Golden hour

How it is used

Loved by portrait, wedding and landscape photographers, who plan shoots around it. How long it lasts depends on the season and how far you are from the equator. The time after sunset, when the sky turns deep blue, is called the blue hour.

Example sentences

1. Let's start the couple portraits at 6:30 to catch golden hour.

2. Golden hour light makes skin tones look warm and flattering.

Common collocations

• during golden hour
• golden hour light
• golden hour portraits
• blue hour

Related terms

• natural lightLight that comes from the sun or the sky, including light through a window, rather than from flashes or lamps.
• backlightLight that comes from behind the subject, toward the camera. It can create a glowing outline, a silhouette or lens flare.
• soft lightLight from a large or diffused source, such as a cloudy sky, a window or a softbox, that creates gentle shadows and smooth transitions.
• landscape photographyPhotography of natural scenery such as mountains, coasts, forests and skies, usually showing a wide view of the place.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• golden hour · Emergency Medicine & First Aid

More terms: Light & Lighting

• flash
• hard light
• softbox
• reflector
• key light
• fill light
• strobe