‘News’ Archives
Vimal Parmar Receives ‘Vande Bharat, Bheeshma Vishista Puraskar’ award
During the April 2023 Photofina Imaging Expo in Hyderabad, India , Vimal Parmar was honored with the 'Vande Bharat, Bheeshma Vishista Puraskar’ award for his tireless efforts and unwavering dedication to promoting the printing of photographs. Vimal, our India Editor for Photo Imaging News, is a highly experienced professional with over 36 [...]
ImagingExecutives@PHOTOPIA September 20, 2023
In cooperation with PHOTOPIA Hamburg in Germany, Thomas Blömer is organizing his innovation ImagingExecutives@PHOTOPIA conference for the third consecutive year in 2023. To avoid any overlap with events and appointments during the September 21-24 trade fair, this year's conference is scheduled on Wednesday September 20, 2023 in the ”Chicago” [...]
March 2023 Issue of Photo Imaging News Published
In this issue, we conclude our extensive coverage of the Japan Inkjet Technology Fair Imaging and the Executives@Photopia. We review SPAC 2023, the Visual 1st Generative AI Spotlight and Photo Print App Innovation virtual live-streamed conferences. In-depth financial review of CEWE.
Photo Imaging News February 2022 Issue Published
In this issue, we continue our extensive coverage of the Imaging Executives@Photopia with more to follow in future issues. We begin our coverage of the Japan Inkjet Technology Fair and review the annual meeting of the BGL (Federal Association of Large Photofinishing Laboratories). The “Phototalk” commentary by Vimal Parmar this month [...]
China Is the World’s Biggest Face Recognition Dealer
Experts fear sales of the technology also export authoritarian ideas about biometric surveillance. The second largest exporter is the US. Face recognition technology has numerous practical applications, including unlocking smartphones, providing authentication in apps, and finding friends in social media posts, as well as public surveillance. [...]
Who Owns The Copyright?
If You Ask Your Friend to Take Your Photo Using Your Camera, Who Owns the Copyright? Vivek Shah attended several Hollywood parties. While there, he preset the settings on his phone camera (including shutter speed, white balance, ISO, metering type, and exposure value) and asked friends or bystanders to use his phone to take photos of him with [...]
Can You Tell a Real from an Artificial Face?
Generative adversarial networks (GANs) are increasingly used in marketing, journalism, social media, and political propaganda. A study published in iScience investigated if and how participants can distinguish between GAN and REAL faces and the social consequences of their exposure to artificial faces. GAN faces were more likely to be perceived [...]
January 2023 Photo Imaging News Published
This issue marks the beginning of our 40th year of uninterrupted publication. In this issue, we continue our extensive coverage of the Imaging Executives@Photopia. The “Phototalk” commentary by Vimal Parmar this month addresses the Consumer Electronic Imaging Fair (CEIF) 2023. Canon, Inc. always releases its year-end results on January 30, [...]
SmugMug + Flickr establish The Flickr Foundation
The Flickr Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to keeping billions of historic and culturally significant photographs safe, sound, and accessible for future generations. It is developing programs in four major areas of cultural preservation: Flickr Commons, content mobility, creative archiving, and fostering new curators. Smugmug
Costco Moving All Photo Customers to Shutterfly
In a letter to members, Costco announced it is moving all its Photo Center activities to Shutterfly, with a completion date of January 28, 2023. Costco members will receive 51% off every Shutterfly order, plus free shipping on orders over $49.