When’s Your Favorite Time of Day to Shoot?
By Brian Auer • August 3rd, 2007A great photo can be taken at any time, day or night. But I’m sure we all have our favorite times to get out with the camera and snap some shots. Some like the soft light of sunrise, some like the harsh shadows in the afternoon, some like the rich warm colors in the evening, and some like to shoot in the dark. When do you enjoy shooting most? Do you tend to get better shots at certain times of the day? Take the poll, and if you’d like to elaborate as to why it’s your favorite photography time of the day, do so in the comments.
Don’t forget to check the results of last week’s poll “What’s Your Favorite Focal Length?” We pretty much had a bell shaped curve on that one with 15mm to 85mm making up a majority of the votes, and 51mm to 85mm taking the cake.
Brian Auer is a photography enthusiast from San Diego, California. He's also the guy behind the Epic Edits Weblog. As a hobbyist photographer since 2003, his passion has been to constantly improve his photography skill set, to share his own knowledge with others, and to become an integral part of the photographic community.
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Actually I like to shoot at dusk–from the moment the sun sets till it’s all dark. But since I could only pick one between sunset and night, I opt the second one — when it’s dark, a city could look completely different from daytime.
Evening/Sunset. There’s that beautiful golden light, the sky goes deep blue just after sunset, and I don’t have to get up early!
Funny I had also evening but I prefer twidlight… dark blue sky and city lights…
Bummer I missed this… chalk me up for sunrise, although the sunset hour is equally attractive.
You snooze, you loose. Though I was somewhat surprised to see how few people favor the sunrise versus the sunset.