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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.

Hasselblad debuts flagship camera, three lenses New Products 

Hasselblad debuts flagship camera, three lenses

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Hasselblad unveiled the flagship X2D 100C camera, along with three new lenses to the XCD family, the XCD 2,5/38V, XCD 2,5/55V, and the XCD 2,5/90V, providing the ultimate experience for content creators. Hasselblad’s next-generation mirrorless medium-format digital camera, the X2D 100C, has a new dark grey tone body of machined aluminum. The X2D 100C houses a 100-megapixel back-side illuminated (BSI)... Read More
W. Eugene Smith Fund names finalists in 43rd Annual Grants in Humanistic Photography Events 

W. Eugene Smith Fund names finalists in 43rd Annual Grants in Humanistic Photography

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The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced the list of finalists in the 43rd annual W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography. Finalists have also been named in the Smith Fund’s 5th annual Student category and 26th annual Howard Chapnick Grant, which is awarded to encourage leadership in any field ancillary to photojournalism, such as picture editing, research, education, and... Read More
ImagingExecutives@PHOTOPIA tickets now available News 

ImagingExecutives@PHOTOPIA tickets now available

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On Oct. 13, 2022, the B2B conference ImagingExecutives@PHOTOPIA will offer a top-class program as part of the trade show and photo festival, PHOTOPIA Hamburg. As in 2021, the event will provide a welcome opportunity for industry executives to present and discuss the opportunities and current challenges in the imaging business in Hamburg, Germany. Tickets are now available for Euro 199... Read More
Sony debuts PTZ cinema camera that takes E-mount lenses New Products 

Sony debuts PTZ cinema camera that takes E-mount lenses

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Sony Electronics Inc. announces the latest addition to its Cinema Line, the ILME-FR7, an E-mount interchangeable lens camera with a full-frame image sensor and built-in pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) functionality. Its versatile remote control and cinematic features open creative possibilities in the studio, live production, and filmmaking settings, the company says. A high-performance full-frame image sensor and the scope of Sony’s E-mount lens lineup... Read More
National School Picture Day is Sept. 8 Events 

National School Picture Day is Sept. 8

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The national trade association for school photography and yearbooks, School Photographers of America (SPOA) announced National School Picture Day is Sept. 8, 2022. This year, the celebration is even more impressive as it commemorates the 100th anniversary of the school picture tradition. “Each year approximately 53 million students have their smiles captured through the craft of school photography,” says David... Read More
Futuresource: Western European photo printing market to grow +22% from 2021 to 2026 Market research News 

Futuresource: Western European photo printing market to grow +22% from 2021 to 2026

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  Futuresource Consulting recently published the annual Western Europe top-6 markets Photo Output (Printing) Market Reports (covering B2C (consumer-ordered) Photo Prints, Photobooks and Photo-Merchandise (photo calendars, cards, wall décor and gifts) for Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, UK). According to a LinkedIn post from Jeremy Wills, “2022 market value is set to rise by nearly +10% on 2020 levels, and,... Read More
B&H Photo, Lindblad Expeditions announces the OPTIC West Conference News 

B&H Photo, Lindblad Expeditions announces the OPTIC West Conference

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OPTIC is the Outdoor, Photography-Video, Travel Imaging Conference, now in its 8th year, featuring two days of presentations on two stages, a large photo and technology trade expo, critiques, contests, photo creation stations, community, and even a whale watching mini-photo expedition! Attend in-person or virtually with the Main and Expo stages being livestreamed. David Brommer, OPTIC West MC and Producer stated,... Read More
NRF: Growth has slowed but recession indicators disagree News 

NRF: Growth has slowed but recession indicators disagree

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U.S. economic growth has slowed, but it still isn’t clear if the nation is in a recession, said National Retail Federation Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz. “As we come to the end of the summer, economic indicators are signaling an unsteady U.S. expansion in the face of several headwinds,” Kleinhenz said, noting ongoing inflation, Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, the volatile... Read More
Creating the digital inkjet printing market, with John Doe, JONDO Feature Marketing New Products Podcasts 

Creating the digital inkjet printing market, with John Doe, JONDO

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Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with John Doe, the owner of JONDO. In this interview, Doe talks about the early days of high-quality digital inkjet printing, inventing “giclee,” and bringing digital photography into fine-art printing. JONDO is a print-on-demand mass manufacturer of home decor and art products with standardized production facilities. The company has more than 30 years of experience making high-quality... Read More
Belt-tightening at Snap leading to layoffs, grounds Pixy drone News 

Belt-tightening at Snap leading to layoffs, grounds Pixy drone

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Snap management is making some difficult choices in the wake of disappointing financial results. Sandwiched between the short video war between Instagram and TikTok, “Camea company” Snap is reportedly undergoing cost-cutting measures, including the cancellation of its Pixy personal selfie drone. The $230 Pixy drone, while still available on the Snap website, was introduced at the end of April during... Read More
Amaze partners with Picsart to provide photo editing tools inside its platform Partnerships 

Amaze partners with Picsart to provide photo editing tools inside its platform

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Amaze, an intuitive, no-code, mobile landing page design platform, announced a partnership with Picsart, enabling Amaze to integrate powerful photo and video editing tools and design tools into its Amaze platform, which will allow users to create projects faster and customize images for their landing pages, inside Amaze. Users can now access three of Picsart’s powerful editing tools on Amaze,... Read More
IDC: Global smartphone shipments expected to decline 6.5% in 2022 Market research 

IDC: Global smartphone shipments expected to decline 6.5% in 2022

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According to the latest International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker forecast, shipments of smartphones will decline 6.5% to 1.27 billion units in 2022. The decline is due to record-breaking inflation, geopolitical tensions, and other macroeconomic challenges that have significantly dampened consumer demand. As a result, the latest forecast figures represent a reduction of three percentage points from previous... Read More
Tamron developing first Nikon Z-mount lens New Products 

Tamron developing first Nikon Z-mount lens

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Tamron announces the development of the 70-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD (Model A047), a Nikon Z-mount system compatible telephoto zoom lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The lens is expected to ship this fall and pricing was not announced. Tamron says the 70-300mm F4.5-6.3 telephoto zoom lens combines the world’s smallest size and lightest weight together with high image quality based... Read More