VAULT Creator Highlight with Elnaz

VAULT is an NFT space created by creators for creators, your go-to place for high-quality, curated, digital art from top creators around the globe. The VAULT highlight series focuses on the creators that are part of our NFT Community. This week we are excited to introduce you to, Elnaz. Elnaz Mansouri is a multimedia artist practicing… Continue reading VAULT Creator Highlight with Elnaz

VAULT is unlocked!

Introducing VAULT Beta 500px from its origins has striven to make art accessible, provide opportunities to creators, and offer a diverse selection of content to its audience.  VAULT is more than an NFT marketplace, it is a community built by creators to enrichen the creative community; creators and collectors alike. It provides a new opportunity… Continue reading VAULT is unlocked!

Copyright: What you need to know as an NFT creator and collector

Late last year, Spice DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization, spent $3 million at Christie’s to buy an ultra-rare copy of a production book created by the filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky. The book detailed Jodorowsky’s plans for an adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune—an ambitious idea for a film that never came to be. The organization then announced… Continue reading Copyright: What you need to know as an NFT creator and collector

Identifying scams and avoiding fraud in NFT spaces

In January, a non-fungible token collection known as “Frosties” generated quite a bit of buzz online. The collection included 8,888 NFTs based on cartoon ice cream scoop characters, and investors were promised perks, including access to a metaverse video game and 3D versions of their characters. The NFTs sold out in under an hour. The… Continue reading Identifying scams and avoiding fraud in NFT spaces

Understanding fundraising in the crypto space

When he first learned that Ukraine had been invaded, the renowned photographer Vitaliy Raskalov was thousands of miles away, but he knew he had to help. Within a week of the invasion, he’d raised the equivalent of $10,000 in ether through the sales of his well-known NFT photography collection, which went toward providing bulletproof vests,… Continue reading Understanding fundraising in the crypto space

Shimoda Explore v2 review – a versatile camera backpack for nearly any adventure

The Shimoda Design Explore v2 backpacks come in three sizes, 25-, 30-, and 35-liters. Mason Marsh In my 40 years as a photographer, I’ve owned dozens of camera bags. Lugging camera gear has always been an exercise of compromises, but with the new Explore v2 camera backpacks from Shimoda Designs, those compromises are few. And… Continue reading Shimoda Explore v2 review – a versatile camera backpack for nearly any adventure

100 Free Lightroom Presets — Instant Filters for Photo Styles

Who doesn’t love free Adobe Lightroom presets? With just one click, you can borrow and tap into the style of other photographers. Presets can transform your images and add styles in a second. As Lightroom’s popularity has increased, so has the quality of presets to modify and enhance images. Because Lightroom is a “non-destructive” image editor, we… Continue reading 100 Free Lightroom Presets — Instant Filters for Photo Styles

I’m obsessed with the Rollei 35 and haven’t picked anything else up in months

My Rollei 35, whom I have named Carl. Marissa Wu I’ve wanted a Rollei 35 ever since I caught wind of its existence. Delightfully compact, it’s one of the smallest film cameras on the market, alongside the Minox 35 EL and Olympus XA. I am a sucker for great design and aesthetic, which is why… Continue reading I’m obsessed with the Rollei 35 and haven’t picked anything else up in months

Exploring NFT roadmaps and utilities

A year ago, a JPG file sold for $69 million. A tweet sold for $2.9 million. A cat gif sold for $690,000. And suddenly, everyone was talking about cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, unique assets that provide proof of ownership for digital files. In mere months, the market for NFTs has exploded, with more… Continue reading Exploring NFT roadmaps and utilities

The case for creating unconventional work in the NFT space

At first glance, the Metascapes look like real—albeit epic—landscape photographs. But there’s a twist: this famous NFT collection is a collaboration between the influential photographers Cath Simard, Ryan Newburn, and Iurie Belegurschi—and an Artificial Intelligence, or AI. Here’s how they did it: the three photographers uploaded thousands of pictures onto a Generative Adversarial Network, or… Continue reading The case for creating unconventional work in the NFT space