The Light Field

Topics:

• The nature of light
• Radiant energy and power
• Blackbody radiation
• Luminous efficiency
• Photometry
• Brightness perception (power law)
• Light source spectra
• Goniometric diagrams
• Radiant intensity
• Solid angles
• Isotropic point light sources
• Warn's spotlight
• PIXAR's "uberlight"
• Irrradiance
• Lambert's cosine law
• Radiance
• Conservation of radiance
• Sensor response