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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.

Dscoop Indy 2024 showcases printing innovation and networking Events 

Dscoop Indy 2024 showcases printing innovation and networking

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The Dead Pixels Society returned to the Dscoop for Dscoop Edge Indy 2024, at the Indiana Convention Center. The event, from March 24 -March 27, featured numerous educational sessions, General sessions with internationally known personalities, and a vendor showcase. Among the photo-industry-specific activities were educational sessions. On Monday, March 25, “The Realities of AI in the Photo App World” session... Read More
The Photo Managers Conference celebrates 15 years Events 

The Photo Managers Conference celebrates 15 years

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 The Photo Managers, the international association of professional photo organizers, is celebrating the 15th anniversary of its annual conference with two separate events; in-person from April 4-6th in Columbus, Ohio, and a virtual option running May 9-11th. Registration and information is available here. The Photo Managers Conference is the largest gathering of photo organizers in the world. Both professional and... Read More
IMG.LY’s pivot from trending photo service to product development leader, with Eray Basar Marketing 

IMG.LY’s pivot from trending photo service to product development leader, with Eray Basar

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Discover the transformative journey of IMG.LY‘s Eray Basar as we traverse the landscape of tech innovation and product development. In this candid conversation with Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society, Basar shares the highs and lows of starting a tech-focused agency that launched a popular Twitter photo service and the subsequent pivot to a product development powerhouse. He shares IMG.LY’s the importance of adaptable business models, the... Read More
Tamron announces 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 (Model A063) for Nikon Z-mount New Products 

Tamron announces 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 (Model A063) for Nikon Z-mount

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Tamron announced the 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 (Model A063), a fast-aperture standard zoom lens, for Nikon Z mount full-frame mirrorless cameras. The lens will be available April 18, 2024, at $999 USD / $1399 CAD. (The lens for Sony E-mount was previously launched Oct. 28, 2021.) Tamron says the 28-75mm F2.8 G2 is a compact and easy-to-use lens... Read More
Canon introduces new ProStream 3000 printers New Products 

Canon introduces new ProStream 3000 printers

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    Canon U.S.A., Inc., announced a new web-fed inkjet press for commercial and business communications print service providers with the ProStream 3160, the new flagship model of the ProStream 3000 series. The ProStream 3160 is an ultra-fast roll-fed 4/4 inkjet press that can deliver up to 525 feet per minute (160 meters per minute), the company claims. With the... Read More
Sony firmware update includes image authenticity technology Updates 

Sony firmware update includes image authenticity technology

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Sony Electronics delivers firmware updates for the Alpha 1 (Ver. 2.00), Alpha 7S III (Ver. 3.00), Alpha 7 IV (Ver. 3.00), and after April 2024, the Alpha 9 III (Ver.2.00). The update contains Sony’s Camera Authenticity Solution, the proprietary in-camera digital signature, and support for the C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) format support. These tools will make it... Read More
Ricoh announces GR series cameras featuring built-in highlight diffusion filter New Products 

Ricoh announces GR series cameras featuring built-in highlight diffusion filter

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Ricoh Imaging Americas Corp. announced the RICOH GR III HDF and RICOH GR IIIx HDF premium digital compact cameras. These are new versions of the RICOH GR III and RICOH GR IIIx cameras feature a newly developed Highlight Diffusion Filter (HDF) that diffuses highlights for softer light, creating more expressive images with a sense of depth and emotion. The RICOH GR... Read More
Sigma launches SIGMA 50mm f1/2 DG DN I Art lens New Products 

Sigma launches SIGMA 50mm f1/2 DG DN I Art lens

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SIGMA Corp. of America announced SIGMA 50mm F1.2 DG DN | Art lens, a remarkably compact, ultra-fast standard prime lens for full-frame mirrorless camera systems. Offered in L-Mount and Sony E-mount versions, the lens will be available on April 18, 2024 at a retail price of $1,399 through authorized retail partners. The F1.2 maximum aperture allows photographers to actively take... Read More
Nikon announces NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR New Products 

Nikon announces NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR

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Nikon Inc. announced the NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR, a versatile high-power super-zoom lens for Nikon Z series full-frame/FX-format mirrorless cameras. The new lens will be available in mid-April for a suggested retail price of $1299.95. “So many photographers and creatives will love the versatility of the NIKKOR Z 28-400mm, which gives you clarity, range and fantastic backgrounds,” said Naoki... Read More
Canva acquires Affinity platform for $1 billion Acquisitions 

Canva acquires Affinity platform for $1 billion

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Canva, the world’s only all-in-one visual communication platform, today announced the acquisition of Affinity, the award-winning creative software suite for professional photo editing, illustration, graphic design and page layout, from Serif, a Nottingham, England, software company founded in 1987. Affinity marks Canva’s latest Europe-based acquisition, joining Flourish (2022), Kaleido (2021), Smartmockups (2021), Pexels (2019) and Pixabay (2019). Canva opened its first European HQ in 2023, based in London. Affinity’s tools... Read More
Gelato launches GelatoConnect global print production platform News Partnerships 

Gelato launches GelatoConnect global print production platform

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Gelato, the world’s largest global software platform for local on-demand production, announced GelatoConnect, a production print platform connecting procurement, workflow, and logistics to optimize printers’ efficiency, quality, and profitability. More than 100 global printers are already leveraging Gelato’s software to produce on-demand products. In a brief interview with the Dead Pixels Society, Gelato Founder and CEO, Henrik Müller-Hansen was exuberant... Read More
Marissa Meyer’s Sunshine company launches Shine, an AI photo sharing app New Products 

Marissa Meyer’s Sunshine company launches Shine, an AI photo sharing app

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Sunshine Products Inc, the startup begun by Yahoo alums Marissa Meyer and Enrique Muñoz Torres to automate “mundane” tasks, has launched an IOS photo-sharing app called Shine. The app is designed to make easy the process of sharing group photos from events. Shine creates shared albums, to which users and others can add photos in their original resolution. When “Manual Mode” is... Read More
WPPI 2024 draws record number of first-time attendees Events 

WPPI 2024 draws record number of first-time attendees

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WPPI 2024, the conference for wedding and portrait photographers, recently concluded with resounding success, drawing a record-breaking number of first-time attendees and sparking an unparalleled level of enthusiasm unseen in over a decade. With more than 40,000 square feet of exhibit space, educational seminars, keynote presentations, an entire aisle dedicated to interactive shooting bays, and 65 photo walks, WPPI 2024... Read More
The Customization Group launches customized photo shop platform “Fotowelt” News 

The Customization Group launches customized photo shop platform “Fotowelt”

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The Customization Group, the Cologne, Germany-based customized photo products and mass customization company with its best-known brand MEINFOTO.de, launched the ‘Fotowelt’ platform offering businesses an easy and efficient way to create a customized photo shop for their brand. ‘Fotowelt’ allows businesses to choose from a wide range of high-quality photo products, including photo canvases, photo books, photos behind acrylic, photos... Read More