500px Relaunches Portfolios, Its Template-Based Website Builder
500px has announced Portfolios, which it describes as a simple, modern, and efficient way to build a website in a matter of minutes and included with the website's Pro Membership plan.
500px Updates Terms, Sparks Fresh Outrage Among Photographers
If you're a 500px member who hasn't logged in to the photo sharing and selling service for a while, you may be asked to agree to an updated Terms of Service document upon logging in. The latest agreement is causing an uproar (and a new wave of account deletions) among many photographers, but it doesn't appear that anything has changed from a legal or rights standpoint.
500px Threatens to Ban Popular User it Once Hailed as a ‘Photoshop Master’
500px is now strictly a service for sharing and selling "photography," and it has been banning accounts that post images that aren't "photographic" enough. The change in policy is so sharp that 500px is now driving away a user that it once featured as a "Photoshop master."
500px Owner Slammed for Claiming Copyright to Black Hole Image
Visual China Group, the "Getty Images of China" and owner of 500px, has sparked an outcry after it attempted to claim copyright to the first-ever black hole picture that became a worldwide sensation this week.
500px Hacked: Personal Data Exposed for All 14.8 Million Users
The popular photo-sharing service 500px has announced that it was the victim of a hack back in 2018 and that personal data was exposed for all the roughly 14.8 million accounts that existed at the time.
500px Bans Photographer for Photos Not Being ‘Photographic’ Enough
Tim Gamble is a Manchester, UK-based photographer who uses light-painting techniques to create surreal and abstract artworks. His photos are almost entirely created in-camera, so imagine Gamble's surprise when 500px unexpectedly deleted his account for "posting non-photographic content."
500px Launches Photobook-Inspired Redesign, Users Aren’t Happy
500px has unveiled a redesigned Home Feed that's designed to show more photos and provide more exposure. The "cleaner and more contemporary design" was inspired by photobooks.
I Opted Out at 500px But Getty Images is Selling My Photos Anyway
When Getty Images set up its contributor agreement with Flickr in 2008 to allow Flickr users to sell their photos, I enabled the feature. While not a professional photographer, I had been approached a couple of times in the past about licensing some of my shots and thought the opportunity to sell through Getty Images could formalize this process.
500px Founder Joins Skylum to Grow Its Software in Asia
500px founder Evgeny Tchebotarev is joining Skylum, becoming the new VP of Growth in Asia of the photography software company (formerly known as Macphun) that's behind Luminar and Aurora HDR.
500px Nukes 1M+ Creative Commons Photos
500px just shut down its Marketplace stock photo platform in favor of selling photos directly through Getty Images and VCG, as the company announced a month ago. And as part of the major change, 500px has wiped out over 1 million of the Creative Commons photos photographers had uploaded to the service.
500px to Shutter Marketplace and Sell Photos Through VCG and Getty Images
500px has announced that it will be winding down its Marketplace for premium royalty-free stock photos and will instead be selling its users photos exclusively through Visual China Group (its parent company) in China and through Getty Images across the rest of the world.
Beware 500px’s (Very) ‘Flexible Pricing’
Are you a freelance photographer like myself? Have you already put up your masterpiece on 500px? Maybe you’re trying to share your photos and sell them at the same time in case some stranger admires your work? If you’ve answered YES to all these questions, I'd like to share the terrible experience I had with 500px.
500px Acquired by VCG, the Getty Images of China
500px has been acquired by Visual China Group (VCG), the Beijing, China-based photo and media agency that's known as "the Getty Images of China."
My Sad 500px Christmas Story
On December 22nd, I received an email from 500px saying that I sold a photo for $600. Obviously, I was thrilled -- it's nice to get something like this right before Christmas. Upon logging into my 500px account, I saw that there was another sale too for the same photo. The total from the two sales: $2,700.
Ep. 235: 500px Makes a Quiet Move – and more
Episode 235 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photographer, author and educator, Glyn Dewis
500px Quietly Dropped Free Account Upload Limit to 7 Photos Per Week
If you have a free 500px photo sharing account or are considering joining the service, here's a change that happened earlier this year you may not be aware of: free accounts can now only upload 7 photos per week, down from 20.
Ep. 180: What You Need To Know About 500px – and more
Episode 180 of the PetaPixel Photography Podcast.
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Featured: Photographer and filmmaker, Michael Shainblum
Beware: 500px Now Sells Your Photos on Fotolia Without Credit
I discovered this week that my 500px Marketplace photo is being sold elsewhere, and I haven't gotten a dime of sales (yet). If you sell photos through 500px, this is something you should be aware of.
500px Unveils the Directory: A Listing that Helps Photographers Find Work
Online photography community and licensing marketplace 500px announced an interesting new service today. It's called the 500px Directory, and it allows photographers to advertise their services, show off their work to prospective clients, and get hired, all in one place.
500px ‘RAW’ Lets You Shoot, Edit, and License RAW Photos, All on Your Phone
500px's latest app "RAW" is more than the name implies. Not only does it let you shoot and edit RAW photos on your iPhone, it also helps you license those photos to clients who submit specific briefs to the 8 million photographer 500px community.