Color Grading
Picture Control recipes — Golden hour portraits
A warm, low-contrast Rich Tone Portrait recipe for backlit portraits of friends in the last hour of sun.
Settings
Rich Tone Portrait, contrast −2, mid-range sharpening −1, saturation 0. White balance Direct sunlight, fine-tuned A2 toward amber. Exposure +0.7 for backlit faces.
Shooting it
Put the sun behind the subject and slightly off to one side so the hair rims. Fill with a white card or a light wall. The 70-180mm at about 135mm and f/2.8 keeps the background soft without losing the eyes.
When not to use it
Midday or under trees: the warm shift turns green foliage yellow and skin orange. Switch back to Soft Rich Tone.