Design
Capturing Hong Kong in the 'Blue Moment'
For just a few minutes a day, the sky cloaks the entire city in a glowing, azure tint.
Most photographers swear by the “golden hour”—the hour just after sunrise, or the one right before sunset, when the lighting is just right. But when Hong Kong-based photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze tried to capture his home at sunset, the light washed out most of the city’s colors.
So he watched the sun go down, and that’s when he discovered that the city really lights up during what he’s dubbed the “blue moment.”