PORTRAITS AT SUNSET
1 HOUR
The evening golden hour has long been known as the best time of day to capture gorgeous landscape photos, but it’s being increasingly used by portrait photographers too. As the sun goes down the vibrant colours can create a stunning backdrop for portraits. And even if the sky doesn’t erupt into colour, it’s still a great time to head out for dramatic clouds.
The key challenge to overcome is the strong backlighting we get when shooting towards the setting sun. This makes it tricky to get a balanced exposure, because the subject’s front will be in deep shade. If we’re using the natural light alone we could expose for the shade, but this will blow out the sky; or we could expose for
