of light gives you 3% of 4,500 lumens. 135.
For comparison a good desk lamp is around 450 lumens. For sustained value discrimination 1000 lumens is the recommendation
Here is a neat graphic that is worth putting in the scrap book.
Denis