So there you are stuck in Queens, NY and you’re not sure what time is the best time to take a photograph. Well help is just a few clicks away thanks to Roger Moffatt and his Golden Hour Calulator.
The Golden Hour (sometimes referred to as the Magic Hour) is often defined as the first and last hour of sunlight in the day when the special quality of light yields particularly beautiful photographs.
Of course Roger used that four letter word when developing his calculator. MATH! Am I the only one that feels dirty just thinking about algebra and calculus? He also used a more precise definition of Golden Hour defining it as…
that period when the sun lies between 6 degrees below the horizon and 6 degrees above. This definition of the Golden Hour more accurately accounts for the speed of the transition from day to night around the world at different times of year.
If you like Roger’s nifty calc and find it useful be sure to donate (click his about tab) to help defer the cost of running his site and for future improvements.
via|lifehacker
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