The Dead Pixels Society Podcast

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau talks with Lisa McCabe, president of Capture . In this interview, McCabe talks about the rebranding of YesVideo to Capture, how technology has changed the company’s offerings and how memories are the core of the consumer photography business. Capture (formerly YesVideo) is one of the leading photo and video media transfer companies. Capture helps us...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Anika Jackson, founder of Your Brand Amplified . In this interview, Jackson talks about branding and social media practices for small and medium-sized businesses. Jackson is the founder and chief strategist for Your Brand Amplified, a marketing and communications agency, and host of the podcast by the same name....

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau talks with Gary Wong , co-founder of FilmNeverDie, a professional lab in Australia. As the film processing business continues, there’s a growing need for replacement processing equipment. Wong’s company developed its own rotary film processor, the CP800, first as a Kickstarter project and then as a product to sell. In this interview, Wong talks abou...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Mark Hommerding, president of SchoolPictures.com in Ypsilanti, MI. In this interview, Hommerding talks about his long career in the volume photography business, including stints with Jolesch, Herff Jones, and Lifetouch, before taking over SchoolPictures.com. Since the takeover, the business has doubled, which h...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talked with Lisa Staff , of Hilton Head, S.C.-based photography studio, Lisa Staff Photography. In this interview, Staff talks about brand strategy, reinventing your business, and lessons learned from decades of location shooting.  Staff has been photographing fashion and connecting with people from all walks of life for m...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Peter Mohr, business coach and entrepreneur. Mohr helps entrepreneurs transform their frustrations into freedoms by using a variety of frameworks that help them cut through the chaos and overwhelm of running a business. With more than 27 years as a business owner, he's refined many of his tips, tools, and t...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Mitch Goldstone , CEO of ScanMyPhotos.com. In this episode, Goldstone talks about his beginnings as a one-hour photo lab operator and developing one of the first volume photo scanning operations. ScanMyPhotos.com has professionally preserved more than one billion memories, milestones, and special event photos fo...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Brandon Leibowitz, the founder of SEO Optimizers. SEO Optimizers is a digital marketing company focusing on helping small and medium-sized businesses get more online traffic, which in turn converts into clients, sales, leads, etc. In this interview, Leibowitz talks about the importance of backlinks, optimizing i...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Ori Guttin, co-founder of Viewbug . In this episode, Guttin talks about the tools developed for photographers for minting NFTs and its newest innovation, Viewbug Coins. Viewbug Coins allow users to earn coins, give them to other users, and to spend them on prizes. Viewbug is a long-standing community of millions...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Marco Torres. Torres is the Founder of MarketingBoost.com, he has helped thousands of business owners worldwide boost sales and scale their businesses by as much as 5-fold through the use of incentive-based marketing.  He teaches entrepreneurs how to soar sales & marketing through the use of “Value-Add-Incen...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Back in 2008, Gary Pageau interviewed entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki at the Ice Oasis ice rink, just prior to Kawasaki's ice hockey match. The audio was never published but, with Guy's permission, we're now publishing it. In 2008, the tech world was a very different place, so some of the company names and technologies may seem outdated and...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Darcy Reed, author of the new book for children, "Extraordinary Women with Cameras: 35 Photographers Who Changed How We See the World." The book, featuring illustrations by Vanessa Perez, captures the stories of iconic female photographers, including Dorothea Lange’s haunting portraits of American hist...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Rose and Timmy Coleman of Center Stage Photos. The Colemans talk about how they were able to structure their successful sports photography business around their family through the use of modern technology and services. Rose is the co-owner of Center Stage Photos, a sports photography company she started in 2016...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with photo organizer Adam Pratt. Pratt talks about photo organization, workflow, benefits of camera scans, and much more. Pratt also talks about his new book, Declutter Your Photo Life, offering a straightforward step-by-step workflow to bring users complete control and creating a calming order out of your photo chao...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with commercial photographer Robert Lowdon. Lowdon talks about starting out as a new commercial photographer, building his portfolio, and adapting the business to changing market conditions. Robert Lowdon Photography is a creative and original professional photography company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Our le...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with John Doe , the owner of JONDO . In this interview, Doe talks about the early days of high-quality digital inkjet printing, inventing "giclee," and bringing digital photography into fine-art printing. JONDO is a print-on-demand mass manufacturer of home decor and art products with standardized productio...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Calvin Harrell , board member, and Coree Cooper, SPAC gal, about the SPAC 2023 conference.  In this episode, Harrell and Cooper talk about the features and events that make the SPAC conference different. School & Sports Photographers Association of California ( SPAC) is a group of independent volume-based ph...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! 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...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Lee Palmer , EMEA-APAC Region Business Manager, Kodak Moments, about the company's new exclusive official On-site Imaging Provider for Disneyland Paris. Palmer discusses how Kodak Moments is working with this high-profile client to deliver an innovative photographic experience for guests. Kodak Moments is a...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Hans Hartman, chair of the Visual1st conference, about the next in-person edition of the Visual1st conference. The highly-regarded Visual1st conference returns to the Golden Gate Club at the Presidio, San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 4-5, 2022. The event features four panels, product demos, and fireside chats on topi...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Pamela Vachon and Keith Barraclough about Zenfolio's recent industry survey of photographers, the changes wrought by COVID, and how technology is changing how photographers work. Pamela Vachon is vice president, marketing operations, at Zenfolio. Keith Barraclough is CTO, EVP analytics, at Zenfolio, Zenfoli...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Jeff Gump , Gump Solutions, about insights from the recent SPOA conference, trends in sports photography, digital delivery, and much more. Gump has been sharing his experience with photographers throughout the country for more than 25 years. Groups like SYNC – SYNC Sports, SPAC, SPAA, PPA, Texas School, PSPI, an...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! In this special Father's Day episode, Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Olivia Pageau, a marketing and events expert, about trends in the event and wedding photography industry.  She talks about what traits high-end wedding and event venues are looking for in wedding photographer partners, trends wedding photography, and why the classic bla...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Paul Baron , serial entrepreneur, founder and CEO of The Wall Printer. Founded in 2019, The Wall Printer is a way to print vertically on drywall, brick, glass, tile, vinyl, cement, or wood. The printer provides for digital image printing, indoors or outdoors, on any surface, with original art or signage. The Wal...

Have an idea or tip? Send us a text! Gary Pageau of the Dead Pixels Society talks with Carrie Schochet , founder and CEO, Purple Squirrel Advisors, an executive recruiting firm. In this episode, Schochet talks about employment trends, tactics for attracting employees, and modern workplace culture. Mediaclip Mediaclip strives to continuously enhance the user experience while dramatically increasing...