Lighting for editing work

I'm interested to know what room lighting people use for editing photos.

I have a calibrated screen but sometimes find my photos are still too warm when printed. I believe thus might be down to the tungsten lighting in the room meaning I am compensating for this warmth on screen.

I know some mention solux lighting but this doesn't seem easily available in uk. What uk lighting options/solutions can people suggest. Also if anyone wants to post a pic/diagram of their room light setup that would be helpful.

Thanks

No lights in the room but the monitor's.

^That's what I tend to do most of the time. But my concern still is that processing the image in an environment radically different from the environment in which it will most likely be viewed seems to be non-ideal. Ie. in complete dark I can distinguish the '5' patch from the '0' patch on a wedge. But show me the wedge during the day (when most people see the image in print or on the screen) and I probably can't.

To be honest, what I typed above is my ideal, but I deviate from it by having a torchiere lamp on, to make things easier on my old, weary eyes. Hmm, now I wonder why I see green casts in my pics .

since the monitor has it's own light, I somewhat doubt that what ever room light you have on (unless it's extremely bright) should matter much? If in doubt, get a daylight balanced bulb or CF bulb. I tend to not have light on for the glare, but never noticed the image on screen changing if I turn the light on. I'd suspect it's more a screen to computer to printer settings and paper profiles issue here. At least I never noticed a difference like you mention. Just random thoughts....

Reading around it a bit I think the issue is that if the surrounding light/wall around the monitor is warm then the monitor will look cool in comparison and may then prompt you to compensate.

Interesting to hear the comments. Thanks

You can have lights in the room, but the monitor has to be the brightest light source in the room. One reason I always have my curtains closed, and I try to avoid during post-processing during the day time. One reason I love winter: short days.

It's not only the light but the reflections.

Having daylight balanced lighting is bugger all use if you are editing in a room with bright orange walls.

It may seem to be overkill but one thing that made a big diference to me in my office was painting the walls grey.

The obvious "ideal" would be to have "neutral" lighting with neutral walls/surroundings, or, as some have mentioned, you may get the best mileage with no ambient light. In fact, a lot of professional photo editors/retouchers use hoods to block out ambient light.

All that being said, for us "real-world" hobbyists, "ideal" may be a dream-world. My approach is to do the best I can, run print tests, and tweak as needed.

if you look at your photos in a tungsten lit room then they will look warm. try looking at it in cooler light

Is anyone actually doing post-proc under fluorescent?