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Inspired by the Follow Friday hashtag movement on twitter we started a new feature on our blog. With Follow Friday posts you can discover new, popular and up-and-coming photographers from 500px to follow and add to friends.
We hope you enjoyed our roundup! This is the first Follow Friday post in this genre of photography and we can’t wait to share more features with you. Come back next Friday for incredible photographers to follow and get inspired by. Visit last post Follow Friday: Food Photographers and discover great talents.
Who is your favourite high-speed photographer at 500px? Let us know in the comments below (you can also nominate yourself).

Topaz Labs is a software plugin company that gives you the tools to elevate your photos (be it DSLR shots, pocket camera snaps or phone photos) to a professional level. Topaz Labs offers a variety of plugins that work cross platform for PC and MAC, and are seamlessly compatible with Photoshop, Aperture, Lightroom and even iPhoto.
Plugin sets start at affordable rate of $29.99 per bundle, much like actions and presets these plugins will instantly change your photos. To familiarize yourself with Topaz Labs check out their handy YouTube webinars and step-by-step tutorials. We love their YouTube webinars, they are a great resource to build your post-processing skills and get a deeper understanding of photographic techniques.
We have collaborated with Topaz Labs to bring you great promos, which will run from today and until the end of March only, so hurry up!

There are so many great contests happening right now, don’t miss out! All contests are open internationally. Just follow entry rules and deadlines.
We love guest blog posts! Today’s awesome article on how to overcome photographer's block is by Nick Sparks. Nick is a brilliant portrait photographer from Denver, USA and we are huge fans of his work. Do you want to write a guest post for our blog? Get in touch!








When we saw this photo for the first time on 500px we knew it was our favorite and added it to Editors’ Choice. Since then the photographer Luca Gerda László has been getting many requests to share the secret behind her glow in the dark mason jars. The big secret is about to unravel...
The image above is one of my “most famous” photos and I got lots of requests on how I made these glowing jars. I decided to do a step-by-step tutorial for you and I hope that it will help you to achieve a similar result.
I have a lot of mason jars. Small ones and bigger ones, but I think big jars look more cute and magical. Big jars also take a lot of time to paint, it took me about 5-6 hours to paint the jar in the middle of the photo. Be careful with the paint, it is waterproof, so after it dries you may not be able to remove it from your clothes and furniture. Also, be sure to wash your brush right away after using this paint.
Thanks to Lucy (Luca Gerda László) for sharing this tutorial and thank you for reading! Looking for more tutorials? Check out previously featured "Coffee With Milk" article, revealing tips & tricks behind splash photography.
Let’s share your skills and educate those new to photography. If you have a tutorial you’d like to share, be it in shooting, post production or top tips for getting your work out there please get in touch, email blog@500px.com.
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