) October 3, 2008 -- At corporate and publicity events around the world, guests are going home with a new kind of party favor. The latest trend in event souvenirs is the photo favor - a fun, unique photograph of party guests printed within seconds of being taken.

) June 9, 2009 -- Photopreneur, the photography Web site offering information and resources to help photographers make the leap from artist to entrepreneur, has released its first book, "99 Ways To Make Money From Your Photos." The 340-page softcover book is available on Amazon and by visiting the Photopreneur site at http://blogs.photopreneur.com/99-ways-to-make-money-from-your-photos.

) April 25, 2009 -- Orange County wedding photography company, Joe Broccardo Photography, announces the release of their revamped website, http://www.broccardophoto.com. With the release of the new website Joe plan's on expanding his knowledge into teaching photography and has expanded his company to include an associate photography program.

) September 30, 2009 -- PhotoBin.com today announces the launch of its photo sharing, archiving and sorting subscription products, including PhotoBin Basic, PhotoBin Plus and photo-customized merchandise. PhotoBin Basic provides free accounts for consumers new to photo sharing, while PhotoBin Plus provides subscription-based accounts for advanced photo enthusiasts and professionals. In addition to its core products, Photobin.com also features the ability to turn favorite photos into affordable gifts, including canvases, prints, mugs and puzzles.

) November 12, 2008 -- As the result of an acquisition, microstock innovator Can Stock Photo Inc. is now an affiliate of stock photography pioneer Fotosearch. As part of the new relationship, Fotosearch will distribute Can Stock Photo imagery, allowing Can Stock Photo's contributors access to the robust worldwide distribution network Fotosearch has built over the past 10 years. Can Stock Photo contributors will be able to present their stock photos to millions of Fotosearch visitors every week.

) April 28, 2009 -- Snapixel (www.snapixel.com), a new photography site that combines elements of the photo sharing site Flickr and the popular stock photography site Istockphoto, announces Openstock(TM), an innovative system that provides photographers with an easy-to-market solution to sell photos.

"The Snapixel model extends selling power to all levels of photographers. While not every image belongs in a stock photography marketplace, our ultimate goal is to widen the creative spectrum of traditional stock photography, without decreasing the value." said Ivan Wong, COO and Co-founder of Snapixel.

) June 6, 2009 -- For over 40 years, 42nd Street Photo has been in the camera business. As times have changed, so has the store, updating their stock with the latest products, offering the knowledge necessary for their customers to purchase the right camera for them, and leading the way in online digital camera sales with some of the best prices that can be found on the web. They carry the top brands, including accessories, and the top models from each brand. The 42nd Street photo website is easy to use, and makes online digital camera shopping a very simple task. It's easy to compare prices, but as many satisfied customers have found, 42nd Street Photo often has the best prices around.
 

) April 28, 2009 -- More of EasyTemplates.com's affordable Flash website templates now come complete with an easy-to-edit photo gallery and/or video gallery. The Flash templates cater to an increasing demand for an easy and attractive way to present photos and videos on websites.

Sample of an easy-to-edit Flash Web Template with Photo and Video Gallery from EasyTemplates.com

) August 12, 2009 -- Shutterstock®, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, is emerging as a leader in one of the key areas for making money online in today's Web marketplace: affiliate marketing.

Photo: Patrizia Tilly/Shutterstock

) September 17, 2008 --
A recent study of more than 1,000 people conducted by KRC Research and
iStockphoto, the world’s royalty-free
multimedia sales leader, revealed that 33 percent of Americans are using
downloaded digital content, but nearly 30 percent are unaware that
permission may be required for its use. This lack of awareness spikes to
38 percent among Americans in both the 18–24
and 65 and older age groups.

) February 26, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, just reached another milestone as it added the 6 millionth image to its rapidly growing library of premium royalty-free stock images. In less than four months, Shutterstock has added over one million images, reinforcing its status as the fastest growing site for high quality, royalty-free images.

Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, reached another milestone today as it added the 6 millionth image to its rapidly growing library of premium royalty-free stock images.

) December 3, 2008 -- AbsolutVision Stock Photo, the Internet's first JPEG2000 stock photography service is offering a 40 percent discount on annual subscriptions through Jan. 5th, along with a newly created one-day subscription plan of 10 pictures for $4.95.

Founded in 2002, www.absolutvision creates and sells royalty free JPEG 2000 digital images to both consumers and businesses. The company's successful subscription-based model is cost-effective and allows users to download thousands of quality pictures for a fraction of the cost and time typical in gathering images for commercial or personal use.

) May 28, 2009 -- Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, the premier photographic workshop organization in the world, achieves the milestone of 20 years as an inspirational resource for all levels of photographers, from enthusiasts to professionals. Since its inception in 1990, the Workshops has been unwavering in its commitment to educational excellence to thousands of people who share a passion for photography.

) October 26, 2008 -- OnlineDigitalPhotoFrame.com is an online retailer of digital photo frames, memory cards, digital cameras, and video cameras. In September 2008, the site established an informational blog, found at www.AllAboutDigital-Photo-Frames.com.

OnlineDigitalPhotoFrame.com was launched in 2007 by Robert Bielling. The associated blog has been implemented to help customers learn more about the technological products found on the parent site.

) October 29, 2009 -- While many photographers dream of seeing their images on a national magazine's cover, that dream rarely comes true, but for Shan Canfield in Nashville, Tenn. (also known as Mama Shan), it will in November. Mama Shan won Professional Photographer's Cover Contest--open to all photographers--beating out almost 4,600 other entries from around the world.

Professional Photographer's November Issue; Cover image by Mama Shan (Shan Canfield, the 2009 Cover Contest winner)

) January 19, 2009 -- People always remember what they were doing when a historic event occurred. So when they experience the inauguration with their family and friends, Kodak invites them to not only remember the moment, but capture and share it with those who matter most. In celebration of the historic Inauguration of president-elect Barack Obama, Kodak has partnered with prominent political and civil rights photographers Bob McNeely and Ben Fernandez to discuss the emotional power of photography and to encourage the world to capture the historic moment of Barack Obama's election with a family portrait.

) October 16, 2008 -- Shutterstock®, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, achieved another industry milestone this week when its editorial library passed the 100,000th image mark, thanks to the success of its entertainment/celebrity photo program: Shutterstock on the Red CarpetTM. Shutterstock is the only online stock photo agency to offer this unique program, which assists its global network of photographers in getting past the velvet ropes to the hottest events worldwide.

) April 17, 2009 -- A new online photo community called snapizzi enables photographers of any skill level to capture, manage and sell their photos online with a new tagging technology and website.

snapizzi's IZ tag: digital barcode & tagging technology

Aboutvision.com, the internet's first JPEG2000 stock photography subscription site; known for offering the best compression quality available has launched not one, but two new and exclusive collections of high quality image collections to their already impressive resume of royalty-free photos. These new collections; as well as the substantial collective galleries already at AbsolutVision.com; are now being offered to subscribers at all time low cost proving once again why AbsolutVision is the leader in the stock photography industry. (PRWeb Aug 4, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/08/prweb2708484.htm

) September 16, 2009 -- The release of Liveedit v4.0 is a major upgrade to the cloud sharing and collaborative workflow environment for imaging professionals, designers and illustrators - adding enhanced communication capabilities. A faster, easier user interface and multiple new features dramatically streamline the way imaging professionals stay ahead.

Designed by professional photographers, Liveedit provides an incomparable interface - dramatically improving the remote workflow between clients, art directors, agencies and photographers. With Liveedit, imaging professionals provide a better service to their clients, maximize revenues while saving time and cut costs across the entire process from shooting to retouching, distribution, review, approval, archiving and stock sales.

) June 18, 2009 -- 52 Editions is the anti-gallery. Here's how it works: each week, the 52 Editions website (http://www.52editions.com) features an original photograph for less than $50. Its weekly goal: to demolish the misconception that collecting great photography is a privilege solely for the hoity-toity.

First Light, First Day, Bonneville Raceway, Utah, by Paul Adams. 52editions.com first original photo edition.

) August 19, 2009 -- With dozens of photographer contributors and thousands of RSS subscribers and Twitter followers, Black Star Rising, the group photography blog of the Black Star photographic agency, has emerged as one of the most-respected sources of news and commentary in the photographic industry. The blog recently celebrated its 600th published article.

Black Star Rising is the photography blog of the Black Star photographic agency.

) March 27, 2009 -- Women In Photography International (WIPI), the #1 online resource center for women photographers worldwide welcomes photographs taken with any type of film or digital camera including any type of point and shoot camera including toy cameras such as, Lomography and Pinhole styled camera images. Submission may include scanned, manipulated black and white or color images including fine art, straight forward or using any creative software such as Adobe Photoshop to transform the image. Online JPG submission with no date restriction and ALL subject matter accepted.

) February 16, 2010 -- Today Shutterstock® announced the addition of its 10 millionth image, a milestone that underscores the company’s rapid growth and commitment to high quality, crowdsourced visual media.

Credit: Matthew Jacques/Shutterstock

) June 9, 2009 -- In an economic climate where graphic designers are often asked to produce more with fewer resources, a new survey by International Communications Research (ICR) shows that over 40 percent of designers are using more stock photography to lower costs in 2009 compared to last year.

Credit: 3d_kot/Shutterstock

) November 21, 2008 --
The Photography Network (http://www.photography-network.net)
a new dedicated social network aimed at photographers was launched this
month. With over 1000 members joining within the first weeks,
photography network provides an outlet for amateur photographers to
share their work and discuss technique, style and equipment.

The quality of the members on the site is fantastic

) February 25, 2010 -- When you look for any new product or service, it is always smart to consider others’ experiences with such items. That is one reason why the 2010 Professional Photographer Hot One Award winners have such draw. These 57 photographic products rose above a crowd of 260 entries from 122 companies, representing photography’s best new products for professional application…as chosen by actual photographers.

Professional Photographer's Hot One Awards found the best of the best pro photography products.

) November 3, 2008 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, today announced the landmark addition of its 5 millionth image to the company's extensive collection of premium stock photos. Thanks to its popular subscription-based model, speedy review process, and consistent stream of quality submissions, Shutterstock continues to hit new industry growth milestones while maintaining high standards of image quality.

Shutterstock continues to thrive, adding over 70,000 high quality stock images per week.

) September 10, 2008 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, announced a major milestone for the stock photo industry today: 60 million stock photos, vectors and illustrations have been downloaded from its library since 2005, reinforcing the company's status as the top online resource for quality, royalty-free images at affordable prices.

Shutterstock announced 60 million stock photos, vectors and illustrations have been downloaded from its library since 2005.

) November 11, 2008 -- BrightQube (www.brightqube.com), the award-winning online stock photography destination, is now offering image buyers the most efficient way to find royalty-free stock photos from its collection of more than three million images with new and enhanced features to its revolutionary Web site. Fast becoming the go-to creative resource for designers, BrightQube continues to anticipate its customers' needs for every project and budget by offering a range of helpful navigation options to quickly pinpoint and purchase stock photos faster than ever before.

) June 9, 2009 -- Leading photography software firms, LabPrints and PhotoOne, have integrated their products to create the most streamlined workflow solution available to professional photographers. This integration allows photographers to manage all of their studio needs from scheduling and marketing to selling online and album design. Both firms believe that photographers must better strategize their time in this uncertain economy.

New York, USA August 2009. Color Management is offering special photography summer discounts on the X-rite ColorMunki Photo, buy it now for $464 and save $35

) September 10, 2009 -- Tonsho has launched a new email service, Tonsho Photo, to help professional photographers maximise their sales in a time when bookings and sales are down. Photography is at the luxury end of disposable income spending and many photographers have reported a decline in business during the recession.

) May 27, 2009 -- Online photo site snapizzi, the one-stop shop for portrait and event photographers, today announced that it has added an array of new web tools and print products that improve the photographer's workbench and make photo sales and management easier than ever before.

NFrame Photography using snapizzi's IZ tags to capture Memorial Day VIP event

) July 17, 2009 -- Time Factory Publishing has launched a new online photo Web site, Pikcal.com (pronounced pickle), offering consumers a chance to store and share photos and create fully customizable photo products. The new Web site offers access to professional photos, providing pictures from Getty Images, NASCAR, Susan Branch and Ford, with more licenses coming soon.

With a simple, user-friendly Web site, adults and children alike can create photo books, calendars and other school and office supplies suited to their tastes. The Web site provides a distinctive experience that other online photo sites fail to match. With pikcal.com, photo sharing has never been easier.

) August 19, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today the launch of Shuttertweet, a new tool for Twitter that empowers stock image and stock footage submitters by instantly sending out messages (or "tweets") announcing when new images and footage clips have been added to their Shutterstock portfolios.

Credit: Shutterstock

A presenter of portrait and wedding photography workshops internationally
Judges professional photography competitions internationally.

) October 19, 2009 -- The Adorama Learning Center today launched PhotoZAP, a new microsite devoted to tough critiques of reader-submitted photographs. Adorama customers were invited in a September mailing to send in their digital "almost masterpieces" to be praised and panned by a panel of photography experts. The goal is to help photographers improve the quality of the images they shoot with their film or digital cameras.

) January 23, 2009 -- Perfect Dating Profile (PDP) has simplified web integration of its dating photo shoot and profile writing services for dating site owners via a new API. Launched at the start of the company's second year, the API enables the services to be integrated directly into any site, with the host earning commission for each sale generated. Once installed, users can perform a postcode search of over 250 nationwide dating photographers, place an order for a dating photo shoot or profile writing and make payment entirely on the host site. Completed order data is forwarded to PDP for fulfilment.

) September 26, 2008 -- International Photography Awards (IPA) announced the winners of this year's IPA Photographer of the Year awards. Dana Hursey of Los Angeles, California was Awarded: Honorable mention both in Advertising in professional category for his entry, "Cowboy Chow Time," as well as Honorable mention in People in professional category for his entry, "Cowboy Portraits".