Danbo is a little guy whom everybody loves, especially photographers. Originally a character in the comic book Danbo became a real toy shortly after. In 2009 Danbo was made a celebrity by the photo community, celebrated as most photographed and most loved photo subject. To date Danbo is loved by many and retains a popularity status.

If you were thinking of getting into Danbo photography all you need is his figurine (you can get one online for about $30), a camera and lots of imagination. The beauty of Danbo photography is how creative you can get without fancy or expensive equipment. To give you some ideas we’ve chosen some of our most loved Danbo photos from 500px. You’ll notice that most photos have a shallow depth of field, to get similar effect shoot at lowest aperture or zoom all the way in. So, take Danbo on a journey and share your photos with us. Thanks!

Danbo in Dubai

Ibrahim Alnassar

DJ

Glice Galac

Danbo Man

Viktor Puzanov

Across The Road by Alex G

Hopscotch

Nova fly

Endulgence

Sean Cooper

Someone SUPER to rely on!

Hosam Al-Ghamdi

Frontside Shifty Ollie by Lauri Laukkanen

Happy Halloween

Nicolas Paumard

Sleeping now

Nicolas Paumard

Pink Elephants

Tori Licious

I miss you by Harith Fahmi

Let’s share our passion for photography! Tell us what's your favourite photo genre or photo project idea in the comments below. We are always looking for new ideas and great photo finds to feature on the blog, and would love to get your input. Last time we featured "Discover Scanography", find out what it is and start dabbling in this fun photo technique.

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Fall in love with inspiring photography! We’ve been watching photos uploaded to 500px.com last week and have chosen some of our favourite images to share with you today. Enjoy and remember to upload your photos this week, we love to see all the creativity and talent that you bring to our community :)

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Photo by Jared Lim

Our twitter army is growing! We are elated to announce that we have reached 70,000 followers on twitter. Thanks to you we’re ranked 32nd on twitter in Toronto, Canada. To show our appreciation for your support we hosted a giveaway gifting one Awesome account, the lucky winner SyledisPhotos was announced earlier today.

Join us on Twitter & Facebook and help us grow! For us social pages is a great means of connecting with you, hearing your ideas, sharing current contests, great photos and latest photo exclusive content.

Soon we are going to reach 300,000 Likes on Facebook. To celebrate that milestone there is another giveaway, to read more about it and participate visit 500px Facebook page.

Thanks for your love!

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Want to get featured on our blog? Every Monday a theme is announced and you have until Sunday to submit your entry. You may already have a photo that suits or you can see it as a weekly photo challenge. For announced theme, deadline and how to enter continue reading.

Storefronts

Last week we announced “Storefronts” theme and got a variety of creative photos with fresh angles and perspectives. Click on thumbnails for full size images and click here to see all entries.

New theme: Rorschach’s Ink

1. Select photo that fits this theme. Upload image to your 500px profile or pick an existing photo.
2. Add a tag "Rorschach500px".
3. You are done. To track all entries click here.

Theme is open to your interpretation and creativity, so get snapping and tagging. Deadline is March 24th at 12pm (EST). To make your efforts worthwhile there’s a random draw giveaway for all who enter for a chance to win 2 months of Awesome membership. This week’s winner is DOF Factory.

Big thanks to everyone who participated!

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Contest Recap

Last Monday we’ve announced a contest sponsored by Wave, a smart online application for accounting that helps real small businesses just like photographers. Asking you to enter photos fitting a theme “Storefronts” by this Monday for a chance to win $500 gift card redeemable towards photo gear.

We got a great response to this contest with over a 1,000 photo entries. If you’d like to see all photos that entered the contest visit Search page. We loved your photos so much that in addition to featuring twelve chosen to a Monday gallery we’d like to share some of our favorites with you. Scroll down for photos!

Winner

Before announcing the winner we’d like to thank everyone for your entries and efforts. It was a pleasure viewing all photos, enjoying great talent and creativity. Winner was chosen at random with random.org, our congratulations go to Will Walker. Dear Will, Wave will get in touch with you directly with prize details. To support your passion for photography we awarded 1 year of Plus membership to your 500px account. Enjoy unlimited uploads and other perks that come with a Plus account.

Photos

Here are some of our favourite photos from the competition, please enjoy and share your favourites with us in the comments below.

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