Golden hour, rooftop
Exposed for the sky, lit for the couple, timed to the last ten minutes of sun.
About this frame
Golden hour is not an hour. On a clear Highveld evening the light that makes a photograph like this lasts about ten minutes, and it arrives whether or not the speeches have finished.
The whole frame is one decision: expose for the sky so the colour survives, then put enough light on the couple to bring them back. Get that wrong and you have either a silhouette or a washed out sky, and no second attempt.
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Sunset time checked against the running order weeks ahead
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Exposed for the sky, subjects lit separately
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Couple briefed to be ready ten minutes early
- Category
- Weddings
- Service
- Videography
- Year
- 2025
