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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.

Berlin Photo Week 2022 to feature three days of more than 40 workshops Events News 

Berlin Photo Week 2022 to feature three days of more than 40 workshops

Berlin Photo Week, Sept. 2-4, 2022, is offering a uniquely wide range of photo workshops and photo walks. From beginners to professionals, from the basics to masterclasses, together with leading international stars of the photography scene the German capital will over three days be a creative meeting place of photo enthusiasts. “In putting together this programme we wanted to steer... Read More
Google Photos adds printing in Canada, 28 European countries New Products 

Google Photos adds printing in Canada, 28 European countries

Google Photos announced the addition of photo printing services in Canada and in 28 European countries, direct from the Google Photos app. The European countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. In Canada,... Read More
Getty Images expects to begin trading as public stock July 25 Investments 

Getty Images expects to begin trading as public stock July 25

Getty Images, a prominent global visual content creator and marketplace, and CC Neuberger Principal Holdings, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced the completion of their previously announced business combination. Upon completion of the business combination, the combined company has been renamed Getty Images Holdings, Inc. Beginning on July 25, 2022, the company’s common stock and warrants are... Read More
Snap announces second quarter net loss widens Earnings reports 

Snap announces second quarter net loss widens

Snap Inc. today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. The company reported revenue increased 13% year-over-year to $1.111 billion and operating cash flow was $(124) million and free cash flow was $(147) million. The net loss was $422 million, compared to $152 million in the prior year. “While the continued growth of our community increases the long-term... Read More
Leica Camera announces 2022 Leica Oskar Barnack Award finalists Events 

Leica Camera announces 2022 Leica Oskar Barnack Award finalists

Leica Camera announced the 12 finalists for the 42nd annual, internationally renowned Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) photography competition. Comprised of world-renowned photographers and editors, the jury has determined the 2022 LOBA shortlist from proposals submitted by approximately 60 international photography experts from 34 countries. For the first time, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award Newcomer – awarded to a photographer under the age of 30 – has also been selected in collaboration with proposals submitted... Read More
Profoto shows improved results, impacts of component shortages Earnings reports News 

Profoto shows improved results, impacts of component shortages

Swedish lighting company Profoto Holding AB reports net sales for the second quarter ending June 2022i, totaled SEK 187 million, compared to SEK 172 million last year, an increase of 8.6 percent. But organic growth, adjusted for currency effects, was -12.7 percent. For the first six months of the year, Profoto registered net sales totaled SEK 383 million, compared to... Read More
Photo-Me announces six-month results Earnings reports News 

Photo-Me announces six-month results

Photo-Me International plc, the instant-service equipment group, announces its results for the six months ended 30 April 2022. Revenue was up 21.9% to £115.3 million (H1 2021: £94.6 million), resulting mostly from the continued easing of Covid-19-related restrictions across the group’s key operating markets and the subsequent positive impact of increased demand for passports and other official documentation, the company... Read More
Venus Optics debuts Laowa 10mm f/4 cookie lens for APS-C mirrorless New Products 

Venus Optics debuts Laowa 10mm f/4 cookie lens for APS-C mirrorless

Venus Optics announced the launch of the Laowa 10mm f/4 Cookie Lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras. The company says it is one of the world’s widest rectilinear pancake lenses for APS-C cameras. At a cookie size of 25mm(0.98”) long and weighing only 130g(0.29lbs), it is pocketable. The US price for Laowa 10mm f/4 Cookie is USD299 for all mounts. Pricing... Read More
Innovative Foto’s BlabaBooth sponsors race driver Akinori Ogata News 

Innovative Foto’s BlabaBooth sponsors race driver Akinori Ogata

Innovative Foto’s BlabaBooth sponsored Japanese professional stock car racing driver Akinori Ogata, for the Crayon 200 in the NASCAR 2022 Xfinity Race Series in New Hampshire July 16, 2022. The unique partnership is the first for photo booth manufacturer, Innovative Foto and its BlabaBooth line of photo booths. Ogata finished 25th, completing 167 laps before dropping due to engine failure.... Read More
Trends in wedding and portrait photography with Zenfolio News 

Trends in wedding and portrait photography with Zenfolio

Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Pamela Vachon and Keith Barraclough about Zenfolio’s recent industry survey of photographers, the changes wrought by COVID, and how technology is changing how photographers work. Pamela Vachon is vice president, marketing operations, at Zenfolio. Keith Barraclough is CTO, EVP analytics, at Zenfolio, Zenfolio Inc. offers advanced business solutions enabling photographers to easily show, share and sell their images and videos. For... Read More
Fujifilm announces sale of Greenwood, S.C., campus News 

Fujifilm announces sale of Greenwood, S.C., campus

FUJIFILM Holdings America Corp. announced its FUJIFILM Manufacturing U.S.A., Inc. subsidiary has entered into an agreement to sell its Greenwood, S.C., site to an affiliate of Phoenix Investors, a national commercial real estate firm based in Milwaukee, Wisc. with large-scale industrial real estate holdings across the United States. Fujifilm will maintain a workforce of over 300 employees at the site,... Read More
NRF: June retail sales increased despite rising inflation Market research News 

NRF: June retail sales increased despite rising inflation

Retail sales increased in June even as inflation climbed higher and drove up prices across the board, said the National Retail Federation  (NRF). “June retail sales data shows that consumers remain on solid footing despite rising prices and an active Fed raising interest rates to combat it,” said Matthew Shay, president and CEO, NRF. “Inflation has consumers modifying their spending... Read More
Zenfolio reports on photographers diversifying their businesses Market research 

Zenfolio reports on photographers diversifying their businesses

Zenfolio has revealed the results of its latest “State of Photography Industry Report,” highlighting how photographers adapted their businesses following the COVID-19 pandemic. As with most job positions that weren’t deemed “essential”, but that required in-person interaction, photographers took a big hit to their bookings, and ultimately, to their paychecks. Not surprisingly, photographers reported significant revenue drops. The company surveyed... Read More
Kodak invests in company developing EV “Super Cell” battery News 

Kodak invests in company developing EV “Super Cell” battery

Eastman Kodak Co. announced it has taken a minority stake in Wildcat Discovery Technologies (Wildcat), a technology company using proprietary high-throughput methods to rapidly develop new battery materials. Wildcat is developing a breakthrough EV “super cell” designed to provide a greater than 90 percent improvement in energy density over today’s best batteries, which could further accelerate the widespread adoption of... Read More