Film recipes that make the most of the warm, low light of golden hour.
Golden hour light is already one of the most flattering and beautiful conditions for photography — the low angle, the warmth, the long shadows, the way it catches textures and makes ordinary scenes look exceptional. These recipes amplify those qualities, using white balance and colour settings that lean into the gold and amber of the hour rather than correcting it towards neutral.
They work at dawn as well as dusk, and many of them also suit any warm, directional light — late afternoon in summer, winter sun — wherever there is a golden quality to the illumination.
The list below shows 40 recipes drawn from the site and the Film Recipes App — app-only recipes are included and labelled, giving you a complete picture of what’s available for this look.
Golden Hour Film Recipes
These 40 recipes are a selection from a much larger Golden Hour collection. The full set — all 347 — is available in the Film Recipes App for iOS and Android.
Browse and filter the complete collection in the Film Recipes App for iOS and Android.