The golden hour around sunset and sunrise are conventionally used to lend great lighting to landscapes and other expansive examples of outdoor photography (see our article on how to photograph sunsets for example), but can equally be used to get great portraits. These examples show that the incredible lighting and shadows can be used as both a feature to light the person or as a great background. Enjoy them and use them as inspiration for your own efforts.
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I LOVE Golden Hour! Great shots, they really show the versatility you can get during this lighting phase. Here are my favorite shots I’ve taken that show off the sun’s gorgeous light!
Nice pictures. Great use of lighting!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Superb. Great shots.
love the lighting this guy uses, genius! https://www.solifestyle.com/2011/07/photographer-focus-aaron-feaver.html
Seems that most of these photos use strobes rather than ambient light, so the time of day is rather irrelevant. Nice sunsets though.
Great shots, way to use the light
so amazing i like it
Great shots, I love the golden light.
Very nice shots
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Beautiful!
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Very nice examples!