golden hour vs. sunset wedding photos

Both golden hour and sunset can provide beautiful lighting for wedding photos, but they offer slightly different qualities.

Catta Verdera Wedding | Lincoln, CA

Golden hour occurs about an hour before sunset, and creates a soft, diffused, romantic light that allows for everything to be perfectly lit. Shadows are soft, and the light tends to be more even, making it ideal for portraits of your skin and face.

This is a great time to sneak away for Couple portraits, even if it’s just 15 minutes.

Sunset is a much shorter period of time that occurs right as the sun has set, sometimes creating a vibrant and varied sky color. People will either be silhouetted or lit with artificial light against the sky.

We strive to budget time for both of these photo opportunities, and will offer suggestions during the timeline planning to ensure that we do so.

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