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Very small measurement values in light exposure patterns, especially zero, are regularly recorded in field studies. These zero-lux values are problematic for commonly applied logarithmic transformations and should neither be dismissed nor be unduly influential in visualizations and statistical modeling. We compare 4 ways to visualize such data on a linear, logarithmic, hybrid, or symlog scale, and we model the light exposure patterns with a generalized additive model by removing zero-lux values, adding a very small or \u22121 log\n                    <jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u2009lux value to the dataset, or using the Tweedie error distribution. We show that a\n                    <jats:italic>symlog<\/jats:italic>\n                    -transformed visualization, implemented in\n                    <jats:italic>LightLogR<\/jats:italic>\n                    , displays relevant features of light exposure across scales, including zero-lux, while reducing the emphasis on the small values (&lt;1\u2009lux).\n                    <jats:italic>Symlog<\/jats:italic>\n                    is well-suited to visualize differences in light exposure covering heavy-tailed negative values. We further show that small but not negligible value additions to the light exposure data of \u22121 log\n                    <jats:sub>10<\/jats:sub>\n                    \u2009lux for statistical modeling allow for acceptable models on a logarithmic scale, while very small values distort results. We also demonstrate the utility of the Tweedie distribution, which does not require prior transformations, models data on a logarithmic scale, and includes zero-lux values, capturing personal light exposure patterns satisfactorily. Data from field studies of personal light exposure require appropriate handling of zero-lux values in a logarithmic context.\n                    <jats:italic>Symlog<\/jats:italic>\n                    scales for visualizations and an appropriate addition to input values for modeling, or the Tweedie distribution, provide a solid basis. 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