Golden hour is beautiful, but that 20 minutes after the sunset is just as magical.
There is something undeniably magical about the golden hour. That period as the sun slowly sets over the horizon, bathing the world in hues of soft, warm golden light is deeply romantic and gorgeous for any skintone. Golden hour, or the magic hour, is a bit of a misleading title. It lasts roughly 25 minutes, making it difficult to schedule into a shoot.
But there is another period right after golden hour that is just as beautiful and deserves your attention.
Blue hour, or civil twilight, is the time of day right before the sun rises or goes down when the sky is reflecting a great blue light onto the landscape. Similar to golden hour, blue hour only lasts for about 20 minutes, so you have a limited amount of time to get the shots you want.
Jay P. Morgan from The Slanted Lens has a few tips to help you utilize that limited time to get gorgeous shots that can only be achieved in the blue hour.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
