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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

GaryPageau ,
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

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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

GaryPageau ,
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
Inside Dscoop: Trust, Growth, And Smart Print, with Peter Van Teeseling and Chris Hyde Events Podcasts 

Inside Dscoop: Trust, Growth, And Smart Print, with Peter Van Teeseling and Chris Hyde

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If you think great industry breakthroughs happen on a show floor, think again. We sat down with Dscoop’s Peter Van Teeseling and Chris Hyde to unpack how a trust-first, member-led community is helping HP print businesses grow faster through intentional connections, candid playbook sharing, and events designed for action, not spectacle. We trace Dscoop’s 20-year arc from a “crazy idea” to a global network... Read More
When Nostalgia Meets AI: The Future Of Photo Commerce with Mediaclip Podcasts 

When Nostalgia Meets AI: The Future Of Photo Commerce with Mediaclip

GaryPageau ,
What if the best product designer is the one you barely notice? We sit down with Mediaclip CEO Marion Duchesne to explore how photo and product personalization is moving from heavy, time-consuming builders to fast, elegant flows that deliver a finished result in a single action. From early DVD slideshows to Flash and now a cloud-native, API-first platform, her team’s throughline is simple: clean... Read More
From Film To Volume: How Alkit Lab Reinvented Itself News Podcasts 

From Film To Volume: How Alkit Lab Reinvented Itself

GaryPageau ,
What does it take for a family photo lab to thrive across three generations and multiple technology upheavals? We sit down with David Buchbinder of Alkit to trace an unvarnished journey from New York City retail counters to a lean, volume-first lab that ships in three days. Buchbinder walks us through the hard calls: expanding into Kodak-branded stores, then cutting overhead and rebuilding around... Read More
Richmond Pro Lab Shares the Journey From Film To Fast, High-Quality Digital Podcasts 

Richmond Pro Lab Shares the Journey From Film To Fast, High-Quality Digital

GaryPageau ,
A 1938 basement lab that processed black-and-white alongside amateur rolls now runs a high-speed digital operation that can ship school orders in about two days. The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Richmond Professional Lab’s Ted Bullard and Josh Lewis to map the decisions that made digital not just viable, but superior, for volume photographers who demand both quality and speed. Bullard recounts how Kodak’s consent decree... Read More
From Spreadsheets To Streamlined: How Airstudio Connects Scheduling, Payroll, Equipment, And Analytics News Podcasts 

From Spreadsheets To Streamlined: How Airstudio Connects Scheduling, Payroll, Equipment, And Analytics

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If your studio juggles spreadsheets, calendars, and three different apps just to run picture day, this conversation will feel like oxygen. The Dead Pixels Society sits down with Scott Rodgers and Peter Koop from Airstudio to unpack how a platform built by school photographers solves the messy middle of volume photography—linking CRM, senior bookings, staff scheduling, payroll, equipment, workflows, and e‑commerce integrations into one place. We start... Read More
The top five Dead Pixels Society podcast episodes of 2025 Podcasts 

The top five Dead Pixels Society podcast episodes of 2025

GaryPageau , , , ,
The Dead Pixels Society podcast continues to grow, thanks in part to the support of our lead sponsors Mediaclip, Advertek Printing, and Independent Photo Imagers. In 2025, 52 episodes were published, for total downloads of more than 8,900. In total, the Dead Pixels Society podcast has more than 43,000 downloads. Here are the top 5 most downloaded and streamed episodes... Read More
A Camera, A Hustle, And Forty Years Of Reinvention with Kirk Voclain Podcasts 

A Camera, A Hustle, And Forty Years Of Reinvention with Kirk Voclain

GaryPageau
Ever wonder how a “boring” photo of a metal part could move a seven-figure sale? Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society sits down with veteran photographer Kirk Voclain to unpack four decades of pivots, from a cereal‑box Instamatic to seniors who paid the bills, then into commercial, industrial, and real estate work that sells outcomes, not megapixels. Voclain’s story is part grit, part curiosity,... Read More
How 36Pix uses data to elevate school photography quality at scale Podcasts 

How 36Pix uses data to elevate school photography quality at scale

GaryPageau ,
School photography sounds simple until you scale it. When a studio sends 125 photographers into the field and ingests 10,000 to 25,000 images daily, quality control turns into a survival skill. That’s the world 36Pix lives in, blending a large school photo operation with deep imaging R&D. The company’s new platform, Eva, attacks a stubborn problem most studios quietly endure:... Read More
The IRS Has No Chill, But Your Receipts Should, with Tanya Lawrence Podcasts 

The IRS Has No Chill, But Your Receipts Should, with Tanya Lawrence

GaryPageau
Taxes drain more profit than most owners realize, and that single fact changes how we build, run, and sell a creative business. The Dead Pixels Society sits down with accounting expert Tanya Lawrence to map out the moves that protect cash today and increase valuation tomorrow—without drowning in jargon or guesswork. She starts with the foundation: Choosing the right tax treatment as... Read More
Why knowing your audience beats trend-chasing every time, with Jessica Adanich Marketing Podcasts 

Why knowing your audience beats trend-chasing every time, with Jessica Adanich

GaryPageau
What if the problem isn’t your logo, but the foundation under it? We sit down with brand strategist Jessica Adanich to explore how real positioning, consistent visuals, and honest storytelling turn a business from forgettable to first choice. Adanich’s journey from sculpture and glass blowing to leading marketing at Mace, then launching Design Pod Studio, sets the stage for clear, field-tested advice:... Read More
How A Nightlife Photographer Invented A Proposal Planning Business In New York Podcasts 

How A Nightlife Photographer Invented A Proposal Planning Business In New York

GaryPageau ,
A musician’s tour, a borrowed camera, and a rowboat on Central Park’s lake: that’s the unlikely path that led Ash Fox from nightlife photography to building a full-service proposal planning studio in New York. This interview digs into how a niche chose her, why proposals feel more honest than weddings, and the exact steps that turn a fantasy location into... Read More
Inside SPAC: The Largest Conference Shaping School, Sports, And Volume Photography Events Podcasts 

Inside SPAC: The Largest Conference Shaping School, Sports, And Volume Photography

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The Dead Pixels Society sits down with SPAC’s leadership, Coree Cooper and Calvin Harrell Jr., to unpack how a volunteer-driven nonprofit became the world’s largest gathering for school, sports, and volume studios—and why its focus on workflows, profitability, and community sets it apart. Harrell describes how SPAC evolved from film-era hotel meetups into a global hub with attendees from Europe, South Africa, and beyond.... Read More