Using long exposure photography to create light trails that zip across the frame is a popular technique among the creative community. The light trails can really add a wow factor to your photos, and the way the light beams through your screen mimicking movement makes them popular content for social media. This week we’re featuring a group of photographers on Instagram who are creating long exposure light trail photography with cameras like the Sony Alpha 7R IV and Sony Alpha 1 and lenses like the Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 G Master and Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 G Master. See the impressive images they’ve created using the technique below and follow their accounts on Instagram. Tag your own shot-with-Sony posts with #BeAlpha and follow @sonyalpha for your daily dose of Sony photo inspiration.

This week we’re featuring a group of photographers using long exposure photography to create light trails that zip across the frame.

Ivan Wong – @ivvnwong

Ivan Wong is a photographer and Alpha Collective member. He utilizes unique lighting and angles in his photography to create stunning images seemingly from another dimension. He took these light trail images in Los Angeles with his Sony Alpha 7R IV and Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 G Master. Follow his Instagram account to see more light trails and other cool techniques using light.

Andrew Eggers – @andreweggers

Andrew Eggers of the Alpha Collective specializes in night photography, whether it be in an urban or nature setting. On his Instagram account you’ll find many images where he creatively captures light at night, like in the light trail long exposure image below captured with his Sony Alpha 1 and Sony 12-24mm f/2.8 G Master. Follow his account to see more intense streaking light images and learn more about Eggers and his work in his Alpha Profile Spotlight article. 

Max Loewenstein – @maxloew

Max Loew is a travel and adventure creative based in the Bay Area. On his Instagram account you’ll find stunning landscape and nature photography that shows the colorful beauty you can find in the outdoors. He also creates some awesome light trail images in the beautiful outdoor spaces he visits, like in the first image in his post below – a light trail in the Valley of Fire State Park captured with his Sony Alpha 7R III and Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 G Master.

Steven Curtis – @stevencurtis9

Steven Curtis is an air traffic controller and photographer based in Darlington, England. Using his Sony Alpha 1, he captures beautiful images of the city from different angles and perspectives. He took this shot of the Tower Bridge in London with his Sony Alpha 1 and Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 G Master. Follow him to see which beautiful part of the city he captures next.

Kenya – @zero.dark.party

Kenya is a NYC-based street photographer. On his Instagram account he posts the colorful night images he takes of the city with his Sony Alpha 7 IV and Sony Alpha 7S III. Each post he makes includes his camera settings, so you can know exactly how he captured it. He took the shot below at W. 34th St. and 9th St. with his Sony Alpha 7 IV and Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 G Master at 4-sec, f/10, ISO 100.

Johnny Romero – @johnnyjrom7

Johnny Romero is an Austin-based photographer. On his Instagram account you’ll find a variety of landscape, cityscape, portrait, night and astroscape photography. Follow him to see which beautiful scene he captures with his camera next. He took this light trail shot in San Francisco with his Sony Alpha 7R IV.

Kento – @000___42

Kento is a hobbyist photographer based in Japan. Using his Sony Alpha 7 III, he captures beautiful images of the surrounding city and landscape at both day and night. He captured this image in Shizuoka, Japan with his Sony Alpha 7 III and Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 G Master.