E|||B wrote:

Damn, you rock. Please reconsider having my babies.

hi baby

photogjohn wrote:
One hour to one and a half hours after sunrise or one hour to one and a half hours before sunset...The Gloden Hour!!

Ditto!

Christopher Hartman wrote:

It sets that late?! dang!!

I have a love/hate relationship with my sunset sessions.  During the summer is best because it's warm and I can shoot w.o leaving work early (4pm).  However, I hate getting home at 10pm and then having to clean up and get to bed because of work at 7am.  But if I was in Michigan shooting to 10pm?  ouch!

But that's only for 3 months out of the year.

lotusphoto wrote:
don't forget the tides..

http://math.ucr.edu/~ftm/bajaPages/Tides.html

thank you very much, that was very usefull, no high tides at the time I want to shoot!

Lens N Light wrote:
That 2 hr after sunrise and before sunset is cool but what if you can't shoot then? What if the only time you can shoot, either because of a cramped schedule or weather, is mid-day?

You can do it, but it takes a little equipment. You need a big diffuser panel -- at least 4 by 6 ft. Bigger is better and more than 1 is better yet. You also need a soft gold reflector.

Set up so the direct sun is diffused on your subject and bounce in some nice gold light from the reflector. Voila! Sunset light in the middle of the day!

Oh thank you, I will see if I at least can get a gold reflector for that day