Artificial lighting

[Marvin Mattelson]

When I review any color work I have done at night, it invariably has to be redone.

If you tried the lumachrome bulbs you might feel differently the next morning. These lights are above and beyond the call.

[Garth Herrick]

Marvin: Where does one buy the Lumichrome tubes? Where did you get yours?

I have tried the Verilux screw in flourescents, and 94CRI is not quite good enough.

Sharon: I also have to repaint in daylight anything I painted at night. If I am foolish enough to use my halogen Tota-Lite which is for photography, my flesh tones come out too reddish in hue.

[Chris Kolupski]

Originally Posted by Marvin Mattelson

A far better alternative would be to use bulbs made by Sunwave. These are compact fluorescent bulbs that can screw into any lamp and they have a CRI of 94, far better than that of 50.

Marvin, I use the Lumichrome tubes but need screw in bulbs for on location portrait studies. Could you please post where you purchase the Sunwave bulbs? Thanks.

[Mike Dodson]

Here is the link for the Lumichrome tubes: http://www.lumiram.com/html/LRBLumi2.html

[Marvin Mattelson]

Sunwave- http://www.sunalite.com/s_lightbulbs.cfm

Lumichrome- http://www.mmlights.com/Lumichrome.htm This distributer sells all the different lengths from 18 to 48". Most only carry the 48" length.

[Joan Breckwoldt]

[QUOTE=Chris Kolupski]I use the Lumichrome tubes but need screw in bulbs for on location portrait studies. QUOTE]

Hi Chris,

Did you ever find anything satifsactory for a screw in bulb?

Thanks,

Joan

[Michael Georges]

I just put in my lights for the occasional evening painting session. I normally will paint with my north window as my light source, but I have learned that a bank of lights are good to have.

I mount mine above my window so my light comes from the same direction and height. I have 4 24 inch fluorescents in a bank.

The bulbs are Phillips Natural Sunshine bulbs - what I could find locally. They are 5000K and have a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 92. This for me is optimal as the 6000 or 6500 bulbs are a bit too cool for my tastes, and I have a hard time recognizing any improvement once the CRI goes over 90 - my last lights had a CRI of 94 and these at 92 look just the same.

[Joan Breckwoldt]

Hi Michael,

Thank you for your information. I was hoping to avoid having some kind of set up which required the long tubes. It may come to that though, I'm not sure there is a screw in bulb (I mean the kind that screws into a normal light fixture) that will fit my needs. I do have a couple of screw-in bulbs that are flourescent and they help tremendously. Here in Houston we can get a week of overcast/rainy weather and it's tough to paint if I wait for sunlight!

Thank you again, I'll print out this info and add it to my other lighting info for when I do have to set up a 'bank' of light.

Joan

[Chuck Yokota]

I've been using GE Reveal screw-in bulbs. They are better than ordinary household bulbs for showing colors, and don't cost very much more. I don't know how they compare to the full-spectrum tubes.

[Sharon Knettell]

Originally Posted by Marvin Mattelson

If you tried the lumachrome bulbs you might feel differently the next morning. These lights are above and beyond the call.

Marvin,

It was late at night, i was confused as usual, I meant the Ott-lites, not the Verilux. Are yours better?