Spotlight: 500px Prime Creator Iza Lyson

Meet our newest 500px Prime Creator and learn more about how Licensing is creating a more inclusive world through visual storytelling. Iza Lyson is a Polish photographer specializing in dog photography and lifestyle content. Having been a 500px Contributor for over eight years, her Portfolio has captured the attention of 500px for its stunning and… Continue reading Spotlight: 500px Prime Creator Iza Lyson

Jamie Beck’s photos from the French countryside look like Renaissance paintings

One of Beck’s self portraits in a Provence lavender field. Jamie Beck Six years ago, photographer Jamie Beck was seemingly living the life. She was running a thriving commercial photography studio in New York City and had all the trappings of success—prestigious clients from Vogue to Nike, a beautiful apartment, designer clothes, a vintage car.… Continue reading Jamie Beck’s photos from the French countryside look like Renaissance paintings

How to boost your searchability and ultimately your sales potential

According to researchers, 75% of search engine users never scroll past the first page of results. But it can be tough to get onto that first page—a recent study from Ahrefs revealed that a whopping 90.63% of web pages get no traffic from Google search results. There are a few reasons why this might happen,… Continue reading How to boost your searchability and ultimately your sales potential

[Photo Keywording Tips] How to add effective keywords to help your photos get discovered

You’ve taken the perfect shot, uploaded it to 500px, and are ready to license it. But how can you be sure your image will be seen by buyers? Keywords! Tagging your image with the right photo keywords will increase the photo’s visibility by ensuring it appears in relevant search results. The wrong keywords—or worse, too… Continue reading [Photo Keywording Tips] How to add effective keywords to help your photos get discovered

How Lighting Imparts Emotion in an Animated Scene

Lighting in animation is more than just making a scene look stunning—it’s also about choosing an aesthetic that can evoke a desired style, mood, or ambience. Lighting can be incredibly nuanced, and it’s often used to give audiences a better connection to the emotional levels of the animation. Lighting can help to convey the mood… Continue reading How Lighting Imparts Emotion in an Animated Scene

Dive into a world of super-saturated color film photography with Jennifer Lawrence

Watercolor, Florida. Jennifer Lawerence Jennifer Lawrence is all about colorful chaos. With some signature Kodak Ektar film loaded and ready to go, this Chicago-based lifestyle photographer lives, breathes, and sleeps color, all while embracing experimentation along the way.  As the weather warms and summer comes swinging in, we chatted with Lawrence about her sources of… Continue reading Dive into a world of super-saturated color film photography with Jennifer Lawrence

Summer fun in the sun: Our favorite reader-submitted Photos of the Day

Jason Simpson Summer is here and in the Southern United States, that means rain, generous drops, rumbling thunder, and humidity. But elsewhere, summer is the beach, the pool, or a walk on a pier. Summer is also fireworks—and lots of them. This week’s challenge asked readers to submit photos that showed what summer is to… Continue reading Summer fun in the sun: Our favorite reader-submitted Photos of the Day

These winning food photos will make you hungry

“On ice.” Winner of the Wine Photographer of the Year-Produce category. Suzanne Becker Bronk One thing that unites us all is food. It’s a key element not only to survival but to tradition, celebration, and community. This year’s winners of the Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year awards showcase the customs and stories woven… Continue reading These winning food photos will make you hungry