“Twice each day the cool, blue light of night inter­acts with the warm tones of day­light. Luck­ily for color pho­tog­ra­phers, these events, though pre­dictable, are not con­sis­tent. For a full hour at either end of the day col­ors of light mix together in end­less com­bi­na­tions, as if some­one in the sky were shak­ing a kalei­do­scope.” 

- Galen Rowell (1940-2002)

Like so many other natural light photographers, I love… love… love… shooting during the ‘golden hours’!  The first hour after the sun rises and the last hour before the sun sets gives this amazing warm, golden, almost magical light that you cannot get any other time of day – and it’s BY FAR the prettiest & most interesting light to work with.   Least favorite times to photograph?  During the middle of the day when the sun is the harshest.   I love how these family portraits turned during our ‘golden hour’ session on one Chicago’s North Shore beaches.