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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

Gary Pageau ,
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

Gary Pageau , ,
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

Gary Pageau , ,
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

Gary Pageau , ,
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

Gary Pageau ,
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

Gary Pageau ,
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
From passion to profit with systems that scale with Damon Flowers Podcasts 

From passion to profit with systems that scale with Damon Flowers

Gary Pageau ,
Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society interviews Damon Flowers, CEO and founder of Modern Operators, about how “modern operators” differ from old-school business approaches in a fast-changing world shaped by AI. Flowers shares his background as a contrarian problem-solver who left corporate life to build businesses, and explains how passion becomes a viable business only when customers will pay... Read More
How Jonathan Schuessler sells luxury wedding photography with video, SEO, and smart systems Podcasts 

How Jonathan Schuessler sells luxury wedding photography with video, SEO, and smart systems

Gary Pageau , ,
Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society interviews Jonathan Schuessler, a Heidelberg-based marketing expert, photographer, and filmmaker, about building a hybrid wedding photo/video business and a separate B2B marketing offering. Schuessler traces his start from building a DIY photo booth for his father’s weddings to shooting weddings in London and Germany, then pivoting hard after COVID to learn videography and agency marketing. He explains... Read More
How Entourage Yearbooks uses AI to speed up workflow, with Elias Jo Podcasts 

How Entourage Yearbooks uses AI to speed up workflow, with Elias Jo

Gary Pageau ,
AI is moving fast, but the real advantage isn’t sounding smart, it’s getting work done faster without breaking your team. Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Elias Jo, CEO of Entourage Yearbooks, to talk about what’s actually changing inside the yearbook and volume photography workflow and what studios of every size can do right now to keep up. Joe digs into how... Read More
Candid Copyright Conversation with Sheryl Bashore and Bob Kenward Podcasts 

Candid Copyright Conversation with Sheryl Bashore and Bob Kenward

Gary Pageau ,
Parents can erase a watermark for five bucks, AI keeps getting better, and “just screenshot it” has become a reflex. So what do you do if you make your living in volume sports photography? Gary Pageau of The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Bob Kenward of Fluvanna Photography and Sheryl Bashore of Sheryl Z Photography, two of the most respected voices in youth sports and cheer, dance, and gymnastics photography,... Read More
How To Exit A Small Business With A Real Plan, with David Hori Podcasts 

How To Exit A Small Business With A Real Plan, with David Hori

Gary Pageau ,
If your business disappeared for two weeks, would it keep running, or would everything grind to a halt because the “manual” is in your head? The Dead Pixels Society sits down with David Hori, principal at Topline Operators, to get practical about small business acquisition and what actually makes a company transferable, financeable, and worth buying. Hori brings a rare mix of experience:... Read More
How Dale Farkas Built a Photo Lab that Endured for 50 Years Podcasts 

How Dale Farkas Built a Photo Lab that Endured for 50 Years

Gary Pageau ,
A photo lab is a lot more than chemistry, scanners, and printers. It’s a discipline. In this episode of the Dead Pixels Society podcast, we are joined by Dale Farkas of Dale Laboratories in Hollywood, Florida. He lays out the principle that quietly separates labs that last from labs that fade: the difference between quality and quality control. Great prints are not an accident, and... Read More
Inside Evoto: Speed, Trust, And Authenticity In Photo Editing Podcasts 

Inside Evoto: Speed, Trust, And Authenticity In Photo Editing

Gary Pageau , ,
Ever wish your edits moved fast? We sat down with Jay Peterson of Evoto to unpack how AI can make portrait workflows radically quicker without removing the realism that clients recognize and trust. Peterson explains Evoto’s slider-first, standalone desktop editor and how its proprietary algorithms target the work that slows pros down—frequency separation, dodging and burning, glasses glare, and flyaway hair—while keeping processing local... Read More
PIC Preview: LEAN Principles Turn A Magic Act Into A Global Breakthrough Events Podcasts 

PIC Preview: LEAN Principles Turn A Magic Act Into A Global Breakthrough

Gary Pageau ,
In the preview of his Photo Imaging CONNECT keynote, Stuart MacDonald — magician, filmmaker, entrepreneur — explores how LEAN principles, continuous improvement, and ruthless clarity transformed a faceplant into standing ovations, a win on Penn & Teller: Fool Us, and a top-10 finish at the world championships. MacDonald takes us through the nerve-wracking world of competitive magic, where originality is mandatory,... Read More