back light

noun

1. light falling on a photographic or television subject from the rear

Example Sentences

The lack of dolly shots, soft focus, back light, etc., gives the proceedings an unexpected intimacy.

From Los Angeles Times

These small nanospheres, or small disco balls, are really efficient in reflecting back light.

From Slate

“American television has always been about selling stuff,” said Robert Thompson, a Syracuse University professor, who pointed to the “Camel News Caravan,” an NBC program from the beginning of the television era that was dripped out in Camel advertising and urged viewers to “Sit back, light up a Camel and be an eyewitness to the happenings that made history in the last 24 hours.”

From Seattle Times

But the moon’s five retroreflectors are old, and they’re now much less efficient at flinging back light.

From New York Times

Princess, laudably, agreed to give back Light’s payment.

From Los Angeles Times