Golden Hour Calculator

Okay, this isn’t a Photoshop tip … but as we all know, Photoshop can make a good shot great and a great shot amazing; if you nail your shot in camera, it’s that much more fun to play around with in post.

Thought some of you (especially natural light photogs) would appreciate this:

The Golden Hour Calculator

From the site:
The Golden Hour (sometimes referred to as the Magic Hour) is often defined as the first and last hour of sunlight in the day when the special quality of light yields particularly beautiful photographs.

For this Golden Hour calculator website, I have used a more precise definition of the Golden Hour. I have chosen to define the Golden Hour as that period when the sun lies between 6 degrees below the horizon and 6 degrees above. This definition of the Golden Hour more accurately accounts for the speed of the transition from day to night around the world at different times of year.

According to the Calculator, optimum shooting time for my location this evening is from 7:06pm to 8:09pm. I’ll probably start shooting about 30 minutes earlier, but this is a fantastic reference … and one that you can use to plan photo shoots several weeks or months out! Lovin’ it!