We absolutely love photographing wedding sunsets. If your day gives you that special moment, we will always come and find you to see if you would like to take a walk around your venue grounds or the surrounding area, just like the couple below, while we capture some beautiful images during the golden hour.
The golden hour is a term photographers use to describe that perfect time just before the sun sets, when the light softens and the sky turns rich tones of yellow, orange, and red. This is one of our favourite times to photograph couples, and it always creates the most romantic and natural images.
Chloe and Adam’s Golden Hour Couple Shoot
All images by The Mateers Wedding Photography. We are proud winners of the Wedding Industry Awards’ Best Wedding Photographers in Yorkshire and the North East 2020.
What an incredible sunset! Our couple shoots are captured exactly the same way we photograph the rest of a wedding day—without posing or direction. We don’t turn these moments into formal portraits. Instead, we let the couple’s natural interaction tell the story, creating images that feel authentic and timeless.
Natural and Unposed Photography
For Chloe and Adam, we photographed their golden hour couple shoot just as we always do: unposed and relaxed. We took a short drive with them from their beautiful wedding venue to a nearby field. Then they went for a walk while we simply accompanied them. That was it—no telling them how to stand, hold each other, or walk. When couples are free to be themselves, beautiful moments unfold naturally, as these images show.
There are two key reasons we photograph couple shoots this way. First, we want every image to transport our couples back to that exact moment in the years to come. We don’t want them to look back and remember us giving instructions or adjusting poses. Real, unplanned interactions always have more meaning.
Second, we want our couples to feel completely at ease. Directing every move can make couples feel awkward or self-conscious, and that’s the opposite of the relaxed, joyful experience we aim to capture. Our couples know this about us, and it’s part of why they book The Mateers Wedding Photography.
Capturing the Perfect Light
We spent around 15 to 20 minutes in the field, a little longer than most couple shoots. Sunsets are unpredictable, and the golden hour light can appear at different times—sometimes 30 minutes before the sun dips below the horizon, sometimes just before, or even a few moments after. Chloe and Adam were so caught up in the beauty of the sunset that they lingered in the field, watching the sky turn rich shades of yellow, orange, and red while we captured every moment.
This is the essence of our golden hour couple shoot York approach: natural, relaxed, and completely focused on capturing couples enjoying their time together in beautiful light.
Weddings Across the UK and Abroad
While this wedding was in York, we photograph weddings all over the UK and abroad. Last year, we travelled from Manchester to Montenegro, Loch Lomond to Llandudno, and almost everywhere in between. Wherever your wedding celebration is taking place, we would love to hear about it.
Book The Mateers Wedding Photography
If you’d like to include a golden hour couple shoot on your wedding day, we’d love to capture it for you. Our natural, unposed approach ensures your images tell the true story of your day. Please contact us here to check our availability and discuss your plans.
