More practice with making my own golden hour. I needed my backdrop travel ready, so I did some outside work. For this sort of trick, you want to experiment with CTO (Color Temperature Orange) gels. Remember, you can stack gels so if that orange isn’t orange enough, stack another orange on it. Usually gel packs have at least 2 orange colors, if not more.
For light setup, you really want trees or tall plants, so if you are working this on property you leave on it really helps to do a poor job at the yard work, especially around fences or the property line. Obviously, you need a light stand tripod for your light. I am using a fancy outdoor strobe for this, but you can do this with a speedlight too – you just will likely need to have the speedlight closer as it isn’t as powerful.
A few other things to keep in mind. You will be shooting with a light behind your subjects so either plan for that shadow or bring another light/reflector for the front of your subjects. Speaking of your subjects, remember they can be a variable in all this depending on the age so plan accordingly. With children and babies, it’s better to move on to the next pose or location than to keep trying something they just don’t want to do. You can either waste time trying to understand why, or you can spend that time taking pictures with other poses/locations; it is your call.
Finally, dogs are great. My dog is especially great and especially when she decides to stand in front of my shot. That happens, just roll with it. If photography has taught me anything, it is that something will get in the way of your shot at some point. You can have all sorts of reactions, or you can just move on to the step you will ultimately move on to; adjust and take the next shot. One option wastes time and other saves time, choose wisely.