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Hey.

Wondering what kind of lighting is good for staring at a computer heaps while working on images?

Today i bought some fancy looking globes (2 x 75w) for my room that makes everything look white instead of yellow/orange like regular globes, and i've got a bit of a headache. Are there any rules on this stuff?

Is your monitor calibrated?
If not it wont do much for you.

Dont know what the exact temp is, but im sure its around 6000 kelvin, Proper room lighting for a calibrated monitor...


Someone else will confirm the number for sure

Nah no calibration for me

Can’t help with the lights but an asprin will help with the headache

It could have been the beers that caused the headache?

Staring at a screen for too long isn't a fantastic idea. I just usually use my room light or turn the lights off.

Natural light is best. After sunset this could be a problem. Avoid using flouros though as the flicker of the screen and the flicker of the flouros (60Hz) can cause headaches in some people.

Also take a break every hour and make sure you stare into a distance, even if it's from the other side of a room. This will ease the muscles in your eyes.

OH&S has it's place in the home as well as the work-place.

Thanks mate. I'm not sure if i like the white light, or if i should go back to the yellow type. I'm second guessing myself quite a bit with the new ones though when doing PP.

If only my light switch had a white balance dial!

Buy a small kino flo fluro fitting, and run a warm tube and a cool tube... you can select to use one, the other or both

Ok overkill

Seriously, if you can learn to adapt to the daylight globes, it's better.

also, buy a spyder2express, theyre about $100 odd, and it really helps with colours on your monitor