Tips on how to capture stunning golden hour photography images ![]() If your camera has 14-bit RAW as opposed to 12-bit, that’s a better choice, too. Plus, RAW gives you a wider range of luminescence and color temperature information than JPEG does. RAW lets you assign color profiles in post-processing. Shooting in RAW is what’s important here. White balance: Auto, but shoot in RAW – Auto white balance is one of the best golden hour photography settings to use. Image format: MFT, APS-C, Full-Frame – Many serious photographers are already using DSLRs or mirrorless cameras in these formats anyways.įor most special-purpose photographic efforts, using a bigger format and better quality camera and lens will always be a good choice when engaging in serious photography. Zone focusing or using your lens’ hyperfocal distance (for the f-stop you’re using) is an appropriate technique for Golden Hour and Blur Hour. ![]() Digital film is doubly so.įocus mode: Manual, maybe with focus assist – Same reasoning as the metering. So, use a meter to get you close, set the camera to manual, and bracket up and down. 24mm to 40mm or so in Full-Frame format.Įxposure mode: Manual, bracketed – Exposure meters will get you in the right ballpark, but the conditions of rapidly changing light levels and color temps can fool them. Most subjects we think about for Golden Hour or Blue Hour will probably be better suited for using a wide-angle or shorter normal lens. Limiting noise and maximizing color rendition is the goal for this setting.įocal length: Wide as practical, except for portraits – Golden Hour portraits shot with a short telephoto lens can be amazingly beautiful. Some cameras will be limited to ISO 200 as the lowest native sensor sensitivity, other cameras may go down to ISO 50. ISO: 100 – Or whatever the lowest your camera can natively set. Since lower light levels may make correct focus a little iffy, having that depth of field for focus is likely to be needed. The levels change quickly, so keep checking a light meter or some sort of chart.Īperture: f/8.0 – Unless you are also attempting selective focus effects, have a decent amount of depth of focus. Shutter speed: 1/100 – I put this a little slow to emphasize that light levels will be low during a good part of the Golden Hour. The settings above are good talking points, though. Especially with the rapidly changing light levels in the time period surrounding sunset and sunrise. Obviously, the is no one size fits in regard to exposure settings. Why I choose the above settings for golden hour photography ![]() This is also a great way to better understand what type of settings different photographers use.
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