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fill light

American

noun

Photography.

a light used to eliminate or soften shadows caused by the main source of illumination.

fill light British

noun

photog a light that supplements the key light without changing its character, used esp to lighten shadows

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You can also use the glyph lights as a fill light for the camera.

From The Verge • Jul. 15, 2022

The strips can also act as a fill light for its cameras, while an additional red LED on the back flashes when the phone is recording video.

From The Verge • Jul. 12, 2022

All strips can light up to serve as a fill light for the camera.

From The Verge • Jun. 21, 2022

I was told that there were over forty thousand such lamps, and that it took five hundred men to fill, light, and attend to them.

From Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant by Mattson, Hans

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