Kayell celebrates 40th anniversary
More than 140 industry luminaries attended a 40th anniversary dinner celebration of Australia’s Kayell. Co-founder John Koens, former Chairman Ross Adair, John Bourne, onetime managing director of former Kayell owner Hagemeyer Group, and current managing director Robb Gatto gathered to thank customers, industry associates and former employees for their 40 years as a company. Co-founder [...]
Jostens’ Yearbook Avenue receives patent
Yearbook Avenue, an innovative yearbook creation website for schools created by Jostens, Minneapolis, Minn., has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Yearbook Avenue has significantly changed the way school yearbooks are created and school yearbook programs are managed, Jostens says. Staffs use the page ladder feature in Yearbook Avenue [...]
LifePics launches online photo service for Roberts Imaging
LifePics, Boulder, Colo., and Roberts Imaging, Indianapolis, Ind., announced a new online photo service for Roberts Imaging customers. The new service, provided by LifePics, allows Roberts Imaging customers to order prints and photo products online and pick up the orders at a Roberts Imaging location later that day, or have the orders shipped to a [...]
He shoots, you score
Attention all you would-be sports photographers. Manfrotto School of Xcellence, a free resource for anyone wanting to learn more about photography, has announced a free webinar titled “Sports Photography: Understanding Motion and Emotion,” which will take place on Thursday, Sept. 9 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT. The host, Sports Illustrated staff photographer Bill [...]
It was the lens, baby
Toronto, Ontario-based photographer Michael Cooper won the sought-after cover of the 2010 Photography Annual edition of Communication Arts magazine. The Canadian photographer’s image of the lead singer of the band The Ruby Spirit, captured while she applied make-up during pre-concert backstage chaos, was selected from more than 13,000 entries in the juried competition. Communication Arts, [...]
Hahnemuhle announces latest longevity test results
Hahnemuhle announces new longevity tests for Hahnemuhle papers and canvases have been completed. With immediate effect, the test results for the Digital FineArt Collection and the ‘HARMAN by Hahnemuhle’ product line are available to every customer. The results give photographers, artists and print-service providers information on the respective Hahnemuhle product’s longevity. The tests that have [...]
Joto website enables online ordering
Joto Paper is promoting its new website. It enables customers to place orders online, view the company’s entire product offering, and download instructions and supporting documents. Also, Joto’s 2010 full-color catalog is now available in digital format. “Not only will browsing our catalog be easier and always current, but by cutting down on our printed [...]
Nikonians Academy launches in Europe
Nikonians, the largest community for Nikon photographers worldwide, launches the European arm of its Nikonians Academy. For five years, the Nikonians Academy has successfully hosted workshops in the United States and Canada. The strong demand and experience gained in the North American workshops prompted the decision to import the courses to Europe. The first courses [...]
Growing beyond Twitter, TweetPhoto renames itself Plixi
The New York Times reports TweetPhoto, a picture-sharing services that piggybacks on Twitter, says it has expanded its features beyond the microblogging social network to the point where it needs a new name. The company changed its name to Plixi, and plans to become a photo and location-sharing platform for multiple social networks, including Twitter [...]
Half year results of the Spector Photo Group
The Spector Photo Group, Wetteren, Belgium, announced its results for the first half of 2010. Compared with the same period last year, sales decreased 12.5 percent to Euro 105.5 million (US-$ 133.7 million) with a loss from operations of Euro 6.3 million (US-$ 8.0 million), compared with a loss of Euro 3.5 million (US-$ 4.4 [...]
