500px-Photo Sharing Community Reviews

by DigiSage

If I go to my Profile (tap bottom right icon) and press “Upload”, I’m taken to a photo browser that completely ignores all of my taps (except scrolling, strangely). You can’t upload and you cannot go back. You have to force quit to do anything else.

I’m running latest iOS on an iPhone X and the fact that 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity has a bug of this magnitude on Apple’s highest end iPhone means that the entire company is morally bankrupt. That they would let a bug of this magnitude even exist. I would not trust them with your livelihood or even a few dollars. Bugs of this magnitude and obviousness are unforgivable.

by Adjustafresh

You'd think an app designed to allow photographers to upload & share photos would actually allow users to upload photos. Kind of the main priority of 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity , right? Sadly, after joining the community and installing 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity , the upload feature doesn't seem to work. I tried 3x to upload my first picture, and had the same issues with the second (which still doesn't appear in the Photos section of my profile over an hour later). It's extremely buggy, not to mention the lack of clear error messages or intuitive UI.

by Mangospapi

I have had 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity a few years and it was great the last few updates have actually broken 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity , for once 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity is super slow now and constantly freezes. What was once an easy task to like photos by touching the heart is now a task on its own. You have to touch the heart in the photo a few times because it seems not to want to register your touch. This is impossible to like photos now which i stopped doing. The new look is great i love it but before that like bug is fixed theres no way im going to spend time liking photos it’s absolutely infuriating.

When will this be fixed? It’s like the developers do not care 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity is unusable. Has not worked on iphone in a year.

by Sewollef

I used to enjoy using this platform for my photography but have recently stopped using it since it’s excruciatingly long load time on desktop makes it difficult to use for me. [when at home I have a 50 up/300 down connection.]

This renders the platform virtually unusable since I need to post images from anywhere in the world and unless I’m actually at home, in the US it either fails entirely to load, or takes at least 60 seconds to load a page. Totally unacceptable.

I’ve proved this problem in testing, through spoofing my address as if in Europe, and the site fails or loads times are 60+ seconds, if I disable the spoofing, it loads normally.

by Fgr1111

I love the quality of some of the work you see here. Lots to learn from. Great contributors from all over the world.
Now, when it comes to a “fair” scoring there seems to be huge discrepancies. For example, there are some photos that are very impressive, technically, artistically and in every way, and yet they get low “Likes”. Conversely, there are some really “Basic” pictures that get hundreds of Likes. It just seems very inconsistent. I am convinced there is some hidden bias in their grading algorithms.
So if you don’t get hung up on getting inaccurate ratings for your work, then this site is great!

by Rick Frisco

At first, I was excited by 500px. Then I downloaded 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity . I’m surprised at how poorly it works. I can’t get rid of the data privacy warning that covers the bottom 20% of the screen — even reinstalling 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity won’t clear it — and 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity won’t let me upload jpegs created by exporting files from Adobe Lightroom on my iPhone (and yes, they’re jpegs, not some weird Apple format). The only way I can interact consistently with the service is via the website on my laptop. I’d like to participate and become a better photographer — but 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity makes 500px too inconvenient. I won’t become a paid member, and will probably abandon my account. Unfortunately, I get a more convenient sharing and feedback experience on Facebook/Instagram — and I’m not a fan of that company.

by Neemopaice

I do. It like the fact that you can not upload into “Quests” from mobile. Also one of my market submissions was declined and no reason is given. On the FAQ page it says there is a declined section but After con online via computer that section doesn’t exist or show up for me in the are it’s suppose to be. So I have no way of knowing. And it’s a shame considering I only took the photo last week and already sold it several times on other sites. I find these markets interesting as I am a professional with highly regarded images and I find that when I sell under my usual selling name, my images sell fairly quickly, however when using a pseudo name the same images don’t sell. It tells me that there is a huge bias on some markets. What a pitty.

by Ellusionx112

500pxPhotoSharingCommunity is so broken is needs a major update. You can only upload one image at a time from the main screen. Once you upload the photos, your profile page says there are no photos uploaded. When you click on the big blue “Upload Photos” button, it brings up your phones gallery of photos but you cannot click on anything or select anything. You want to upload a cover picture to your profile? Nope, can’t do that either. Sorry, your upload has failed. Gallery Favorites? Can’t see any of the photos you’ve uploaded to even create a gallery. Sorry, but 2 stars until I am able to actually use to apps full functionality. 🤷🏻‍♂️ please fix.

by John Palacios

I have been using this service for years. 1 of my photos was even selected for use on Getty images. The issue started when I updated my iPad app. It asked me to login, which I did - only to discover a ‘new user’ walkthrough. Yep, my account was then reset and when I went to the website to login - my account was gone there too. So no more 500px account and now that I have to decide if I really liked the service enough to bother to set everything back up again... and the answer is ‘No’ - not any more. Your mileage my vary.

by Delta772er

For a long time now I’ve noticed several bugs in 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity that make it less than useful. One being search, it simply doesn’t work. Secondly, when changing orientations on a larger screen device the layout gets messed up and it never fixes it self. The only way to fix it is kill 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity and restart it.

Other than that, its nice for browsing, viewing photos, and uploading from Lightroom for iPad.

by Kylie Spence

I like 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity , and it is a great way to share photos, but it’s confusing. For an example, I just made an account and I’ve had trouble figuring out how to do many things such as uploading photos. When I click on the “Upload” button, it takes me to my photo album on my iPhone and when I try to click on one of the albums it won’t do anything. When I try to exit from the upload photo page it won’t let me so, I have to exit 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity completely and go back on. Also, I have been struggling to add a photo onto the backdrop. Whatever picture I choose, a message pops up saying that the “Cover Upload failed”. Other than those few things 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity is okay and I think that those few things should be fixed immediately.

by Kyaecker

500 px is still a mystery to me after 4 years of using it. My photos reach popular all the time yet I never see them in the popular feed. Or any feed for that matter. Flickr has a tighter and better design. Flickr displays photos more ascetically, scrolls smoothly not like 500px app. Too bad it’s not better, it’s the better platform for photogs. You can’t access all features that you can with a browser, too bad there again. Listen and do something about it.

by Dbvapor

I could only figure out how to create Galleries. I had to go to the website on mobile to do it. Also I can’t add any of my photos to a gallery in 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity , on the web I can.. why? Those annoyances aside I LOVE 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity! Way nicer looking than Flickr, I don’t know why Flickr doesn’t have a dark mode (if they do it should be default). I also love that my photos got exposure much quicker than on Instagram. And I feel like these are actual photographers not influencers and bots. So far so great! Just NEED the option to create galleries and add our own photos to them. Weird that that’s not an option it’s as if we are missing the icon for it. It’s easy to find on their mobile website so it’s a very odd omission. PLEASE FIX THIS YOU GUYS! It will make a world of difference.

by Kongafett

Unfortunately, evening gets compared to Instagram regarding photo sites. What I like about 500px is that I get to see a considerable amount of photographers from overseas. I also enjoy the feature that allows one to see what camera and settings were used to take the image. There are so many people on 500px using older cameras, and getting amazing shots. I love it. It’s the mind behind the lens, not the camera body!
The only downside is the implementation of tags as apposed to Instagram. Instagram has this down to a science, but I’m sure it is proprietary, so no blame on 500px, but it would be nice.

by Clvssandfvshion

There should be a feature where you can turn off the nudity feature and on top of that there are way to many people who signup that aren't posting anything. This should be fixed as I am concerned it's just eating up dead space. Please look into this. If they can't post photographs they should be removed.

Thank You

by Rod Neil

The only gripe I have left is that you cannot replace an image after seeing something that may need to be changed without losing your Faves & Comments. The 500 Team keeps improving the site, and maybe they will come up with a solution. Other than that, there are many great photographers on the site with lots of inspiration to draw from, and I highly recommend 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity!

by Miamisailor

I start most days with a coffee early in the morning when things are quiet and spend some time on 500px viewing new images and also periodically posting my own work. The level of photographers on this platform is exemplary and allows me to view wonderful images, photographic styles & techniques from around the world. I benefit also by viewing the exif data as to camera and lens used, aperture, shutter speed, ISO.

by Jpdphoto

Had originally given a Love/Hate review of app because the Next button was unresponsive after choosing a photo to upload. However, I discovered that swiping screen allowed me to move onto the next step. Also, really love being able to see/like shots of those I follow while not at desktop computer. Integration of suggestions for other photographers that I might be interested in is great.

by IMonkglen

Removal of courses, and destruction of archive of courses, leads me to believe that you do not value use input and that your organization has chosen to precipitously dispose of one of the major reasons I joined. However, the courses were poor in quality and I do not think you should be getting any credit for having had them in the first place. Violated my trust the way you cancelled courses and didn’t honor my membership agreement. I ask for a refund.

by RadicalSci

As a painter, I use 500pxPhotoSharingCommunity to find the most compelling images for subject material. Keyword searches and the ability to see all the work by a particular photographer are pluses, although I wish I could figure out how to set up my feed so that I see the work of photographers I follow. Also allows you to post your own images and to create customized galleries of your own work or simply photos you like. I use it to stash images I like for future painting projects. The ability to “like” and comment on images is another feature I like.