bad lighting
Inadequate room brightness
Bad lighting refers to illumination that's unflattering, inadequate, or poorly positioned.
In photography and video, bad lighting creates harsh shadows, washes out features, or obscures detail.
The phrase often excuses unflattering photos: Delete that one—it's just bad lighting.
Fluorescent office lighting and overhead bathroom fixtures are notorious offenders.
- dimLow in light
- shadowsDark areas from blocked light
- harsh shadowsStrongly defined dark areas
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- glareFierce stare or brightness
fluorescent · unflattering · murky · flickering · washed out · grainy · overexposed · underexposed · squinting · eye strain · headache · dingy · yellow · greenish · buzzing · straining · gloomy · dreary
- decorating mistakesclutter, overcrowding, bare walls
- Shot Errorsblur, overexposure, underexposure, out of focus, camera shake
- Phone Failsbutt dial, pocket dial, wrong number, dropped call, misdial
- video call problemsfrozen screen, connection lost, buffering, lag, pixelation
bad lightingstudio lighting
Controlled artificial illumination setup
cinematic lighting · golden hour · soft lighting · natural lighting
badly, badness, light, lights, lighting, lighted, lighter, lightest, lighten