Blue Hour

A beautiful thing to photograph, is the hour before the sun rises, and the hour after. Blue hour. This means waking up even earlier than sunrise, or staying way past sunset to capture the blue skies mixed in with the gradients of colors from the sun of gold to magenta. Clear horizons and numerous clouds are my favorite key factors in shooting blue hour. You'd be surprised that you can find this type of light indoors as well, the walls creating a shade to produce similar light. I find this style fitting for both blue hour outdoors, and portraits indoors with natural light.