Low light sources: avoid shining down from the ceiling

A dark room where all light sources are positioned low. There are no light fixtures on the ceiling. Illumination comes from: two floor lamps with shades at shoulder height when seated, a low table lamp, shelf lighting on a bookshelf, and a strip light along the base of the wall. All light sources are at or below eye level, so the ceiling and upper half of the walls are completely submerged in darkness, the upper edge of the space disappears, and people are enveloped in a pool of light below. This is completely opposite to lighting from the ceiling—which would illuminate the ceiling, making the room appear bright and flat. The image depicts this state: bright below, dark above. Avoid: adding ceiling recessed lights and pendant lights, placing light sources above eye level, illuminating the ceiling and upper half of the walls, using uniform ambient lighting.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個光源全部在低處的深色房間。天花上沒有任何燈具。照明來自:兩盞落地燈的燈罩在坐姿的肩膀高度、一盞矮桌燈、書架上的層板燈、以及一段沿著牆腳的燈帶。所有光源的高度都在人的視線或更低,因此天花與牆面上半部完全沉在暗中,空間的上緣消失,人被包在下方的光池裡。這與從天花打下來的做法完全相反——那會照亮天花讓房間顯得亮而扁。畫面呈現這個狀態:下半亮、上半暗。避免:加入天花嵌燈與吊燈、把光源裝在高於視線的位置、照亮天花與牆面上半部、使用均勻的環境照明。