Mastering social media is part of working as a pro creative. Try these simple tricks for making your Instagram feed irresistible to potential clients. Image by Kankana Saxena “About 80% of my clients mention my Instagram account before they mention my blog or portfolio,” Offset Artist Kankana Saxena (@playfulcooking) tells us. As with many of […]
Content consistency is an important consideration in any content marketing strategy. Here are six channels you should audit today for evaluating content consistency. The reasons why marketers often overlook content consistency are varied and cover everything from a lack of resourcing, to the pressure to create differentiated content, to multiple channels to manage content for. […]
Licensing Contributor Andrew Curry shoots velvet-toned street photography, portraiture, and cityscapes that have been making waves on 500px since he joined in 2016. He currently splits his time between Tokyo and San Francisco. Browse his Licensing collection here. Q: Tell us a bit about yourself as a photographer—how did you get started? A: I got […]
Follow along with the biggest moments in May history in this visual journey of photos from the Shutterstock Editorial archive. Photography has given us a rich visual archive of the most important events in history — everything from tragedies to the pinnacles of human achievement. Photos can bring us back to a tragic event that […]
Last year Shutterstock’s follower count grew by 10x. Try these five simple strategies for growing an Instagram following, and duplicate the secrets to our success. Growing an Instagram following requires a lot more work, dedication, and creativity than simply posting beautiful images. An Instagram account requires research, strategy, and a consistent execution plan in order […]
A guide to the essentials of Procreate app for beginners. Here I help artists new to digital painting get started creating art on the ipad with Apple Pencil with this amazing painting app/ photoshop alternative. A full app guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xwphxM73jc Support me here and download colour files + more https://www.patreon.com/jamesjulier TEXTURE SPHERES: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeqxPJwwcz_RZvIlyRyZGSGcYpE_Bcake HOW TO […]
Use this easy-to-follow guide to add spot colors in Adobe Photoshop, using Selections and Channels to get exacting results. Adding spot colors to your Photoshop file allows you to specify the color used for selections. This means you can select a Pantone swatch from a swatch book, and be guaranteed to get that exact color […]
Here at 500px, we’re proud to host a blend of content creators of Asian descent: Pacific-Asian, East-Asian, and beyond. Asian Heritage Month is a great opportunity to reflect on and celebrate the works and contributions of our community members. We spoke to five photographers about their creative journeys, why they chose photography, how they’ve honed […]
“Forgive yourself for not knowing better at the time. Forgive yourself for giving away your power. Forgive yourself for past behaviors. Forgive yourself for the survival patterns and traits you picked up while enduring trauma. Forgive yourself for being who you needed to be.” ~Audrey Kitching I have always been an extremely glass-half-full kind of […]
Want to know what really goes on behind-the-scenes at a successful shoot? Explore these simple but unusual hacks from pro photographers. Image by Anupam Hatui Sometimes, seeing how a photograph is made is just as exciting as the photo itself. As any photographer knows, getting “the shot” is about so much more than hitting the […]
