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bounce light

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[bauns lahyt] / ˈbaʊns ˌlaɪt /

noun

Photography.
  1. Also bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.

  2. any arrangement of a light source and reflective surface used to provide such light.


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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

Mirrors used in a creative way can help bounce light and also visually make a studio space seem larger.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

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

And then there’s the less-heralded “secondary mirror,” which has to protrude properly to bounce light from the telescope’s main mirror down through the center of the telescope.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 25, 2021

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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