flat light

noun

, Photography.

1. even front lighting of a subject, producing little contrast, no shadows, and no modeling.

Example Sentences

Low clouds caused flat light and snowfall slowed most of the later starters.

From Seattle Times

Daren looked around the country club billiard room, filled with white flowers and black-clad guests, curtains drawn against the bright, flat light of Tennessee winter.

From Slate

The first run was held in flat light with snow falling.

From Seattle Times

Photographer’s description: “Made the trip to Eastern Washington from our home on the Olympic Peninsula. After researching different areas of the Palouse to photograph, I knew one of the places I wanted to photograph was Steptoe Butte. After spending most of the late afternoon on top of the butte with mostly flat light, we began to make our way down the road when this light happened. So thankful to witness light like this, considering we were only there a few days. Shot with a Fuji X-T2 and 55-200 mm lens.”

From Seattle Times

In the gray, flat light of early-morning Portugal, I took the Aveiro line south from my home in Porto, passing fields of rice and hay.

From Washington Post