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Building a photography business with PPA tools, with Angela Kurkian Podcasts 

Building a photography business with PPA tools, with Angela Kurkian

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AI can generate a believable image in seconds, so why does real photography still matter, and how do working photographers protect what they create? We’re joined by Angela Kurkian, CEO of Professional Photographers of America (PPA), to talk about the parts of the job that don’t show up in a highlight reel: Building a sustainable photography business, finding community, and defending your... Read More
Failure Is The Price Of Innovation, with Mike Grossman Podcasts 

Failure Is The Price Of Innovation, with Mike Grossman

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Your business can be brilliant and still get wiped out by timing, regulation, or a technology shift you saw coming but didn’t act on. Gary Pageau of The Dead PIxels Society sits down with six-time Silicon Valley CEO and author Mike Grossman to talk about the unglamorous reality of entrepreneurship: the wins that arrive late, the pivots that need full commitment,... Read More
How SnapShield protects school photos, with Carl Bott Podcasts 

How SnapShield protects school photos, with Carl Bott

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One screenshot can feel harmless, until you realize it might be happening at scale and quietly rewriting your sales numbers. Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Carl Bott, founder of SnapShield, to get practical about a problem volume photographers keep bumping into: parents screenshotting online proofs, using AI watermark removal tools, and sharing “good enough” images... Read More
How Mixbook uses AI to tell real stories, with Andrew Laffoon Feature Podcasts 

How Mixbook uses AI to tell real stories, with Andrew Laffoon

Gary Pageau
Your camera roll isn’t a memory system, it’s a backlog, and the bigger it gets, the harder it is to turn real moments into something you can actually revisit. Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Mixbook CEO and co-founder Andrew Laffoon as Mixbook hits its 20th anniversary. We dig into a question that matters to anyone who cares about photography, printing, or... Read More
A Privacy First Photo Network Can Still Feel Social, with Darin Myman, Myseum.ai Podcasts 

A Privacy First Photo Network Can Still Feel Social, with Darin Myman, Myseum.ai

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Your camera roll is overflowing, your group chats are chaos, and the biggest platforms keep getting weirder about data, ads, and AI. So what would a modern photo sharing app look like if it started with privacy and still felt genuinely social? Gary Pageau from The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Darin Myman, CEO of Myseum.ai, to unpack Picture Party, a new approach to event photo... Read More
From skill to system: Turning services into scalable companies with Brad Sugars Podcasts 

From skill to system: Turning services into scalable companies with Brad Sugars

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Most businesses don’t fail because the owner lacks talent. They stall because the owner becomes the product, the manager, the decision desk, and the emergency contact all at once. That’s when growth turns into stress, customers feel delays, and the company becomes impossible to sell. We’re joined by Brad Sugars, founder of ActionCOACH and author of “Pulling Profits Out of a Hat,” to... Read More
How a travel photographer built an audience without algorithms, with Gary Arndt Podcasts 

How a travel photographer built an audience without algorithms, with Gary Arndt

Gary Pageau
Travel photography looks glamorous from the outside, but the business behind it has been quietly collapsing for years, and the pandemic only accelerated it. We sit down with award-winning travel photographer Gary Arndt, creator of Everything Everywhere Daily, to trace the real arc: Starting with a high-end Nikon he didn’t know how to use, improving through sheer volume and deliberate practice,... Read More
How FilterPixel uses AI to cull and deliver event photos faster, with Aayush Arora Podcasts 

How FilterPixel uses AI to cull and deliver event photos faster, with Aayush Arora

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Your camera can shoot 3,000 sharp photos in a day. So why does delivery still take a week? We sit down with Aayush Arora, CEO and founder of FilterPixel, to unpack the real “last mile” problem in professional photography: what happens after the shutter click. The bottleneck is not capture, it is the post-production workflow, especially photo culling and image selection when... Read More
How Dakis connects POS, online orders, and lab workflows, with Pat Hugron Podcasts 

How Dakis connects POS, online orders, and lab workflows, with Pat Hugron

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Your customer starts a photo order on their phone, asks a question in store, pays at the counter, and expects everything to “just work.” Most retailers cannot deliver that simple experience because their POS, e-commerce site, kiosk, and lab workflow are stitched together from different systems, each with its own SKUs, pricing, and payment records. We sit down with Pat Hugron, Vice... Read More
ScheduLink replaces your whiteboard and Post It Notes, with Seenu Yellapu and Michael Rak Podcasts 

ScheduLink replaces your whiteboard and Post It Notes, with Seenu Yellapu and Michael Rak

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Spreadsheets, whiteboards, and “the one person who knows everything” can keep a volume photography studio running, right up until the moment they stop scaling. Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society is joined by Seenu Yellapu (ScheduLink) and Michael Rak (Artona Group) to talk about the overlooked side of school and volume photography: the operational admin work that surrounds every shoot, from scheduling and staffing to task... Read More
The work behind great sports photos, with Kirby Lee, USA Today Podcasts 

The work behind great sports photos, with Kirby Lee, USA Today

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The Dead Pixels Society Podcast host Gary Pageau interviews sports photographer Kirby Lee of USA Today Sports about his path from an electrical engineering student to covering major events including the NFL, Olympics, and upcoming FIFA World Cup matches in Los Angeles. Lee explains how a beginning photography class and constant shooting of high school sports led to newspaper work at the LA... Read More
From 3D Cameras to the Digital Future, with Bryan Wetzel Podcasts 

From 3D Cameras to the Digital Future, with Bryan Wetzel

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A four-lens 3D camera lab. A crash course in corporate chaos. A front-row seat to the switch from film and chemicals to digital video and modern production. Gary Pageau interviews Bryan Wetzel about his path from photography school into Nishika Corp.’s R&D lab, experimenting with lenticular 3D imaging, large-format printing, and early efforts toward computer-based 3D, plus shooting Nishika projects including an instructional video with... Read More
From Surf Photography To Fine Art Prints, with James Katsipis Feature Podcasts 

From Surf Photography To Fine Art Prints, with James Katsipis

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Surf photography in New York sounds like a punchline until you see the winter swells and the work they produce. Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Montauk-based professional photographer James Katsipis, who built his career by specializing, first as a surf shooter, then by turning the landscapes and “in-between” moments into collectible fine art photography that... Read More
How small businesses escape the price trap, with Joel Miller Podcasts 

How small businesses escape the price trap, with Joel Miller

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Gary Pageau welcomes business coach and marketing expert Joel Miller, who runs The Sky Floor with his identical twin brother Alan, discussing their value-first approach to partnering with clients across many industries. Miller explains that many businesses seeking “digital marketing” help actually misunderstand their own business model and need fundamentals and positioning clarified before marketing can work. They talk about... Read More
The Hidden Risk In School Photos, with Andy Edwards, GeoSnapShot Podcasts 

The Hidden Risk In School Photos, with Andy Edwards, GeoSnapShot

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The Dead Pixel Society host Gary Pageau interviews Andy Edwards, CEO and founder of GeoSnapshot, about the company’s origins and the overlooked privacy and governance risks in school photo workflows. Edwards explains that GeoSnapshot began 12 years ago to centralize fragmented equestrian event photos and has since expanded to sports and education, now operating in 161 countries with 51 million photos and videos and about 1,000... Read More