Shoot for Billabong Success
Billabong is hosting a photography Creative Invite and wants to see your best shot inspired by their “Dream In Colours” campaign. Billabong’s favorite entry will earn the the chance to photograph the Billabong Pipe Masters event in Waikiki, Hawaii this ... Continue Reading
Make Your Instagram Picture Perfect
Written by Taryn Anderson. With summer approaching, most of us are going to be spending a lot more time outdoors or jetsetting away on vacation. Chances are that if you own an iPhone you will be documenting your endeavors on ... Continue Reading
How to Get Discovered on Youtube
Post by Taryn Anderson. We came across Youtube’s very own Creator Playbook Guide which explains various strategies for successfully using their services to get the most beneficial social media exposure possible. Here we will give you the rundown of the ... Continue Reading
5 Tips for Our OK Go Music Video Challenge
With only 5 days left for budding filmmakers to enter the Saatchi & Saatchi OK Go Music Video Challenge, young director Ninian Doff gives 5 tips on directing a music video. Ninian’s music video for the band Fulton Lights, was ... Continue Reading
#HTCOneCreative Top 7 Tips
Post by Olivia Stevens. Have your work displayed on billboards across the country with HTC. One design could make you thousands of pounds. Just submit your design to HTC and your work could be seen nationwide, by millions of people. ... Continue Reading
Watching the Garden Grow
Our VP of Community Marketing Jo Burford recently interviewed Andrej Filetin, Creative Director for The Garden Festival – read on for a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to put the festival on! 1. How do you capture the identity ... Continue Reading
Teach Yourself Art (or How to Enjoy the Process of Learning)
So opens Luis Escobar’s blog on how to improve your art. And he has a great answer. You may remember Luis from a previous profile on our blog. That and that he’s worked for years on The Simpsons on storyboards and as a ... Continue Reading
Amanda Palmer: Ask Without Shame
Last year gave us an inspiring talk from author Neil Gaiman about being creative. Make Good Art, he told us. This year, we have another great talk for artists, but this is from Mr. Gaiman’s wife, Amanda Palmer. Last year, ... Continue Reading
A Beginner’s Guide to Sundance
Lauren Machado works for the San Francisco Film Commission, the sector of the Mayor’s Office of San Francisco that facilitates filming in the cinematic city of San Francisco. She promotes the city as a filming destination and works with a ... Continue Reading
Tools to Keep Your Creative Mojo Flowing
Editor’s note: This guest post is a contribution by Kim Bailey of Creative Addiction. Check out her blog for the inspiration as well as tips on attaining and maintaining creativity. As a “Creative” you are responsible for evoking emotion and opening ... Continue Reading
Rake In the Nokia Votes – a Charming How-To
Article written by Dino De Vera and Dominique Terry. Tips Know your influencers within your networks. They can significantly amplify your social media presence. Utilize hashtags (i.e. #Nokia, #Burton, #Snowboard, #Art) to increase your art’s exposure. Take advantage of our ... Continue Reading
Thomas Zimmer’s Confessions of a Viral Photograph
Editor’s Note: Thomas Zimmer’s photo has reached 1,684,408 views on 500px alone. It has also hit major websites such as Pinterest and Tumblr. With permission, Thomas allowed us to re-post the article and was kind enough to answer some additional ... Continue Reading
Things a Budding Videographer Should Know
This post comes to us from Lawrence Stansberry. He has some timeless and timely advice to anyone wanting to make their way as a videographer. In his own words… Originally from New Orleans, LA, I moved to the Bay Area when ... Continue Reading
10 Ways to Thrive as a Creative Artist
This is a guest contribution from Linda Dessau. 1. Connect with your dream Indulge yourself in a vision of the bigger picture and get out of the mire of self-doubt, details and challenges of today. What’s the purpose of it ... Continue Reading
How You Can Achieve Your Creative Goals in 2013
—Antoine De Saint-Exupery Every new year brings a fresh feeling of renewal that often leads to the forging of resolutions. We hope you’re as bright-eyed and eager to make 2013 your best year yet – but this time we want ... Continue Reading
