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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.

New Olympus owners to retain brand “for time being” News 

New Olympus owners to retain brand “for time being”

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Camera fans are wondering what will become of the venerable Olympus brand following the completion of the acquisition of the camera business from Olympus Corp. by investment firm Japan Industrial Products (JIP). An interview with Toyokaeizai Online, JIP managing director Shinichi Inagaki made some definitive statements about JIP’s commitment to the category, past products and to the Olympus name. “The Olympus... Read More
The Dead Pixels Society podcast: The future of professional wedding photography, with Michael Warshall, EMOTION Photography Opinion Podcasts 

The Dead Pixels Society podcast: The future of professional wedding photography, with Michael Warshall, EMOTION Photography

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Michael Warshall, chairman of Australia’s EMOTION Photography. Featured last year in the Dead Pixels Society, EMOTION Photography is a digital-first operation built around the belief the customer – in this case, brides – would prefer to hire a photographer with immediate access to images, as well as the understanding there are photographers willing to be paid a flat rate... Read More
Lifetouch announces school pictures day sweepstakes News 

Lifetouch announces school pictures day sweepstakes

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Lifetouch, in conjunction with the second annual National School Picture Day, features nationwide sweepstakes inviting everyone to submit their current or vintage school picture for one of five chances to win free school pictures and yearbooks from Lifetouch, as well as Shutterfly school supplies. The sweepstakes is open to anyone and entry is available now through Sept. 17 at lifetouch.com/sweepstakes. Five winners... Read More
Shutterfly names Craig Rowley senior vice president and CMO News 

Shutterfly names Craig Rowley senior vice president and CMO

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Shutterfly announced the appointment of Craig Rowley as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. In this role, Rowley will be responsible for all marketing strategies across Shutterfly’s portfolio of brands, including its Shutterfly namesake, Lifetouch and Snapfish, among others. He joins the company on Sept. 14, 2020. He succeeds Mickey Mericle, who served in the role of CMO for... Read More
Jostens adds features to help yearbooks staff tell their stories News 

Jostens adds features to help yearbooks staff tell their stories

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Jostens introduced updated set of J-Classes and Story Starter Surveys to help yearbook staffs capture the story of this unusual school year. “As more and more schools prepared to move classes online this fall due to COVID-19, we worked hard to provide game-changing resources designed specifically for their new environment,” says Tammy Whitaker, vice president, Jostens Yearbooks. “We released a... Read More
AdoramaTV reaches 1 million subscribers, hosting $1,000 gift-card giveways Promotions 

AdoramaTV reaches 1 million subscribers, hosting $1,000 gift-card giveways

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Adorama is celebrating the 1 Million subscriber milestone of its YouTube channel, AdoramaTV. The channel offers a collection of engaging videos and docuseries on topics including photography, video, audio, and more. Over the past 10 years, the YouTube channel has created more than 3,500 videos, reaching over 141 million views, 8.6 million hours of watch time, and over 11,000 hours... Read More
Fujifilm closes New York City Wonder Photo Shop retail store News 

Fujifilm closes New York City Wonder Photo Shop retail store

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FUJIFILM North America Corp. announced an “updated strategy” for its Wonder Photo Shop retail model, which includes the shuttering of the FUJIFILM Wonder Photo Shop’s physical location in New York City at 176 Fifth Avenue, effective Sept 9, 2020. The new omnichannel approach will increase the ability to serve customers anytime, anywhere, while also introducing new photo print products to... Read More
Android 11 includes Mopria Alliance’s code contribution to enhance print News 

Android 11 includes Mopria Alliance’s code contribution to enhance print

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The Mopria Alliance, a global non-profit organization providing universal standards and solutions for print and scan, announced Android 11 includes new print capabilities and enhancements contributed by the alliance in collaboration with the Google Android team. A new “Share-to-Print” feature of the Android Default Print Service enables users to print images and documents from thousands of social media and productivity applications... Read More
Wedio launches pro camera subscription service News 

Wedio launches pro camera subscription service

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  Wedio is a new Danish startup offering a pro camera subscription service, under the premise professional content creators will choose to rent equipment rather than buy it. Wedio says it has secured an investment from leading investors and the Startupbootcamp Media 2019 cohort, an accelerator program for media-based startups. The Wedio platform currently has more than 3,000 members and gear... Read More
GearUp launches specialized online marketplace for photographers, filmmakers New Products 

GearUp launches specialized online marketplace for photographers, filmmakers

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GearUp is a new online marketplace to bring together photographers, filmmakers, and hobbyists with free tools to connect buyers and sellers of new and used equipment. The free app, available for free download on the Apple App Store or Google Play, currently supports a diverse collection of new and used cameras, lenses, drones, and lighting equipment listed by users from across the... Read More
A guide to popular virtual tour apps Feature News 

A guide to popular virtual tour apps

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Guest post by Ryan Anderson, Senior Editor at AR/VR Tips Virtual tour apps for VR have exploded in popularity and will continue to be trending in the future. This is because the pandemic has cut down on travel to businesses and places and also because businesses are seeing the value in offering virtual tours to customers. In this guide, we’ll... Read More
Manfrotto offering 50-percent off on memory cards until Sept. 30 Promotions 

Manfrotto offering 50-percent off on memory cards until Sept. 30

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Manfrotto is now offering 50% off Manfrotto Professional Memory Cards through Sept. 30. The Professional range is available in SD, CF and MicroSD and are designed to ensure peak performance from your DSLR, CSC, camcorder, drone, action camera, gimbal and more. Available in 64GB or 128GB. https://www.manfrotto.com/us-en/products/memory-cards/ This is promo is across all the Manfrotto Memory cards: 64GB USH-II SDXC Memory... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of Sept. 5 New Products News Updates 

Industry Notes for the week of Sept. 5

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  Retail news Kenosha’s Rode’s Camera Shop destroyed Rode’s Camera Shop, a downtown Kenosha, Wis,, business for more than 100 years, was completely destroyed in civil unrest Monday, Aug. 31, according to the Kenosha News.  It’s unclear, from the report, whether owners Tom Gram and Paul Willette will reopen the camera store and lab. Pixel Connection named DI Reporter 2020 E-tailer... Read More
Fujifilm debuts FUJINON XF50mmF1.0 R WR Lens for X-series New Products 

Fujifilm debuts FUJINON XF50mmF1.0 R WR Lens for X-series

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FUJIFILM North America Corp. launch of the FUJINON XF50mmF1.0 R WR Lens, a lens with a F1.0 minimum aperture for X-series mirrorless digital cameras. The XF50mmF1.0 R WR lens is expected to be available in Fall 2020 at an MSRP of $1,499.95 USD. “We’re really excited about the XF50mmF1.0 R WR,” said Victor Ha, senior director of marketing and product management... Read More
Taopix adds Cape Town’s Studio 22 to customer roster News 

Taopix adds Cape Town’s Studio 22 to customer roster

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Taopix announced Studio 22 in Cape Town, South Africa, has selected Taopix as their preferred photobook design software. “Officially Studio 22 has been in business for 27 years, over the years our business has diversified, and we’ve been producing photobooks for 14 years, with a focus on the professional and prosumer market,” says Kurt Sunkel, Director at Studio 22. “More recently,... Read More