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Gary Pageau is principal of InfoCircle LLC, continuing his marketing communications career. InfoCircle LLC is a marketing and communications consulting firm, specializing in business-to-business markets. For nearly 25 years, he was with PMA International, serving most recently as Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives. His primary responsibilities included overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit, education and corporate relations department.

Photo Imaging CONNECT brings together industry executives Events News 

Photo Imaging CONNECT brings together industry executives

The Photo Imaging CONNECT conference, held March 1-2, in Las Vegas, Nev., brought together more than 40 industry executives to network, share insights and explore the future of the photo/imaging industry. In a special partnership with WPPI, the Dead Pixels Society hosted an executive-level conference to bring together key sectors of the photo/imaging industry to discuss trends, opportunities, emerging technologies, and... Read More
Photo Personalization Pioneer Feted for 20 Years of Leadership News 

Photo Personalization Pioneer Feted for 20 Years of Leadership

The Dead Pixels Society announced the first recipient of the organization’s “Photo Imaging Pioneer” award is Marion Duchesne, co-founder and CEO of Mediaclip, a Montreal-based technology company that provides enterprise-grade white-label software powering online product personalization for retailers and brands worldwide. The Photo Imaging Pioneer Award, presented at the annual Photo Imaging CONNECT event at the RIO Hotel and Casino, Las... Read More
CEWE Group reports 2025 group turnover up 3.8% Earnings reports News 

CEWE Group reports 2025 group turnover up 3.8%

CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA reported, for the 2025 financial year, preliminary figures showed a 3.8% increase in group turnover, reaching €864.5 million, compared to €832.8 million the year prior. The company’s EBIT also rose to €88.2 million from €86.1 million the previous year. The fourth quarter was particularly strong, driven by high demand for CEWE photo products as Christmas... Read More
School Photographers of America Launches Volume EDU Program at Daytona State College Events News 

School Photographers of America Launches Volume EDU Program at Daytona State College

School Photographers of America (SPOA) launched its first Volume EDU workshop on Feb. 18, 2026 at Daytona State College, marking the beginning of a new national initiative designed to introduce college photography students to careers in high-volume school and sports photography. Volume EDU is a collaborative educational program developed in partnership with Sony to bridge the gap between academic photography... Read More
Inside Evoto: Speed, Trust, And Authenticity In Photo Editing Podcasts 

Inside Evoto: Speed, Trust, And Authenticity In Photo Editing

Ever wish your edits moved fast? We sat down with Jay Peterson of Evoto to unpack how AI can make portrait workflows radically quicker without removing the realism that clients recognize and trust. Peterson explains Evoto’s slider-first, standalone desktop editor and how its proprietary algorithms target the work that slows pros down—frequency separation, dodging and burning, glasses glare, and flyaway hair—while keeping processing local... Read More
Perfect Corp. reports third-quarter revenue up 14% Earnings reports News 

Perfect Corp. reports third-quarter revenue up 14%

Perfect Corp., an AI/AR company for the beauty, fashion, photo and video creative industries, thirdquarter revenue was $18.1 million for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2025, compared to $15.9 million in the same period of 2024, an increase of 14.2%. The increase was primarily due to strong growth momentum in the revenue of mobile app and web services subscriptions.... Read More
GoPro and Insta360 both claim victory in trade tussle News 

GoPro and Insta360 both claim victory in trade tussle

Action camera makers GoPro and Insta360, which have been embroiled in a patent dispute, both claim victory after the US International Trade Commission issued an order blocking unlicensed imports of some Insta360 cameras, finding the Chinese company infringed on US Patent No. D789,435, which covers the ornamental design shown in GoPro’s patent drawings. The body cleared Insta360 of infringing two GoPro utility... Read More
CEWE Group holds Innovation Days Events News 

CEWE Group holds Innovation Days

On Feb. 18 and 19, more than 1,200 employees from across Europe gathered in Oldenburg for the CEWE Group’s Innovation Days. The event has established itself as a regular meeting point for all of the group’s brands and locations. Whether new products, further developments of apps and software, or service improvements: At the Innovation Days in the Weser-Ems-Hallen in Oldenburg,... Read More
Canon showing Analog Box Camera prototype at CP+ 2026 News 

Canon showing Analog Box Camera prototype at CP+ 2026

Japan’s leading camera show, CP+ 2026, is underway this week and, with it, the reveal of numerous prototypes and product debuts. CP+ has taken the place of the long-lamented photokina as the venue for sharing prototypes. Numerous gadget blogs have covered the reveal of Canon‘s box-style Analog Concept Camera, featuring an optical waist-level finder and manual focus, at the CP+2026 show in Japan. According... Read More
PhotoDay issues statement on image security News 

PhotoDay issues statement on image security

Add PhotoDay to the list of volume photography companies that have made public statements regarding student image privacy, in the wake of unsubstantiated rumors regarding Lifetouch and its owner, Apollo Global Management. The statement is posted below: A Statement on Image Security from PhotoDay’s CEO, Alex Kovacevic The start of the year is always an exciting time, with our industry... Read More
SPOA issues student privacy policy statement News 

SPOA issues student privacy policy statement

School Photographers of America (SPOA) is issuing the following statement regarding the vital role of student privacy in school photography and the industry’s proactive commitment to protecting student information. School Photographers of America (SPOA) is the National Trade Association dedicated to school photography and yearbooks, and our mission is to educate, advocate, promote and protect the great traditions of school... Read More
Nikon debuts the NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S New Products 

Nikon debuts the NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S

Nikon Inc. has announced the NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S II, a premium-grade fast telephoto zoom lens for full-frame/FX format mirrorless cameras. This second-generation version of Nikon’s most popular pro-level fast telephoto zoom delivers improved optical performance, faster focusing, and a 26% lighter weight than its first-generation predecessor. The new NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S II lens will... Read More
Facetune creator Lightricks to split company News 

Facetune creator Lightricks to split company

The Israel-based creator of the Facetune photo-editing app, Lightricks, is splitting its consumer app business from its generative AI video platform LTX, according to an internal ‌memo seen by ⁠Reuters, ⁠as reported in the Economic Times. The move was made to better position itself to capture the growth and investment in artificial intelligence as it reshapes traditional software businesses. According... Read More