Add a movement buffer
Reserve at least 10 extra minutes to gather the couple and walk from the reception to the portrait location.
Free wedding photography tool
Golden light, right on schedule.
Check the morning and evening golden-light windows for any wedding location and date, then protect the best portrait time in the timeline.
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1Choose the wedding location
2Choose the wedding date
Location search by Open-Meteo using GeoNames data.
Find the softest light for the wedding day
Search for the venue area and choose the wedding date. You will get morning and evening golden-light windows in the location's local time.
Plan for the real wedding day
Treat the time as a window, not a promise.
Golden hour is not always exactly sixty minutes. Its length changes with latitude, season, and date. This checker follows the sun from approximately 4° below the horizon to 6° above it, covering the warm transition around sunrise and sunset.
The result is an astronomical estimate for the selected coordinates. Local terrain, venue orientation, tall buildings, trees, and weather can shorten the useful window, so wedding photographers should still scout unfamiliar locations.
Check the real horizon
Mountains, buildings, trees, and venue walls can block direct light before the calculated sunset.
Recheck the forecast
These are astronomical times. Clouds, haze, and rain determine how much warm directional light actually reaches the scene.
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