the one thing we need for great photos is great light on your lovely face(s), which becomes much more of an issue outdoors,
we have professional lighting that we can bring to any location, indoors or outdoors, which will make you look fabulous wherever you are, however, there’s only so much that artificial lighting can do,
if you’re after an outdoor photoshoot, and you don’t mind having dark backgrounds, then you can choose any time of day for your photoshoot,
however, if you want an outdoor photoshoot with lighter, naturally-lit backgrounds, like most people do, then we’ll need to start a family afternoon/evening photoshoot no later than 2 hours before sunset,
for example, in April and late August the sun sets around 7.30pm in the south of the UK, so we would aim to start a photoshoot by 5.30pm,
whereas in late June the sun sets around 9.30pm in the UK, so we could start later, though we’d aim to start a photoshoot before 6.30-7pm,
however, with photoshoots of pets or adults we can start later, since the photoshoot won’t last as long as it would for a family with young children,
the table on the right shows the latest start times for outdoor photoshoots, with different start times for families, pets and adults.
Temperature
on very hot days (above 25°C): you’re usually better off having a photoshoot as early in the day as possible (see Earliest-start-times-for-an-outdoor-photoshoot) before the heat of the day really begins.
on very cold days (below 5°C): you’re usually better off having a photoshoot late morning or early afternoon and not leaving it until the end of the day when the damp and cold sets in.
Sunset photoshoots
for photoshoots based around the sunset, then the start times can be later, as you can see in the ‘sunset’ column,
as a rough guide, if you wanted a summer sunset photoshoot, then you could start an adult photoshoot around an hour before the sunset times,
but these times can vary by location, as well as if the area is surrounded by buildings or trees.
