Grazing light reveals roughness

An earth-toned space where grazing light reveals texture. The light source is close to the wall, almost parallelly sweeping across the surface, thus magnifying every sand grain, trowel mark, and rammed layer on the rammed earth wall into clear light and shadow; the unevenness of terracotta tiles also casts shadows. The light patch gradually fades from top to bottom, with the lower half of the wall submerged in darkness. Avoid: having light shine directly flat, eliminating texture; using highly diffused soft light, making the surface flat; placing the light source far from the wall; using uniform wall-washing illumination.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以掠射光顯出質地的大地暖調空間。光源貼近牆面,幾乎平行地掃過表面,因此夯土牆上的每一顆砂粒、每一道抹痕、每一層夯實的層理都被放大成清楚的明暗;赤陶磚的凹凸同樣被拉出陰影。光斑從上往下逐漸變淡,牆的下半部沉在暗處。避免:讓光正面平射消除質感、使用高擴散的柔光讓表面變平、把光源放在遠離牆面的位置、用均勻的洗牆照明。