We often take advantage of dawn and dusk to capture our best architectural photos.  We commonly refer to this time as “golden hour”.  Other photographers do not use this term.  Probably because it does not last for an hour, and often the sky produces a deep blue effect (not a golden).

Watch the video below:

If you are interested in the higher-level lighting challenges with rooms and buildings, check out this excellent video interview with architectural photographer Robert Reck.  Robert uses a temperature meter to measure each source of light in order to take the steps neccesary to balance out the final composition in post-production, whether it involves multiple exposures, adding light, blocking light or changing light.