This weekend you can catch a full pink moon in the night sky. While a full moon isn’t necessarily rare, as warmer weather approaches, you’ll find more photographers taking advantage and getting outside to capture it. This week we’re featuring a group of photographers who are shooting the moon with cameras like the Sony Alpha 1 and Sony Alpha 7 IV and lenses like the Sony 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G and Sony 400mm f/2.8 G Master. For a chance to be featured on AlphaUniverse.com, tag your Sony photography posts with #BeAlpha and follow @sonyalpha for your daily dose of photography inspiration. Interested in more moon events to photograph? Mark your calendars for a total lunar eclipse coming up May 15/16.

Will you be photographing this weekend’s full moon? Get inspiration from these photographers who creatively capture the moon and find out about the cameras and lenses the use to do it. 

Gary Hart – @garyhartphoto

Gary Hart is a professional landscape and astro-photographer and Sony Artisan Of Imagery. He creates his images using single-click captures to try to convey the world untouched by humans, using the camera's unique vision to create images that reveal aspects of the world overlooked or unappreciated by the human eye. Learn more about how Hart captured the full moon from his post below with the Sony Alpha 7 IV and Sony 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G with a 2X teleconverter in his Behind The Shot article. 

Pete McBride – @pedromcbride

Peter McBride is a Sony Artisan and @natgeo photographer based in Colorado. Peter has been to over 75 countries on assignment and shares many of his adventures along with messages of conservation on his Instagram account. Often capturing a pure view of nature’s beauty, his images are like a breath of fresh air. The beautiful full moonscape over the city below is an outtake from his book, “Seeing Silence: The Beauty Of The World’s Most Quiet Places,” which you can purchase online where books are sold or at your local bookstore.

Don Smith – @don_smith_photography

Sony Artisan Don Smith is a professional landscape photographer and educator. He teaches workshops around the world at beautiful locations for stunning landscape results. You can learn more about his workshops and how to register here. He took this shot of a blood moon near Fremont Peak State Park in the southern Santa Clara Valley, California with his Sony Alpha 7S III and Sony 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G. 

Gina Danza – @wildgina

Nature photographer and visual storyteller Gina Danza captures intimate landscapes and outdoor adventures with her camera. With every outdoor moment the Alpha Collective member posts on her Instagram account, she also includes a thoughtful caption that further connects her with the image and usually makes you think how you might connect to it too. She captured this beautiful image of the moon and you can learn more about how she did it in How One Nature Photographer’s Curiosity & Community Inspired Her To Take A Shot At The Moon (Literally). Follow her for more artistic nature imagery in your feed and you can shop her beautiful prints here.

Autumn Schrock – @autpops

Autumn Schrock is a photographer, designer, yogi and member of the Alpha Collective. If you love moon photos, she’s a must-follow as she posts a weekly “Moonday” image each Monday. You’ll also find colorful landscapes, stunning astro, active wildlife and much more on her Instagram account. She offers one-on-one workshops online and has several awesome photo trip workshops on the calendar for this year – check them out here.

Nate Luebbe – @nateinthewild

Photographer and Alpha Collective member Nate Luebbe posts bold and colorful landscapes, astroscapes, wildlife, timelapses and more on his Instagram account. He captured this magnificent winter moonrise over Salt Lake City with his Sony Alpha 1 and Sony 400mm f/2.8 G Master. Follow him for more outdoor imagery in your feed and check out his upcoming workshops where you can learn from him firsthand.

Dania Lamy – @photo.by.dania

Dania Lamy is a London-based photographer and her entire Instagram feed is filled with dreamy moon photography. She finds creative ways to capture the cotton candy-colored sky and moon, incorporating different foreground objects and composing from different angles. She captured this beautiful moon photo with her Sony Alpha 7 II and Sony 70-350mm f/4.5-6.3 G. You can see the other types of photography she shoots on her other account, @lamy_photography.

Magnus Winbjörk – @winbjorkphoto

Magnus Winbjörk is a professional photographer and adventure guide in the heart of Swedish Lapland. His biggest passion in life is to capture the majestic landscapes and wildlife that mother nature has to offer, and he posts these incredible images on his Instagram account. He took this absolutely beautiful shot of a reindeer in front of the moon using his Sony Alpha 1 and Sony 400mm f/2.8 G Master with a 1.4X teleconverter. Learn more about Magnus and his work in his Alpha Profile Spotlight article and see the kit he uses to create his beautiful imagery in his What’s In My Bag article.