Blue hour in most parts of the world typically lasts a matter of minutes, often resulting in a mad scramble to capture an image during that short window. This is also very popular with photographers, especially for things such as architectural photography and long exposure photography.
This is the time just after the sun has set or before it rises again, where, you guessed it, the light cast is blue in tone. In addition to Golden Hour, there is also Blue Hour. Depending on where you are in the world, and the time of year, Golden Hour can last anywhere from around 30 minutes to over 7 hours! Being so far north, Iceland is exposed to some of the longest Golden Hours in the world, making it a perfect place for photographers. You get longs shadows too for added drama and clouds can turn into dramatic streaks for red, pink and orange. The scenery is softly lit and there are often great pastel colours in the sky. Many say that this is the best time to shoot landscape photography and it’s easy to see why. Being a photographer here you come to understand and learn how the daylight, or lack of, can be used to create the best photographs. I would like to share some of my knowledge from my own experience in the following post.ĭuring the time before just before the sun sets and before it rises in the morning, the world is often bathed in a warm, golden light. It is the best time of day for natural photography when diffuse and warm light is desired.The light conditions in Iceland change dramatically depending on what time of year it is. In landscape photography, the warm color of the low sun is often considered desirable to enhance the colours of the scene. This harsh lighting problem is particularly important in portrait photography, where a fill flash is often necessary to balance lighting across the subject's face or body, filling in strong shadows that are usually considered undesirable.īecause the contrast is less during the golden hour, shadows are less dark, and highlights are less likely to be overexposed. The degree to which overexposure can occur varies because different types of film and digital cameras have different dynamic ranges. In the middle of the day, the bright overhead sun can create strong highlights and dark shadows. For a location sufficiently far from the equator, the sun may not reach an altitude of 10°, and the golden hour lasts for the entire day in certain seasons. For a location closer to the Equator, the same altitude is reached in less than an hour, and for a location farther from the equator, the altitude is reached in more than one hour. In Los Angeles, California, at an hour after sunrise or an hour before sunset, the sun has an altitude of about 10–12°. The character of the lighting is determined by the sun's altitude, and the time for the sun to move from the horizon to a specified altitude depends on a location's latitude and the time of year. The term hour is used figuratively the effect has no clearly defined duration and varies according to season and latitude.
In addition, the sun's low angle above the horizon produces longer shadows. More blue light is scattered, so if the sun is present, its light appears more reddish. This is technically a type of lighting diffusion. When the sun is low above the horizon, sunlight rays must penetrate the atmosphere for a greater distance, reducing the intensity of the direct light, so that more of the illumination comes from indirect light from the sky, reducing the lighting ratio. The color temperature can also change significantly with altitude, latitude, season, and weather conditions.
It tends to be around 2,000 K shortly after sunrise or before sunset, around 3,500 K during "golden hour", and around 5,500 K at midday. The color temperature of daylight varies with the time of day.
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