Free Light Backgrounds and Light Pictures: 74 Photos of Light Trails, Neon, Lanterns and Lamps
74 free light pictures from the BigFoto library, many of them blurred on purpose for backgrounds: city lights out of focus, zoom bursts and motion blur, light trails of cars at night, the neon of Broadway, the Las Vegas Strip, Piccadilly Circus and Saigon, hanging and stone lanterns at shrines in Nara and Kyoto, paper and Chinese lanterns, Christmas lights on streets, trees and houses, street lamps in London and Paris, lamps in the dark and the lights of fairground rides.
How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.
Light trails and blurred lights
Blurred city lights at night, zoom bursts and zoom blur, motion blur of lights, light trails of cars in purple, orange and zigzags, and a yellow lights pattern.
Neon signs
Broadway lights, Las Vegas neon and the Strip at night, the Circus Circus clown, Art Deco hotel neon on Ocean Drive, neon in Saigon, Piccadilly Circus, a neon bakery sign, a neon clown face and a red neon Christmas bell.
Lanterns
A shopping arcade with lanterns in Japan, hanging lanterns at a shrine in Nara, stone lanterns at Kasuga Taisha, a lantern under a red gate and lit lanterns at night in Kyoto, red lanterns, paper, Chinese and star lanterns, lamps hanging under trees, arched lamps over a path and a bar entrance with lanterns.
Christmas lights
Blue Christmas lights, trees and buildings covered in lights, curtains and garlands of lights over shopping streets, Christmas trees of lights, houses outlined in lights, rings of stars and shooting stars of lights.
Lamps and street lamps
Street lamps by Trafalgar Square and Westminster Abbey, a lamp column on the Place de la Concorde, street lamps at night and in the snow, lamps on a red wall and in a dark wall, a wall lamp and its shadow, white lamp shades, hanging lamps in the dark, a lamp by a lake at sunset, lakeside lights, floodlights in the fog and stage lights.
Fairground lights and candles
Lights on fairground rides, a thrill ride lit up at night, family rides under roofs of lights, candle flames and a candle chandelier.
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Questions about these light photos
Can I use these light pictures for free?
Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.
Which photos work as a light or bokeh background?
The blurred city lights, zoom bursts and light trails have no sharp subject, so they work as light and bokeh backgrounds behind text; the neon signs and lanterns suit night and festive themes.
