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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.

Watershed, Canva announce agreement to reduce supply chain emissions Partnerships 

Watershed, Canva announce agreement to reduce supply chain emissions

Watershed, the enterprise sustainability platform, and Canva announced a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) to reduce Canva’s scope 3 emissions. The program is co-funded by the largest Canva Print suppliers, including RPI Print, Taylor, Blooming Color, Brook & Whittle, and Digital on Demand, and will build a network of new community solar projects in Illinois while reducing the emissions of these suppliers. The network of solar projects... Read More
Canva unveils new workplace products at Canva Create News 

Canva unveils new workplace products at Canva Create

At its first international Canva Create event in Los Angeles last week, debuted the platform’s biggest overhaul in a decade, alongside a range of new workplace products and services poised to redefine the way millions of people work. “We are excited to introduce a revamped Canva experience and a suite of new products to empower every organisation to design,” said Melanie Perkins,... Read More
Condé Systems assets going to auction June 4 Acquisitions News 

Condé Systems assets going to auction June 4

Hyperams LLC, Rolling Meadows, Ill, has announced a June 4 online auction for the assets of dye-sublimation products distributor Condé Systems, Inc., which announced on its Facebook page the company would be closing in April. In November 2022, the company announced the transition to an employee-owned company, with the pending retirement of David Gross, president. According to the announcement from... Read More
Panasonic launches LUMIX S9 compact full-frame mirrorless camera New Products 

Panasonic launches LUMIX S9 compact full-frame mirrorless camera

Panasonic announced the LUMIX S9, the smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera in the LUMIX S Series. Available in four colorways–Jet Black, Crimson Red, Dark Olive and Classical Blue–the LUMIX S9 is for content creators.  The approximately 24.2-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor is equivalent to that of the LUMIX S5II, and the latest engine captures content in rich detail with natural... Read More
Photobook.ai announces easy-to-integrate progressive web app New Products Updates 

Photobook.ai announces easy-to-integrate progressive web app

Photobook.ai announced its AI-powered photo book printing tech is now now accessible as a Progressive Web App (PWA), allowing integration two API calls. The integration allows the addition of the Photobook.ai photobook designer function to existing websites, like photo galleries and wedding sites. The Photobook.ai PWA uses the same back-end dashboard platform as the white-label native apps.  All print-job orders... Read More
Australia’s Academy Photography Australia goes into liquidation, stranding 26 schools News 

Australia’s Academy Photography Australia goes into liquidation, stranding 26 schools

According to numerous published reports, a leading Australia volume photography company, Academy Photography Australia, has gone into liquidation, leaving 26 schools left with undelivered portraits that were paid for.  Liquidators were appointed for the family-owned Academy Photography Australia late on Friday, May 2024.  The abrupt closure also affects the upcoming Picture Day for 26 other Western Australian schools. In an... Read More
Adobe unveils Firefly-powered generative remove in Lightroom News Updates 

Adobe unveils Firefly-powered generative remove in Lightroom

Adobe unveiled Generative Remove in Adobe Lightroom, bringing Adobe Firefly directly into everyday photo editing workflows across Lightroom mobile, web and desktop surfaces. Generative Remove is Lightroom’s most powerful remove tool yet, giving everyone the power to remove unwanted objects from any photo non-destructively in a single click by intelligently matching the removed area with pixel perfect generations for high-quality, realistic and... Read More
Blackmagic Design announces 40-percent price drop for Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K Promotions 

Blackmagic Design announces 40-percent price drop for Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K

Blackmagic Design announced a special price for Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K of US$1,575, a saving of 40%. The extremely limited offer will make it easier than ever for customers to capture cinematic content with deeper colors, higher image detail and wider dynamic range between the brightest highlights and deepest shadows. The special price for Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K is available... Read More
WaldoPro integrates with Color Inc. for school and sports market Partnerships 

WaldoPro integrates with Color Inc. for school and sports market

WaldoPro and Color Inc. announced the completion of their Open ROES Bridge integration. The partnership will offer volume photographers serving schools and youth sports the ability to take advantage of WaldoPro’s AI-powered photo delivery and mobile sales platform with Color Inc’s printing capabilities. WaldoPro, with its facial recognition, numbered jersey recognition, and time-based matching allows studios to sell picture days,... Read More
Uniclip by Flam partners with Blueprint New Products Partnerships 

Uniclip by Flam partners with Blueprint

Uniclip by Flam, the creator of AI/AR-powered imaging solutions for the volume photography industry, announced studios can now sell personalized videos with a quick 5-minute integration on the Blueprint platform from ImageQuix. Uniclip by Flam, a custom tech development company based in San Francisco, is a strategic partner of the School Photographers of America (SPOA). The company says the advantages... Read More
Claranova announces Canadian shareholders withdraw legal proceedings News 

Claranova announces Canadian shareholders withdraw legal proceedings

PlanetArt parent Claranova announced it reached an agreement with its two Canadian minority shareholders, Michael Dadoun and Daniel Assouline, under which the latter agreed to withdraw today, without any compensation, the two separate legal proceedings (appeal and on merits) that were pending against the company. This decision follows recent governance and management changes at Claranova, including the appointment of Dadoun... Read More
ShiftCam introduces limited edition SnapGrip Collection New Products 

ShiftCam introduces limited edition SnapGrip Collection

ShiftCam, the maker of mobile photography and videography accessories for mobile devices, is releasing the Limited Edition SnapGrip Collection in a new array of spring and summer colors. SnapGrip is a portable, compact magnetic grip, dock, and wireless charger that transforms most mobile devices into full, more professional photo and video systems. SnapGrip features a snap-on mobile battery grip that... Read More
Fujifilm announces X-T50 mirrorless camera, GFX100S II camera, and FUJINON GF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR New Products 

Fujifilm announces X-T50 mirrorless camera, GFX100S II camera, and FUJINON GF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR

FUJIFILM North America Corp., Electronic Imaging Division, continued with major camera announcements, with FUJIFILM X-T50 mirrorless digital camera, FUJINON XF16-50mmF2.8-4.8 R LM WR lens,  FUJIFILM GFX100S II, and the FUJINON GF500mmF5.6 R LM OIS WR lens. The FUJIFILM X-T50 mirrorless digital camera has the similar manual controls and classic camera styling of FUJIFILM X100VI and other X100 Series fixed-lens cameras, but with the... Read More
GoPro announces retail expansion at Best Buy Partnerships 

GoPro announces retail expansion at Best Buy

GoPro, Inc. announced a large-scale merchandising rollout and sales program at Best Buy, combining the installation of completely redesigned product displays, an assisted sales program, and in-store and digital marketing. GoPro cameras and accessories will be displayed in nearly 900 Best Buy stores across North America, including in more than 250 specialty Camera Experience Shops (CES). Best Buy’s CES locations will feature... Read More