MAGIC HOUR LIGHTING

This Photograph was taken during the time of day 1 hour before sunrise or sunset, which is known to photographers as Magic Hour. The light from the sun casts directly from the side and has an eerie soft glow, making unusually long shadows and highly contrasting pictures.

MAGIC HOUR LIGHTING

I have previously done a two year National Diploma at Myerscough College, I now intend to further my photographic practice on the FdA Photography course at Blackburn College.

I hope to use this blog to show my experiments.

These are my first photographs in response to the Magic Hour brief.

This one was taken 5:14pm at

F16

1.3 seconds

ISO 400

using a standard 50mm prime lens.

F1.4

1/1250 sec

ISO 400

The same lens was used and a tripod for both images.