In photography, the golden hour is a period soon after sunrise or before sunset amid which light is redder and gentler than when the sun is higher in the sky. This is the inverse of blue hour, which is the period just before dawn or soon after dusk when light is diffused and even.

At the point when the Sun is low over the skyline, daylight beams must enter the environment for a more noteworthy separation, decreasing the power of the immediate light, so a greater amount of the enlightenment originates from circuitous light from the sky, lessening the lighting proportion. More blue light is scattered, so if the Sun is available, its light seems more rosy. Likewise, the Sun's low edge over the skyline delivers longer shadows.

The expression "hour" is utilized allegorically; the impact has no obviously characterized term and differs as indicated by season and scope.

Amidst the day, the brilliant overhead sun can make solid features and dim shadows. How much overexposure can happen changes in light of the fact that diverse sorts of film and computerized cameras have distinctive unique reaches. This cruel lighting issue is especially essential in picture photography, where a fill streak is frequently important to adjust lighting over the subject's face or body, filling in solid shadows that are normally viewed as bothersome.

Since the differentiation is less amid the brilliant hour, shadows are less dull, and features are more averse to be overexposed. In scene photography, the warm shade of the low sun is frequently viewed as attractive to upgrade the shades of the scene.