bounce light
Americannoun
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Also bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
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any arrangement of a light source and reflective surface used to provide such light.
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Do use white in rooms with lots of windows, as white helps to bounce light.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2023
The floor reflection angles up to the right, as if to bounce light back into an enclosed, atmospheric space.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023
“They bounce light into dark corners,” he says.
From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022
Later, the telescope unfolded a 21-foot-wide array of 18 gold-plated mirrors that will help bounce light from the cosmos into its ultrasensitive infrared sensors.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2022
These stills, many of which capture passersby in a fleeting light source—a single sunbeam, an ideal bounce light from beach sand—are a testament to Lubezki’s innate visual instincts.
From Slate • Feb. 21, 2014
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