Hi If you can find a supplier of OTT-lites (often used for such work as cross-stitch needlework etc), they supply temperature controlled lighting. I use their lights - desk, standing and strip lighting, and the difference is wonderful. The True Color one would be the one for colour work. My work is reproduction of fine art and printing of photographs, where colour is critical, but even where it is not so important, this light makes a huge difference to your work environment, and the comfort of your eyes.
Their site is: www.ott-lite.com Hope this helps. Ellie On 12 Jan 2003 at 17:28, Andy Warwick composed: > This is kind of off-topic, but I figured that there would be a lot of > knowledgeable people on this list that could possibly help. > > As I mentioned in my introduction some weeks ago, I'm not actually a > photographer, but am primarily a graphic/web designer who also does > digital image retouching with skills acquired from 2.5 year stint in a > digital photographers. What is important -- however -- is that when > doing colour stuff I can get close to what is ultimately printed. > > I work from home, and am in the process of moving my office from my > small study to the main room downstairs, due to the need for extra > space. I am quite prepared to gut the room concerned, and need to > totally rethink the lighting and decor. > > I don't do enough color-work to justify cast amounts of money on > things like view booths, but I am keen to put lighting in that isn't > just 'normal' home lighting. The room itself doesn't get a great deal > of natural light, and the layout and hours I keep tend to demand > artificial, controlled light to avoid reflections, etc. on monitors. I > plan to paint the wall neutral grey, with light beech desks and floor. > > Can anyone recommend a UK supplier of light fittings, lamps, etc that > aren't expensive, but will create an environment for acceptable > (rather than critical) color work. > > Is it an achievable goal -- for general office lighting, suitable for > 8-10 hour standard office days -- to be aiming for D50 or D65? Or > would that be too dingy/bright to work in? > > I don't expect to get full-compliance D50 or D65, just something > close. Can anyone who's been here recommend where I should be looking > and what I should be considering, rather than picking up a couple of > light fittings from B&Q or Homebase and using standard office > fluorescent tubes, which -- I guess -- would be a complete waste of > time. > > I guess I'm after an 'artificial daylight' environment, that means > proofs from my ink-jet, and colours on screen aren't a million miles > from what a 'repro' house would see in a view booth, but without > going as far as a totally neutral decor, wearing a non-reflective > smock and painting my face grey to avoid color contamination. > > All advice, on or off-list, gratefully received. > > TIA ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ellie Kennard Innovative Imaging Studio ---------------------------------------------------------------- =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
