FotoInsight Press Release

(PRWEB) November 14, 2005—In time for the holiday gift shopping season, FotoInsight of Cambridge launches an innovative 26 page photo book displaying up to 312 images through its online photo processing service. Presenting someone with a personalised, hardbound photo book, complete with the details of an adventure illustrated with own photographs is arguably the greatest gift idea this year. The new photo book can be ordered from FotoInsight.com online without need for any special digital photo album software. The lay-out tool allows for text and various picture formats and sizes. The Photobook is the latest addition to Europe’s most innovative range of photo gifts at http://www.fotoinsight.com/.

DesignerPrint.co.uk Press Release

(PRWEB) November 10, 2005—Photos can make unique gifts this Christmas. Only six weeks left until time runs out on holiday gift shopping. If you’re having trouble thinking of a gift for someone and have lots of great photos either stored digitally or as prints then why not create your own personalised gifts for everyone on your list.

DesignerPrint.co.uk is an Internet-based company that will transform your digital photos into works of art that are framed and rendered on canvas.

Kodak Press Release

KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery Unveils New Site Design, a Dozen New Products and Enhanced Personalization Features to Help People Tell and Share Their Stories Like Never Before

EMERYVILLE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Nov. 14, 2005—Updated Gallery Opens with New Look and Exclusive Photo Products Like Collage Prints and Photo Stickers with KODAK PERFECT TOUCH Processing Available Online Only at kodakgallery.com You ran with the bulls in Pamplona, you drove cross-country with two small kids, and you shopped Fifth Avenue from 9 to 5 - in stilettos. And you have the pictures to prove it. It’s time to illustrate and share your story. Thanks to KODAK EASYSHARE Gallery’s new site design, innovative new sharing features and a host of new personalized photo products, now you can! Enhancements to the new KODAK Gallery include:

—A new site design that looks like a real “gallery.”
—A dozen new products including collage and sticker prints with KODAK PERFECT TOUCH processing (available online only at the Gallery), puzzles, photo canvases, athletic performance shirts and more.
—Innovative enhancements to the Gallery Premier Service like personal and public albums, journal entry function to allow visitors to post anecdotes and comments to pictures, automatic email notifications for friends and family members and more.
—New easy-to-use features for editing, captioning and tagging capabilities and the ability to share single photos or multiple albums.

OnAsia Press Release

ONASIA LAUNCHES NEW DIGITAL IMAGING SERVICES AT ONASIADIGITAL.COM

BANGKOK, Thailand – November 10, 2005 – Asia’s leading online photo agency, OnAsia, has launched a new website (www.onasiadigital.com) to promote the growing digital services side of its business.

OnAsia Digital provides scanning, retouching, color-correction, keywording and clipping path/outlining services. The company says it will be mainly targeting image libraries, professional photographers and the pre-press industry. “These types of service are a natural extension of our photo agency background,” explains the agency’s Co-Director, Peter Charlesworth. “We’ve been providing scanning, retouching and other services for quite some time. Our proprietary keywording system has also been widely admired stimulating demand for our keywording service.”

Among the company’s top clients are Greenpeace, European Union and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), for whom OnAsia Digital is currently digitizing their entire historical archive.

Fotolia Press Release

Fotolia Launches the first Social Marketplace for Digital Images

Royalty Free Digital Images Available Online for FREE or as Low as £1

London – November 9, 2005 – Fotolia launched today the first global online social marketplace for creative digital stock images in four languages, where photographers and designers of all levels can store, share and monetize their photographs and illustrations. Fotolia’s free membership allows graphics artists, web designers, art directors, and consumers to obtain legal royalty free stock images for use in electronic and print materials for free or starting as low as £1.

Fotolia serves as an international distribution and purchasing center for quality digital content. It is a place for professional photographers, student photographers, amateurs, and designers to create an online image gallery of their work, receive feedback from peers, and earn money, with no charge or long term contract. Unlike competing sites, photographers and designers who use Fotolia will keep all copyrights to their images.

Spy Media Press Release

Citizens and Professional Photographers Able to Seamlessly Buy and Sell News Photos Through Online Marketplace

Spymedia.com Broadens Reach of Citizen Reporters, Bringing a Global Perspective to Local and Community News

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/—In recognition of the significant potential for citizen journalism to become part of the mainstream, Spy Media today became the first automated news photo marketplace to offer amateur and professional photographers a quick and easy way to sell their own digital photographs. Whether it’s your favorite celebrity, a political rally, local soccer game, international news or cultural event, Spy Media believes there is a market for your photographs. With a database of thousands of photographs, customers and news organizations can easily search for and purchase a variety of photographs that meet their needs, whether it’s for a personal web site, newsletter, online publication, newspaper or magazine.

InfoTrends/CAP Ventures Press Release

InfoTrends/CAP Ventures’ Study Shows that Retailers Are Driving Future Online Photo Service Growth

(Weymouth, MA) November, 01 2005… InfoTrends/CAP Ventures’ latest online photo services report finds that 29% of U.S. Internet users are now online photo service members, representing an increase of 12% over 2004. Pureplay online photo services, or dot-coms, currently dominate the market in terms of market share and total print volume. 78% of online photo service members belong to a pureplay site like Kodak EasyShare Gallery, while just 14% are members of a retail online photo service like Walmart.com. Today, pureplay online photo services members are more motivated to share their digital photos, while retail online users are more motivated to print. Nevertheless, changing market dynamics could shake up the status quo of the online photo services market.

Photoxels Press Release

TORONTO, ON., Nov. 1, 2005 - On your mark! Get ready! Click! …For the great Photoxels Digital Photography Contest, running from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2005. Calling all Canadian amateur photographers of all skill levels to send us your best digital shots and win great prizes. Sponsors are: FUJIFILM Canada, PANASONIC Canada and EPSON Canada. Enter your photos in four (4) Categories: PEOPLE, LANDSCAPE, MACRO (CLOSE-UPS), and SPORTS/ACTION. For more information and official rules, go online to http://www.photoxels.com/digital-photo-contest.html

NAPP Press Release

Photoshop TV Launches to Immediate Success; Video Podcast from NAPP Hits No. 2 in iTunes in a Matter of Days - Offers Viewers Prizes for Tuning In

TAMPA—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 28, 2005—On Monday, October 24, the National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) launched a new video podcast - Photoshop TV.

Hosted by the “Photoshop Guys” (Scott Kelby, Dave Cross and Matt Kloskowski), Photoshop TV immediately began climbing the charts of Apple’s iTunes podcasts to hit number 2 on October 28, leaving heavyweights such as NPR, Al Franken and ESPN in their dust. The cast saw over 6,200 subscribers in its first 72 hours.

The free cast is a half-hour guide to Adobe(R) Photoshop(R), digital photography and imaging. Photoshop TV offers viewers tutorials and quick tips for mastering Photoshop, presented as well as creative industry news and interviews.

ExposureManager Press Release

At ExposureManager we are very pleased to announce the addition of canvas prints to our offerings.  This makes ExposureManager the first online digital photo service now offering the ability to photographers to sell canvas prints to their customers!

“We are thrilled that photographers are now able for the first time to sell canvas prints online directly to their customers at competitive prices. Canvas prints have always been used as a unique way to preserve the memory of special occasions, and they are sure to be a big hit this Holiday season with our photographers and their customers.”  –Donovan Janus - Managing Director/ExposureManager.

Cameratown is covering PhotoPlusExpo 2005 with a dedicated section for expo news, product releases, booth numbers, and photographs from the show floor. Visit their PhotoPlusExpo 2005 coverage today.

Website: Cameratown

DxO Labs Press Release

A gallery of images by professional photographers and rising stars from around the world linked by a passion for photographic excellence.
DxO Optics Pro image enhancement software is an indispensable part of their workflow.

Paris, France October 20, 2005 – DxO Labs today announced its new photography gallery, DxO Image Masters, showcasing the work of professional photographers and rising stars from around the world who integrate DxO Optics Pro into their workflow.

“DxO Image Masters is a dynamic venue in which to experience the results—and advantages—of DxO Optics Pro digital image enhancement software,” said Luc Marin, Vice President of the Photography Business at DxO Labs.

Digital Railroad Press Release

The Digital Railroad Marketplace Will Provide All Members with Worldwide Distribution Opportunities; Buyers Will Have More Resources in One Professional Marketplace than Ever Before

New York, NY – October 18, 2005 – Digital Railroad, Inc. (http://www.digitalrailroad.net), the leading provider of Web-based application services for the professional photography industry, today announced plans for the Digital Railroad Marketplace. This initiative is another direct response by the company to address requests for additional features by its photographer, agency and photo buyer members around the world.

The Digital Railroad Marketplace will continue to allow members to maintain their personally branded archives, while giving them the most efficient method to simultaneously publish images through an aggregated marketplace. Digital Railroad’s members include award-winning photographers and agencies in 40 countries, from Afghanistan to Italy, from the U.S. to Indonesia. A partial list of members can be viewed at the following directory: http://www.digitalrailroad.net/corpsite/directory.html

BitShelter LLC Press Release

Photographers Laforet, Frakes, Ashburn choose PhotoShelter as their Online Image Archive; Award Winning Photographers Making Full Use of PhotoShelter’s Low Cost, Geographically Redundant Storage System

PhotoPlus Expo 2005 Booth 582

NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 17, 2005—Digital storage platform provider BitShelter LLC today announced the launch of PhotoShelter (www.PhotoShelter.com), an online image archive service and marketplace.

Vincent Laforet, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer with The New York Times; Bill Frakes, a staff photographer for Sports Illustrated Magazine; and 2004 Canon Female Photojournalist Award winner Kristen Ashburn are among PhotoShelter’s initial clients.

Built by the engineers behind the success of HotJobs.com, PhotoShelter offers professional photographers a truly affordable and robust archive system, along with the tools and resources they need to turn their storage into sales.

Canon USA has announced rebates for a large number of products, including the EOS 20D and Digital Rebel Xt DSLR cameras. Qualifying products must be purchased at an authorized Canon USA dealer or reseller between October 15, 2005 and January 15, 2006. Claims must be postmarked by February 6, 2006 and received by February 13, 2006. For more details about the Double and Triple rebates please download the rebate coupon below.

Website: Canon USA Rebate Coupon

Nikon has launched a new website called Digitutor which includes basic knowledge, useful techniques, and tips on taking good photos with Nikon Digital Cameras. 14 different models are covered in total, with a series of Flash tutorials explaining the finer points of each camera. A very good resource for all owners of newer Nikon digital cameras.

Website: Nikon - Digitutor

FotoInsight Press Release

Britain’s largest photo paper processing and photographic gift items range reaches Italy

Cambridge, UK. 6 October, 2005. – FotoInsight of Cambridge provides photo processing and a large range of gift items to consumers and businesses through its website http://www.fotoinsight.co.uk since November 2003. The company announces today the start of its Italian service site. Over its first two years the business has expanded, shipping photographic paper prints to now 20 countries with sites in three languages. The company started operating a German language site in June this year, apart from its original English language services in Pound Sterling and Euros. The FotoInsight photo processing service is backed by 20 production sites, strategically located throughout Europe. Customers can take advantage of the same low delivery charge to all 20 European destinations. Managing Director Klaas Brumann says: “The Italian photographic processing market is known for its high standards in print quality and its demanding consumers. We are very excited about FotoInsight’s expansion into Italy. We think Italian consumers and businesses will particularly appreciate our emphasis on quality and realistic colours.”

Photobird.com Press Release

200 cameras, 1000 reviews in 12 languages.  Comprehensive, easy-to-use, and free.

San Francisco, CA - October 11, 2005 - Photobird.com, the easy way to share your photos around the world, today announced the immediate availability of the Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide.  This comprehensive and frequently updated list of 200 digital cameras and 1000 reviews in 12 languages makes it easy to shop for digital cameras. The intuitive, easy-to-read design assists digital camera shoppers with their research and helps them choose from a myriad of available digital camera features and options.  The Photobird Digital Camera Buyer’s Guide is available for free at www.photobird.com/buyersguide/ and can be found in the Photobird Learning Center at www.photobird.com/learn/ .  A free trial to Photobird.com and more information about easily sharing your photos with friends and family is also available at www.photobird.com .

Canon have launched a new website dedicated to Picture Styles, which Canon suggests is “like selecting the best film for the subject or desired photographic expression”. As well as being able to shoot pictures with the EOS 5D and EOS-1D Mark II N cameras using a specific Picture style, you can also apply them to RAW files from older Canon DSLR cameras (right back to the D30) using the newly-released Digital Photo Professional v2.0 software.

“Color creativity with digital cameras has undergone enormous development and evolution since the advent of EOS DIGITAL cameras. The results of that progress have now been incorporated into Picture Style. Many functions have traditionally had to be adjusted through the Color Matrix and Developing Parameters. Picture Style integrates these into a display that is intuitive and unambiguous for professionals working with photographic data. Selecting the optimal Picture Style is like selecting the best film for the subject or desired photographic expression. By making this selection, you can create digital data fine-tuned for certain characteristics the moment the shutter is released. Picture Style makes it possible to produce images with the same characteristics regardless of the EOS DIGITAL camera used.”

Website: Canon Picture Style Special Site

Fotki Press Release

Fotki Celebrates Its 60,000,000th Photo and Brakes All Storage Limits on This Occasion: Free 30 MB from the Start and 120 MB Free Annually!

NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) October 3, 2005—Fotki. Inc., a company behind a popular online photo-sharing web portal, Fotki.com, has recently changed its policy with respect to standard free account users. Free account photo-storage space limit was considerably raised, and ability to keep online journals given to all Fotki users. After the global mid-September update of the site, Fotki keeps polishing newly introduced tools and adding new features.

As free members are a significant and very important part of Fotki’s fast growing community, these Fotki loyal users are given more abilities to better exploit Fotki potentialities. Fotki has tripled a standard photo storage space for free accounts. Now newcomers will start from 30 MB free space (against former 10 MB); and current free users will get 20 MB extra space. Moreover, all free members are given a chance to become more active by using an option of obtaining a 10-MB additional space every 30 days that totals to 120 MB annually.