My desk lamp is too bright. I followed your tips and had the lamp face upward to the wall. The whole office is warm and comfortably bright. Thanks for sharing this helpful tips!
I did that exact thing with my son's desk light, too! He refused to use it, saying it was too bright. I agreed it was very bright, so I turned the head of it to face the wall and the light is perfect!
Thanks m8. My desk and floor lamp have made my office into an interrogation room at night. The ambient lighting trick will help keep me energized and comfortable!
@tanushreemanekar6183 lighting that shines upward from the floor to the ceiling, which is what i think OP in the video means by reflected lighting. for example, i point my lamp (its very harsh) at an angle to my wall so it reflects back to my desk and has the same effect
Great stuff! I was looking for a way to make my newly natural-light-less office space more comfortable, and nothing else on RU-vid seems to just answer that simple question. You did so perfectly in under a minute. Many thanks!!! 😊
ohhh. reflected lighting reminds me of my universiry library. there was a large atrium that let in light and bounched off almsot all of the floors (eight of them to br exact) and the lighting at nighttime/areas that weren't hit by sunlight was very diffuse or reflected off the surfaces. i never thought of my library as a very well designed space until now!
when I moved and the ceiling light wasn't bright enough, I got myself a standing lamp with twistable head and turned it up to the ceiling. it was my first apartment that I furnished myself and I figured out that was my favorite way of lighting. now I know why!
this was so helpful! i have been instinctively trying to achieve this in my desk space but couldnt figure out the cast shadows from my ceiling light! makes more sense now :)
It truly is the best! Have been lighting my office and living room with ceiling reflected lighting after working at an office with very well designed ultra diffused commercial hanging lights that bounce all the light up.
I figured that out while I was coloring a huge, intricate poster in Alaska over a six year span. It was about halfway through that, I had a lamp without a shade near a white wall... It was positioned just right, and cast exactly the right light. I've used that trick several times since then for other things, too. It is excellent lighting for playing board or card games in a living room with friends.
I have my ring light facing the wall as recommended by a friend and was perfect when I used to stream. I still use it if my eyes are fatigued and I'm at my PC for long periods
I have purchased a LED bulb dimmable by app, to use with non-dimmer-switch site lighting. Less than 10dollars for 2. It comes with both warm and cold color temperature filaments so it's full adjustable, without being annoyingly harsh coloured RGB LEDs.
You should be happy to know many places in America are pushing offices to be built to “well building standards”. They have a point system to earn your certification through different design elements. Indirect lighting and low glare lighting gains you a lot of points.
I stumbled onto this accidentally when I installed an LED strip behind my monitor, the backlight could get so bright that it could effectively light up my room and I could ajust the color to between warm and cool to my prefrence. The softer reflected light made my workspace much more pleasant at night than the overhead booblight.
In my personal experience, reflected light off the wall in front of you is even harsher than task lighting because it's pointed at your face. As you showed, reflecting off the ceiling is the way to go - probably why they sold so many "dish on a man sized pole" lamps before we started using LEDs for everything. That means that not all task lighting systems are ideal for reflected light.
Ye best lighting is sun. Get out and do things if you have the open spaces for it. Plus mental health is important. Study in your open balcony if possible. Open roof is the solution.
Do you have any opinion on cool white light vs warm white? In india they seem to be obsessed with cool white and I don’t understand why someone would want this in the home
i hate light bulbs i do homeworks in the mornings turn all the lights off and very slightly open my window it makes the room fully bright but not hurt your eyes bright (i do not really have any other solutions)
U can change your room light to cool white light it is best for studying . Table lamp are too concentrated n strong. If not you could instal a LED white light tube just above ur desk if you can.
