Retailer news roundup News 

Retailer news roundup

GaryPageau
Jack’s Cameras is Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2022 E-tailer of the Year Family-owned and operated Jack’s Cameras, a full-service camera retailer based in Philadelphia, Pa, was named Digital Imaging Reporter’s 2022 E-tailer of the Year. The company’s roots go back to the early 1950s and today the three-store chain is a successful e-commerce business. DI Reporter: Newcomers revitalize old camera stores The... Read More
Filterpixel seeking integration and lab partners News 

Filterpixel seeking integration and lab partners

GaryPageau
Filterpixel is a cloud-based AI-powered photo culling service. The India-based company is looking for photo lab and portrait-industry partners to integrate its service. Filterpixel is positioned as a cloud-based alternative to desktop culling solutions that can integrate directly into online portrait galleries and photo lab print sites. The service is currently in operation, going through millions of photos a month.... Read More
Taopix releases 2022r1 Updates 

Taopix releases 2022r1

GaryPageau
White label photo personalization platform provider Taopix  released Taopix 2022r1 has been released adding upselling capabilities, reducing admin with automated workflows, and improving project design accessibility via multi-device image uploads and additional HEIC image format support, allowing photos from Apple (and other HEIC) devices to be used without any third party applications to convert to Jpeg. All these additions have... Read More
Create NYC event cancelled for 2022, rescheduled for 2023 News 

Create NYC event cancelled for 2022, rescheduled for 2023

GaryPageau ,
Emerald Holdings, the organizer of the PHOTOPLUS and RF/WPPI shows, announced the postponement of the recently announced Create NYC creator event. Announced in May, the event was intended to replace the venerable PhotoPlus Expo, a mainstay of the East Coast photo scene. Below is an excerpt from the announcement: As any visual storyteller knows a great image requires just the... Read More
Radiant Photo is a new photo correction software built on Perfectly Clear News 

Radiant Photo is a new photo correction software built on Perfectly Clear

GaryPageau
Radiant Imaging Labs will officially release Radiant Photo on Sept. 15 but the company has been doing a lot of pre-release hype to raise awareness of this new desktop image-correction software. The photo editor and plug-in is designed and optimized for life-like color, realistic detail and natural light. It will be available by Sept.15, 2022. Radiant Photo says it processes... Read More
Fujifilm announces Fujikina New York, a free celebration Events News 

Fujifilm announces Fujikina New York, a free celebration

GaryPageau ,
Fujifilm North America Corp. announced Fujikina New York, an interactive festival for anyone interested in photography, cinematography, the arts, and, of course, the latest FUJIFILM digital camera gear. This curated, public event “will showcase the power of image-making through a special exhibit of select works from an emerging generation of image makers,” the company said. Previously and exclusively held at... Read More
Waldo Photos announces WaldoEvents Updates 

Waldo Photos announces WaldoEvents

GaryPageau
Austin, Texas-based AI-powered photo and video sharing platform Waldo Photos announced an expansion of its specialty events model with the launch of WaldoEvents. This service will allow consumers to create events for free and access premium features for a $49.99 per event fee. Based on its WaldoWed app and consumer demand, Waldo has expanded its premium events offering to include the... Read More
Shutterfly continues to spin “beyond photo personalization” Acquisitions News 

Shutterfly continues to spin “beyond photo personalization”

GaryPageau ,
Since buying the Spoonflower design and decor marketplace last year, Shutterfly has updated its messaging to extoll the virtues of going “beyond photo personalization.” This month, on the one-year acquisition anniversary of the acquisition, the company announced the launch of 4,000 artist-led designs on Shutterfly products now available on the Shutterfly platform. The press release states “Shutterfly’s expansion into the... Read More
Building a subscription photo gallery service with Daniel Agee, Glass News Podcasts 

Building a subscription photo gallery service with Daniel Agee, Glass

GaryPageau
Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Daniel Agee, head of community and marketing for year-old photography startup, Glass. Agee discusses the company’s drive to create a company based on photography, not algorithms or data mining.  A subscription-based service, Glass began as an iOS-only app but recently announced a web version. In this wide-ranging discussion, Agee describes the challenges and opportunities of building... Read More
Sony improves external monitor function on Xperia smartphones Updates 

Sony improves external monitor function on Xperia smartphones

GaryPageau , ,
Sony Electronics Inc. released a software update enabling new external monitor capabilities in the Xperia PRO and Xperia PRO-I smartphones. In the Xperia PRO and the Xperia PRO-I, the External Monitor feature will now include Livestreaming, Wave Form, and False Color capabilities. The Wave Form monitor function checks exposure and RGB balance. The False Color function assists with iris setting... Read More
Photo widget Locket raises $12.5 million News 

Photo widget Locket raises $12.5 million

GaryPageau
Locket, the Los Angeles, CA-based developer of the mobile-advertising-based photo-sharing app Locket, has raised $12.5 million in funding, according to Funded.com. The two rounds came from five investors, according to Crunchbase. The first $2.5 million round came in January, when the popular app was launched, with another $10 million in April. Seed round investors include Open AI CEO Sam Altman,... Read More