Golden hour (photography)

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In photography, the golden hour is the period of daytime shortly after sunrise or before sunset, during which daylight is redder and softer than when the sun is higher in the sky. The golden hour is also sometimes called the magic hour, especially by cinematographers and photographers. Some cinematographers, however, use magic hour for the time between sunset and nightfall, when there is no direct sunlight. The period of time shortly before the golden hour at sunrise, or after it at sunset, is called the "blue hour". This is when the sun is below the horizon, by about 3° to 10° depending on the definition used, when residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade, and there are no sharp shadows because the sun either has not risen, or has already set.

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