Today, August 19, is World Photography Day, and any better-than-amateur photographer knows that one of the best times to take photos is during golden hour. For the non-photographers out there, golden hour takes place shortly after sunrise or before sunset when daylight is softer compared to when the sun is higher in the sky. The more diffuse lighting makes for some seriously beautiful photographs.
This photographer-favoured time period is great for us in the north, where our high latitude means that “golden hour” actually means “multiple golden hours.” Well, three hours, to be precise (yes, there is a golden hour calculator). This means that we northerners receive six times the golden hour length than our equatorial counterparts – and I love to take full advantage of this picturesque opportunity.
So, in celebration of World Photography Day, here are some of my favourite shots that I’ve recently taken during golden hour in Iqaluit.
Catching the light.
Little fishermen, big ice.
Drying pitsi.
Golden halo.
Late summer grasses.
Seal hunting in Frobisher Bay.
Whether you have a compact, DSLR, film, iPhone, or archaic Blackberry camera, I encourage you go outside tonight and take some shots of your own! (Hint: golden hour is from 19:27 to 20:34 for those of us in Iqaluit.) Feel free to share them with us on Instagram by tagging your golden hour photos with #nunagram. Happy shooting!
