In a flat ceilinged kitchen recessed lights would be located so the center of the beam is around the front edge of the counter and the light reaches to the back.
Postiion of lighting to stop shadows on wall.
The basics of shadows.
Avoid placing your lighting directly above you as this can cause some dark and distracting shadows that draw attention away from your face.
By increasing the range of a light source you decrease its strength.
In your case you ll want to make sure that the counter is lit and the light isn t coming from behind the person at the counter creating shadows.
Overhead lighting can cast shadows on your face if you must go with an overhead light choose a longer horizontal fixture instead of one with one single bulb to help fully illuminate your.
Change your lighting style position.
Each light source creates one shadow per object.
You can fill in shadows with an extra light source like the fill light a photographer might use.
Via justin brown primal video on youtube.
Straight on lighting is best especially if you have a window with natural light on your side to fill out your shadows.
There are two potential problems with this.
As the shadow edges become less visible and the overall shadow more blurry with softer light you could use softer light.
Don t position your led tape too close to a wall or else you may see lighting dotting.
More light sources more shadows.
A myth about lighting and shadows is that you can make them go away using more light sources this isn t true.
Be careful of the floor surface that the lights are going to fall on.
In order to do this you d either have to use a bigger modifier to increase the size of the light source or move the source in closer.
Diffuse the light minimize shadows by diffusing or spreading out the light.