Plan a sunset photo shoot
Plan when to leave for a sunset shoot, build a shot list, or practice reading a compass bearing.
Work out when to leave · Build a three-shot list
For a location-specific sun path and a journal of past skies, see Asterfold on the App Store. Free to download with in-app purchases.
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- Asterfold: Sunset PlannerFree on iPhone · 8 pages on this site
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- Compass Bearing to Direction: Visual Degrees Practice for Sunset PlanningTurn a bearing in degrees into an eight-point compass direction. Explore north, east, south and west on a labelled dial before reading a sunset bearing.
- How to find where the Sun sets from your window: 3 methodsHow to find where the sun sets from a window or balcony: three taps pick a method (watch and mark, compass rule, or a sunset planner) and estimate sunset bearings for a latitude band.
- How to plan a sunset proposal: a timing sheetSort the evening into order, then print a one-page sunset proposal run sheet: arrive-by time, the ask, where the photographer stands, the cloud check.
- Sunset Departure Planner: Work Backward from the LightEnter your sunset time, travel, setup and desired lead time to calculate when to leave, arrive and be ready. Free planning arithmetic.
- Sunset Photography Shot List: Free Three-Frame PlannerBuild a three-shot composition plan for a shoreline, city or park. Includes illustrative frames and a copyable checklist.
- Sunset Time-Lapse Planner: Frames, Playback Length and StorageEstimate time-lapse frame count from a capture window, start-to-start interval and exposure. See playback length, storage and the last frame’s timing.
- Why your sunset photos look washed outSix reasons phone sunset photos come out flat, most common first, with the fix for each. Plus a free golden-hour countdown for wherever you are.
- Golden hour vs blue hour: a winter glossary for hikersGolden hour vs blue hour, civil twilight, headlamp time and the other words a winter sunset hike needs, plus a free calculator for your date and place.
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Asterfold: Sunset Planner
- Compass Bearing to Direction: Visual Degrees Practice for Sunset PlanningTurn a bearing in degrees into an eight-point compass direction. Explore north, east, south and west on a labelled dial before reading a sunset bearing.
- How to find where the Sun sets from your window: 3 methodsHow to find where the sun sets from a window or balcony: three taps pick a method (watch and mark, compass rule, or a sunset planner) and estimate sunset bearings for a latitude band.
- How to plan a sunset proposal: a timing sheetSort the evening into order, then print a one-page sunset proposal run sheet: arrive-by time, the ask, where the photographer stands, the cloud check.
- Sunset Departure Planner: Work Backward from the LightEnter your sunset time, travel, setup and desired lead time to calculate when to leave, arrive and be ready. Free planning arithmetic.
- Sunset Photography Shot List: Free Three-Frame PlannerBuild a three-shot composition plan for a shoreline, city or park. Includes illustrative frames and a copyable checklist.
- Sunset Time-Lapse Planner: Frames, Playback Length and StorageEstimate time-lapse frame count from a capture window, start-to-start interval and exposure. See playback length, storage and the last frame’s timing.
- Why your sunset photos look washed outSix reasons phone sunset photos come out flat, most common first, with the fix for each. Plus a free golden-hour countdown for wherever you are.
- Golden hour vs blue hour: a winter glossary for hikersGolden hour vs blue hour, civil twilight, headlamp time and the other words a winter sunset hike needs, plus a free calculator for your date and place.