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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.

2025 events in review for the Dead Pixels Society Events News 

2025 events in review for the Dead Pixels Society

The Dead Pixels Society had a busy year in 2025, visiting industry events and reporting important industry happenings. Among the video highlights: Visual 1st 2025 Printing United IPIC 2025 SPAC 2025 And that’s just a few! For 2026, the Dead Pixels Society is looking to attend the following events and more: Jan. 21-24     SPAC – 71st Annual SPAC School... Read More
Waldo launches offline selfie station app for iOS News Updates 

Waldo launches offline selfie station app for iOS

Waldo, the AI-powered photo delivery and management platform purpose-built for events and volume photography, today announced the launch of its new Offline Selfie Station for iOS, enabling organizers to onboard everyone to Waldo’s AI-powered photo delivery via any iPhone, even in locations with no connectivity. The Waldo Offline Selfie Station for iOS is available on the Apple App Store for all businesses... Read More
WayShot launches AI photography app with real-time coaching New Products 

WayShot launches AI photography app with real-time coaching

Romagic Labs added a manual edits feature to WayShot Super Camera, an iOS-only AI camera app that combines real-time photography coaching with voice-guided creative direction, automatic shot revamp, and now, user-led fine-tune in a single experience. Unlike traditional camera apps or post-processing tools, the company says WayShot acts as an AI photographer, guiding users while they shoot and adjusting images... Read More
The top five Dead Pixels Society podcast episodes of 2025 Podcasts 

The top five Dead Pixels Society podcast episodes of 2025

The Dead Pixels Society podcast continues to grow, thanks in part to the support of our lead sponsors Mediaclip, Advertek Printing, and Independent Photo Imagers. In 2025, 52 episodes were published, for total downloads of more than 8,900. In total, the Dead Pixels Society podcast has more than 43,000 downloads. Here are the top 5 most downloaded and streamed episodes... Read More
Troubled content agency EyeEm to shut down Jan. 16 News 

Troubled content agency EyeEm to shut down Jan. 16

Troubled stock content agency, EyeEm, is shutting down all operations with a final closure date of Jan. 16, 2026. The company, which filed for bankruptcy in 2023, was acquired by Freepik, but is now ceasing to exist as a separate entity. Photographers have the option to migrate their content to Freepik’s platform. If they do not opt-in, their images will be removed... Read More
Whale Framely unveils new brand Identity, calendar software, and Whale Framely+ News Updates 

Whale Framely unveils new brand Identity, calendar software, and Whale Framely+

Whale Framely, a software provider for smart frames, announced a refreshed brand identity and two major product launches. The Whale Framely Photo software and mobile app power millions of digital photo frames worldwide, helping people share and relive their memories. Building on this success, the company is introducing Whale Framely Calendar, which transforms frames into all-in-one household planners, and Whale... Read More
Leica Camera announces new financing option through Bread Pay News 

Leica Camera announces new financing option through Bread Pay

Leica Camera announced a partnership with Bread Financial to offer customers flexible financing options for the first time in the company’s U.S. history. This partnership introduces Bread Pay, a simple and transparent way for customers to purchase products across all Leica categories and pay over time with manageable monthly payments.  The program is available both in-store and online at select... Read More
Leica Camera, International Center of Photography offering 2026-27 Leica Scholarships Marketing 

Leica Camera, International Center of Photography offering 2026-27 Leica Scholarships

Leica Camera and the International Center of Photography (ICP) announce the second annual Leica Scholarship at ICP, supporting a new generation of image-makers whose work reflects diverse perspectives and drives cultural conversation. Applications are now open for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2026. Learn more about the One-Year Certificate Programs. Applications will be reviewed by a joint... Read More
New photo card report from Rise Above Research released Market research News 

New photo card report from Rise Above Research released

Rise Above Research announced the availability of its Photo Cards Buying Trends, 2021-2025, Report. Photo cards are the most popular photo merchandise product purchased every year, with many consumers buying them every year for the holiday season, as well as for occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and other family events. Stability is a key characteristic of the market when looking at... Read More
PPA hosting annual Imaging USA conference in Nashville  Events News 

PPA hosting annual Imaging USA conference in Nashville 

Professional Photographers of America (PPA), the world’s largest nonprofit photography association for professional photographers, will host its annual Imaging USA photography conference Jan. 11-13 in Nashville, Tennessee. Imaging USA brings together more than 10,000 photographers, 90 speakers and 130 exhibitors for three days of hands-on learning, networking and celebrating the photography industry. Imaging USA features multiple learning sessions across the... Read More
WaldoPro launches image exporter to Pixnub for team composites Partnerships 

WaldoPro launches image exporter to Pixnub for team composites

WaldoPro, a leading AI-powered workflow management and sales platform for volume photographers, announced the launch of a new, seamless image exporter to Pixnub, designed to significantly streamline the workflow for photographers using Pixnub for team composites. The new feature allows photographers to export knocked-out images directly from the WaldoPro platform into Pixnub, a widely used software for building composite team... Read More
Retouch4me introduce AI video plugin for automatic dust removal News Updates 

Retouch4me introduce AI video plugin for automatic dust removal

Retouch4me, a developer of AI-powered photo and video editing software, has launched Dust OFX, a new plugin for DaVinci Resolve that uses neural networks to automatically remove dust and small particles from video footage. Retouch4me Dust OFX is available for $349 USD (perpetual license with free updates) The tool is designed for commercial and stock videographers, product filmmakers, unboxing content... Read More
Kornit Digital announces CFO transition and New $100 Million Share Repurchase Program Earnings reports News People on the Move 

Kornit Digital announces CFO transition and New $100 Million Share Repurchase Program

Kornit Digital Ltd., a worldwide market leader in sustainable, announced a CFO transition and a new $100 million share repurchase authorization. Kornit announced the planned transition of its CFO, as Lauri Hanover has decided, for personal reasons, to step down from her position. Hanover will remain the Company’s CFO through mid-December 2025 to ensure a smooth and effective transition. “On... Read More
Pic-Time adds AI-driven face, object and narrative search to Wedding Gallery News Updates 

Pic-Time adds AI-driven face, object and narrative search to Wedding Gallery

Pic-Time, the gallery platform built for photographers and videographers, announced the arrival of its upgraded AI-powered gallery engine, enabling faster, smarter, and more intuitive search capabilities that transform how photographers and their clients experience images from major life events like weddings and more, the company said. With facial recognition and a newly enhanced AI search engine, users from the bride... Read More
Moonpig Group reports half-year revenue up 6.7% Earnings reports 

Moonpig Group reports half-year revenue up 6.7%

U.K. personalized product company Moonpig Group plc announced six-month revenue was up 6.7%, with the Moonpig brand growing at 9.4% and Greetz returning to growth at 1.3% in constant currency and 3.0% on a reported basis. The “Experiences revenue” decreased by 8.9% year-on-year in H1 FY26. Recent trading has been encouraging, with improved performance in the second half to date,... Read More