500px Review & An Awesome Giveaway!
We would like to introduce you to a cool new photo sharing service called 500px and let you know how you can win one of 10 upgraded accounts worth $50 each! Read on for details…
What is 500px?
500px is a photo sharing service that has really exploded in popularity recently. Part of the reason for this is the freakishly high standard of photographs that can be found in the galleries! This is a side-effect of 500px being a breath of fresh air that has lured many of the web’s best photographers away from more established alternatives.
The site is free to join and allows you to upload up to 20 photos per week. It encourages you to share only your best shots. The overall site design is attractive and shows off the pictures beautifully (you can see ours here: Will & Matt Burrard-Lucas). There is a good community of people already on 500px and I have been impressed with the number of views and comments my photos have been receiving.
The site has a decent ranking system that gives each photograph a score between 0 and 100. It is rather addictive because you can watch your score climb with every “like”! If a picture’s score is high enough, it will get promoted to the Popular page, resulting in a ton of exposure and comments.
However, for me the best thing about 500px is the responsive team of people who are working tirelessly to improve the site (I have noticed a few incremental improvements even in the short time that I have been using it). If you contact them for any reason you will usually get a rapid response.
Awesome Accounts
Upgrading to an Awesome account will cost you $50 and gives you a couple of handy benefits:
- You can upload an unlimited number of photos without the weekly limit.
- You receive a premium portfolio… this is basically a standalone website that displays the photos you have uploaded to 500px. There are several very attractive portfolio designs to choose from. What’s cool is you can set a custom domain name, making this a great way to build your own website if you don’t already have one. You can see our portfolio here: http://wildlife.500px.com/
Giveaway: Win One of 10 Awesome Accounts!
The kind people over at 500px have generously donated $500 worth of Awesome accounts for us to give away to you, our blog subscribers and facebook fans!
All you have to do to become eligible for this draw is complete two simple steps:
- Sign up for a free 500px account here: http://500px.com/signup
- Login and start following our account: Will & Matt Burrard-Lucas
The deadline is 11:59pm (GMT) on Saturday (25th June). After the deadline we will go through our list of followers and select 10 accounts at random to receive a free 1-year Awesome account worth $50!
Once you’ve got your new 500px account and uploaded a few photos, feel free to share a link to it in the comments below. We look forward to seeing your shots!
Update: The giveaway is now over! Congratulations to the following users who have received 1 year of awesomeness: Beyondthelimitsphotography, mkshft, Bobbyjojo, nigelivy, KevinXolio, richmedia, shells_moments, RupeshJadhav, ColinCampbell, azmi5245. A big thank you to everyone who took part! If you were not a winner but still want an Awesome account, you can get 20% off using the promo code “friends”!
We will be running more giveaways in the future so make sure you sign up to our newsletter so that we can keep you informed, you can subscribe by email or via RSS
David Moore said:
June 19, 2011 at 11:42 pm
Thanks for the chance to be awesome. Really liking 500px – you can find me here: http://500px.com/davidmoore. Cheers.
Peter Hammer said:
June 20, 2011 at 8:23 am
Hi,
thanks for the link to 500px. It looks a great site. I have joined and added a few images.
I would have loved to go to your trip to Madagascar but unfortunately I am already booked to go to Patagonia at that time.
Peter
Peter Hammer said:
June 20, 2011 at 8:24 am
I am at http://500px.com/peterh well I presume that is the address as peterh is my user name.
Kimberly said:
June 20, 2011 at 8:39 am
I joined too
here’s mine:
http://500px.com/KimberlyvanAalten
Tamara Kwan said:
June 20, 2011 at 9:10 am
My 500px page: http://500px.com/TammyLynn
antwerpenR said:
June 20, 2011 at 9:54 am
Great stuff. My page is here: http://500px.com/antwerpenR
Debbie Ward said:
June 20, 2011 at 9:55 am
Thank you for telling me about this awesome website!!
Ray said:
June 20, 2011 at 10:46 am
Wow great site
Gabi said:
June 20, 2011 at 10:48 am
Thanks for the great tip. I’ve created an account and uploaded my first album!
http://cybergabi.500px.com/stairs/
rene52 said:
June 20, 2011 at 10:55 am
Found the site and it looks great. Have uploaded some photos so will see how it goes.
http://500px.com/rene52
is my site
JC Renaud said:
June 20, 2011 at 11:56 am
I’m loving 500px in general, but I’m really loving your uploads. Have a look at my uploads see if they’re worth commenting on (http://500px.com/AlrightHearThis).
Edwin said:
June 20, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Great, here is my 500px page: http://500px.com/edwin
J.C.Chang said:
June 20, 2011 at 1:11 pm
It’d be awesome to get an Awesome account! http://500px.com/PleoPhoto
DBJohnson said:
June 20, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Here’s mine: http://500px.com/DBJohnson
J Raitz said:
June 20, 2011 at 2:03 pm
Here’s mine: http://500px.com/Jason_Raitz
I like it a lot so far.
Georgie said:
June 20, 2011 at 3:08 pm
My page is http://500px.com/georgie2412 Haven’t got many photos up yet but will do some sorting and get a few more up shortly!
http://500px.com/ksphoto said:
June 20, 2011 at 5:51 pm
My mommie always said I was AWESOME maybe now I can show her whe was right!!!
Brendon said:
June 20, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Here is my page: http://500px.com/BrendonReed
I really like 500px so far!
Btw, I think your photography is absolutely fantastic!
Deborah Flowers said:
June 20, 2011 at 7:56 pm
Hi guys!
Thanks so much for the link and the 411 on 500px.com
You already know how much I admire your work.
~Ciao
Deborah
Gene Bowker said:
June 20, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Great place to see a lot of wonderful work on 500px. Thanks for sharing.
Here is my new link:
http://500px.com/genebowker
Phil Cartwright said:
June 21, 2011 at 10:36 am
great site, thanks for intoduction
my link is http://500px.com/PhilC
Liora Levin said:
June 21, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Hello,I am glad and proud to be part of that wonderful group in this website, I will upload my pictures soon although I am a novice but have a great motivation to improve.
Stephen McDonald said:
June 22, 2011 at 3:33 pm
My Page – http://500px.com/smd3000
Austin said:
June 22, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Love this site! I wish I had found it sooner!
Here’s mine: http://500px.com/Beyondthelimitsphotography
Rachel H said:
June 22, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Here’s mine: http://500px.com/rjhoughton
Steve Crane said:
June 22, 2011 at 10:42 pm
I’ve had my account for a week or two and have posted three photos but the almost total lack of interest in them has been demoralising.
http://500px.com/strandloper
Paul said:
June 22, 2011 at 10:42 pm
Great to see the 500px love on here. its an amazing site.
Here is my page – http://500px.com/pwisenberg
inge nilsen said:
June 22, 2011 at 10:44 pm
This site rocks ! i found this site some days ago, and i love it. Soon i will get around and upload my polaroid prints to, just got some film from the impossible project
here is my photos on 500px: http://500px.com/Mcingus
Anthony Perez said:
June 22, 2011 at 10:47 pm
They have done what Vimeo did to YouTube the community and staff are so great, such a brilliant source of inspiration! I’m http://antp.me
Eugene Brodsky said:
June 22, 2011 at 10:48 pm
Amazing work. Thanks to 500px for introducing me to your photography. I aspire to be as cool as you one day. http://500px.com/boomstik
Demetri Manolatos said:
June 22, 2011 at 11:00 pm
Here’s my site on 500px…An amazing site. I hope to win an upgraded account.
http://500px.com/DevilforHire
Milan said:
June 22, 2011 at 11:04 pm
I have discovered 500px only very recently. Here is my site: http://500px.com/macmilan
Matthew Nelson said:
June 22, 2011 at 11:06 pm
Nice! You’ve got some great photos.
my link is http://500px.com/MatthewNelson
Stephen said:
June 22, 2011 at 11:26 pm
What a great way to build a following! You guys rock. I loved you lions, and who doesn’t smile when you see a penguin? Find me on 500px:
http://500px.com/StephenMiller
Chris Peters said:
June 22, 2011 at 11:31 pm
Here’s my 500px page: http://500px.com/oracleondelhistudio
Ulysses said:
June 23, 2011 at 1:05 am
yay!
http://500px.com/froastbyte
Alan Yeh said:
June 23, 2011 at 1:22 am
I just started not to long ago. I don’t have much photos. But here is it. http://500px.com/Alan_Yeh
It’ll be “Awesome” to get an AWESOME account.
Brooks Ayola said:
June 23, 2011 at 4:33 am
http://500px.com/Ayola
My kids really enjoyed your animal photos!
Paul Esler said:
June 23, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Hey guys, such a cool way to promote yourselves and 500px! Really like the images you’ve uploaded onto your account, impressive stuff!
I created an account a few days ago – http://500px.com/ImagesbyEsler I’ve only uploaded a handful of images so far, but they may very much appeal to you, as they are all of various animals.
Karl Schmidt said:
June 24, 2011 at 12:23 am
I signed up recently. I still need to go through and put some more premier shots up.
http://500px.com/West_Bay_Wader
David said:
June 24, 2011 at 3:41 am
Here’s my link, more photos coming soon. Good luck to everyone,hope I win.Thanks!
Boris Frkovic said:
June 24, 2011 at 11:49 am
Thanks for the link to 500px. I have joined and added a few images. Greetings!
Matt Hansen said:
June 24, 2011 at 1:54 pm
Very cool idea. Good for 500px to partner up with you as well.
http://500px.com/See_Your_World_Wild
Eric said:
June 24, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Just signed up, starting to upload… Meanwhile, here it is (thanks for publicizing this, and for the contest!):
http://500px.com/SeldomScenePhotography
Matthew Post said:
June 25, 2011 at 12:56 am
http://500px.com/matthewpost
500px is a fantastic community!
Kieran O'Connor said:
June 25, 2011 at 1:40 am
Just started following you guys. Love 500px
http://500px.com/KieranOConnor
Bernardo Roca-Rey Ross said:
June 25, 2011 at 6:02 am
500px is really nice! I also open an account on http://500px.com/rocarey !
Nebiyat said:
June 25, 2011 at 3:55 pm
Hi, you can find me here: http://500px.com/nebiyat
Dominik said:
June 25, 2011 at 8:19 pm
Started following you ! http://500px.com/dominikgehl
Ben said:
June 26, 2011 at 10:16 am
500px is amazing. I’ve never heard of it before but signed up as soon as I saw it
Thanks guys!
Ken Chua said:
July 12, 2011 at 6:20 pm
just started an account myself. hope to be a part of this amazing community. you can find me here: http://500px.com/kenchua
Paul Howard said:
July 22, 2011 at 6:21 pm
Well a little too late for the contest, but I love 500px and may just be inclined to upgrade anyway! I’m at http://500px.com/paulhoward And awesome images, by the way!!!
Martin Sully said:
August 11, 2011 at 9:41 pm
The competition is long gone but there’s no harm in posting my account address http://500px.com/landscape