diff --git a/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/camera-light.js b/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/camera-light.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67d13cebb11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/camera-light.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import PointLight from './point-light';
+import {getUniformsFromViewport} from '../../shaderlib/project/viewport-uniforms';
+
+export default class CameraLight extends PointLight {
+  getProjectedLight({layer}) {
+    const viewport = layer.context.viewport;
+    const {coordinateSystem, coordinateOrigin, modelMatrix} = layer.props;
+    const {project_uCameraPosition} = getUniformsFromViewport({
+      viewport,
+      modelMatrix,
+      coordinateSystem,
+      coordinateOrigin
+    });
+    this.projectedLight.position = project_uCameraPosition;
+    return this.projectedLight;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/directional-light.js b/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/directional-light.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73bcc7674d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/directional-light.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import {DirectionalLight as BaseDirectionalLight} from '@luma.gl/core';
+
+export default class DirectionalLight extends BaseDirectionalLight {
+  getProjectedLight() {
+    return this;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/core/src/effects/lighting-effect.js b/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/lighting-effect.js
similarity index 67%
rename from modules/core/src/effects/lighting-effect.js
rename to modules/core/src/effects/lighting/lighting-effect.js
index 6a741a6938b..432c2fd2d1b 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/effects/lighting-effect.js
+++ b/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/lighting-effect.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import {AmbientLight, PointLight, DirectionalLight} from '@luma.gl/core';
-import Effect from '../lib/effect';
-import {projectPosition} from '../shaderlib/project/project-functions';
-import {COORDINATE_SYSTEM} from '../lib';
+import {AmbientLight} from '@luma.gl/core';
+import DirectionalLight from './directional-light';
+import Effect from '../../lib/effect';
 
 const DefaultAmbientLightProps = {color: [255, 255, 255], intensity: 1.0};
 const DefaultDirectionalLightProps = [
@@ -47,8 +46,9 @@ export default class LightingEffect extends Effect {
   }
 
   getParameters(layer) {
-    const {ambientLight, directionalLights} = this;
+    const {ambientLight} = this;
     const pointLights = this.getProjectedPointLights(layer);
+    const directionalLights = this.getProjectedDirectionalLights(layer);
     return {
       lightSources: {ambientLight, directionalLights, pointLights}
     };
@@ -65,30 +65,22 @@ export default class LightingEffect extends Effect {
   }
 
   getProjectedPointLights(layer) {
-    const viewport = layer.context.viewport;
-    const {coordinateSystem, coordinateOrigin} = layer.props;
     const projectedPointLights = [];
 
     for (let i = 0; i < this.pointLights.length; i++) {
       const pointLight = this.pointLights[i];
-      const position = projectPosition(pointLight.position, {
-        viewport,
-        coordinateSystem,
-        coordinateOrigin,
-        fromCoordinateSystem: viewport.isGeospatial
-          ? COORDINATE_SYSTEM.LNGLAT
-          : COORDINATE_SYSTEM.IDENTITY,
-        fromCoordinateOrigin: [0, 0, 0]
-      });
-      projectedPointLights.push(
-        new PointLight({
-          color: pointLight.color,
-          intensity: pointLight.intensity,
-          position
-        })
-      );
+      projectedPointLights.push(pointLight.getProjectedLight({layer}));
     }
-
     return projectedPointLights;
   }
+
+  getProjectedDirectionalLights(layer) {
+    const projectedDirectionalLights = [];
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < this.directionalLights.length; i++) {
+      const directionalLight = this.directionalLights[i];
+      projectedDirectionalLights.push(directionalLight.getProjectedLight({layer}));
+    }
+    return projectedDirectionalLights;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/point-light.js b/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/point-light.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8811d12e3c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core/src/effects/lighting/point-light.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import {PointLight as BasePointLight} from '@luma.gl/core';
+import {projectPosition} from '../../shaderlib/project/project-functions';
+import {COORDINATE_SYSTEM} from '../../lib';
+
+export default class PointLight extends BasePointLight {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.projectedLight = new BasePointLight(props);
+  }
+
+  getProjectedLight({layer}) {
+    const viewport = layer.context.viewport;
+    const {coordinateSystem, coordinateOrigin} = layer.props;
+    const position = projectPosition(this.position, {
+      viewport,
+      coordinateSystem,
+      coordinateOrigin,
+      fromCoordinateSystem: viewport.isGeospatial
+        ? COORDINATE_SYSTEM.LNGLAT
+        : COORDINATE_SYSTEM.IDENTITY,
+      fromCoordinateOrigin: [0, 0, 0]
+    });
+    this.projectedLight.position = position;
+    return this.projectedLight;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/core/src/index.js b/modules/core/src/index.js
index 6c0d95892d4..506da9631c7 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/index.js
+++ b/modules/core/src/index.js
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ import './shaderlib';
 export {COORDINATE_SYSTEM} from './lib/constants';
 
 // Effects
-export {default as LightingEffect} from './effects/lighting-effect';
+export {default as LightingEffect} from './effects/lighting/lighting-effect';
+import {default as CameraLight} from './effects/lighting/camera-light';
+export {default as PointLight} from './effects/lighting/point-light';
+export {default as DirectionalLight} from './effects/lighting/directional-light';
 
 // Experimental Pure JS (non-React) bindings
 export {default as Deck} from './lib/deck';
@@ -84,11 +87,12 @@ import {count} from './utils/count';
 import memoize from './utils/memoize';
 
 // lighting
-export {AmbientLight, PointLight, DirectionalLight} from '@luma.gl/core';
+export {AmbientLight} from '@luma.gl/core';
 
 // Exports for layers
 // Experimental Features may change in minor version bumps, use at your own risk)
 export const experimental = {
+  CameraLight,
   Tesselator,
   flattenVertices,
   fillArray,
diff --git a/modules/core/src/lib/effect-manager.js b/modules/core/src/lib/effect-manager.js
index b50bd28eefa..69831f8a1f1 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/lib/effect-manager.js
+++ b/modules/core/src/lib/effect-manager.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {deepEqual} from '../utils/deep-equal';
-import {default as LightingEffect} from '../effects/lighting-effect';
+import {default as LightingEffect} from '../effects/lighting/lighting-effect';
 
 export default class EffectManager {
   constructor() {
diff --git a/test/modules/core/effects/index.js b/test/modules/core/effects/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2df78952599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/modules/core/effects/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import './lighting-effect.spec';
diff --git a/test/modules/core/effects/lighting-effect.spec.js b/test/modules/core/effects/lighting-effect.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3c32049d71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/modules/core/effects/lighting-effect.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import test from 'tape-catch';
+import LightingEffect from '@deck.gl/core/effects/lighting/lighting-effect';
+import {experimental} from '@deck.gl/core';
+const {CameraLight} = experimental;
+
+import {MapView, PolygonLayer} from 'deck.gl';
+import * as FIXTURES from 'deck.gl-test/data';
+
+test('LightingEffect#constructor', t => {
+  const lightingEffect = new LightingEffect();
+  t.ok(lightingEffect, 'Lighting effect created');
+  t.ok(lightingEffect.ambientLight, 'Default ambient light created');
+  t.equal(lightingEffect.directionalLights.length, 2, 'Default directional lights created');
+  t.end();
+});
+
+test('LightingEffect#CameraLight', t => {
+  const cameraLight = new CameraLight();
+  const lightEffect = new LightingEffect({cameraLight});
+
+  const viewport = new MapView().makeViewport({
+    width: 100,
+    height: 100,
+    viewState: {longitude: -122, latitude: 37, zoom: 13}
+  });
+
+  const layer = new PolygonLayer({
+    data: FIXTURES.polygons.slice(0, 3),
+    getPolygon: f => f,
+    getFillColor: (f, {index}) => [index, 0, 0]
+  });
+
+  layer.context = {viewport};
+
+  const projectedLights = lightEffect.getProjectedPointLights(layer);
+  t.ok(projectedLights[0], 'Camera light is ok');
+  t.deepEqual(projectedLights[0].position, [0, 0, 150], 'Camera light projection is ok');
+  t.end();
+});
diff --git a/test/modules/core/index.js b/test/modules/core/index.js
index d8d1fe4d9c2..b8543f91e69 100644
--- a/test/modules/core/index.js
+++ b/test/modules/core/index.js
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ import './shaderlib';
 import './transitions';
 import './experimental';
 import './passes';
+import './effects';