available light

American  

noun

Photography, Fine Arts.

1. the natural or usual light on a subject.

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Example Sentences

With so little material available, light has limited interaction, which often results in weak emission and inefficient frequency conversion unless the surrounding photonic environment is carefully designed.

From Science Daily • Mar. 24, 2026

As is their style, the Dardennes capture all of this with frank realism that relies heavily on available light, hand-held cameras, location shoots, and actors who look like real people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

She’s introduced in motion and in close-up, during a hallway scuffle shot in a documentary-like style with handheld camera, available light and jumpy editing.

From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2023

She turns her men and women around and around in appraisal, allowing the available light to alternately flatter and roast them.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2023

The same could not have been said thirty years ago, when candles were, or recently had been, the cheapest available light for domestic use.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein