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Flickr / Smugmug: The frog that ate the bull

advertising, content, editing, flickr, google, Instagram, mobile, photo organizing, photo sharing, PhotoTech, prosumer, Social Media, transaction April 23, 2018 Paul Melcher Leave a comment

Flickr’s acquisition by Smugmug, if anything, has reminded us that the grandfather of photo sharing site is not dead. Yet. Almost hidden in the weekend lull, the news surprised almost everyone paying attention to this space: It’s been a long while since Flickr grabbed the headlines. But beyond the unconventional lack of details, what does this acquisition forecast? Let’s look at the available numbers. Smugmug and Flickr, while sharing photos as a common denominator, have not much in common. With 90 million monthly users, Flickr is 18 times bigger…

Innovative solution providers tackle the ever-growing headaches of photo management and storage

content, editing, mobile, Mobile Photo Connect, photo merchandise, photo organizing, photo sharing, prosumer, Search, study September 28, 2017 Hans Hartman 1 Comment

It’s a given: we are all overwhelmed by the sheer number of photos we take, or that are being shared with us. With some of these, it’s no big deal if you accidentally missed viewing them, or if you can’t locate them again after you’ve first enjoyed them. With others, it does matter: According to our recent survey, 58% of photos on average are considered to be “long life” keepers. So we want to know on which device or cloud service these important photos reside,…

5 trends to look for in 2017

3D, advertising, analytic, Artificial Intelligence, content, Content Recognition, e-commerce, Emotion analysis, Facial recognition, Funding, Instagram, Interface, marketing, photo organizing, photo sharing, prosumer, Snapchat, Social Media, technology, UGC, visual recognition, VR January 2, 2017 Paul Melcher Leave a comment

With the new year comes the predictions. However, this year, instead of trying to predict what will happen, we prefer to take aim at what we see will be the top major trends in the visual space. We limited ourselves at five in an effort to be succinct and we picked those that will affect people more broadly. In no particular order, here they are: Images as a source of comprehension We can now comfortably have computers tell us what is depicted in photos or videos. From…

10 Questions to a founder : Splore

content, filter, Instagram, interview, mobile, photo sharing, prosumer, Social Media, tablet June 27, 2016 Paul Melcher Leave a comment

All social media is all about connecting users via content. First users establish a core network of relations and via content sharing ( mostly visuals) it maintains and grows that network. But what if content was put first and the network second (or not at all). That is exactly what Splore is now offering. In a way, it levels the playing field as no one has the advantage of coming in with a huge following ( like celebrities). Instead, each one can compete for popularity…

LDV VISION SUMMIT, DAY 2, OVERVIEW

advertising, Artificial Intelligence, big data, Brands, computational imaging, computer vision, content, e-commerce, finance, Funding, google, imaging, Instagram, investment, LDV Summit, marketing, mobile, PhotoTech, prosumer, Search, Social Media, tablet, transaction, UGC, wearable May 22, 2015 Paul Melcher 3 Comments

Different day, different crowd : If day 1 of the LDV Vision Summit was all about science, research and data ( massive amounts of data), Day 2 opened the doors to more practical applications of visual tech, mostly around revenue. In other words, how companies are using the discoveries of researchers to extract value, information and monetary rewards. As in the previous day, panels were a flowing mix of individual presentations and group discussions. Here are some elements of day 2 which particularly caught our attention. Opening…

10 Questions for a Social Editor : BBDO

advertising, Brands, content, editorial, Instagram, marketing, mobile, prosumer, Social Media, technology May 12, 2015 Paul Melcher 8 Comments

Dave Krugman builds online communities. Using his talent as a photographer and his social media insight, he rallies huge amounts of followers around a particular topic or location. As you can imagine, for a brand, he is a golden child. After many successes with such prestigious clients at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, as well as participating at Esquire magazine’s event, he now lends his talents at the advertising agency BBDO as Social Editor. We caught up with him while he was taking a break from his…

The photo generation

advertising, Brands, content, Facebook, Instagram, mobile, PhotoTech, Pinterest, prosumer, Snapchat, Social Media April 22, 2015 Paul Melcher 7 Comments

Regardless of what any teacher might say, there are two ways to become a photographer : take a lot of pictures and look at a lot of pictures. Everything else is secondary. And that is exactly what our teenagers are doing. In a recent study done by Facebook on teens and Instagram, “growing up in a visual world”, the social media giant reveals some very noteworthy information. You complete me 32% of US teens consider Instagram the most important social media platform, far beyond Facebook…

10 Questions to 2 Founders : Photocrowd

content, ECM, Interface, interview, PhotoTech, prosumer, Social Media, technology, UGC April 15, 2015 Paul Melcher 4 Comments

Photo competitions are almost as old as the first camera. As soon as there was two photographers, there was a need to find out who took the best pictures. However, they were limited in space and time, with little or no room for everyone to be a judge. UK based Photocrowd puts an end to it with the V2 of its platform, opening wide open the doors for multinational, massive crowd voting along experts judging. We sat down with co-founders Mike Betts and Liam Bailey…

Photoshop for the masses

Brands, content, filter, finance, flickr, Instagram, mobile, PhotoTech, prosumer, technology, transaction, UGC September 23, 2014 Paul Melcher Leave a comment

Adobe’s acquisition of Aviary is no surprise really. For a long time Adobe has been the desktop in the photo editing tool space and even strong efforts by Microsoft and Apple have made only little dents. However, they have been playing catch up in the consumer space for a while with little success. Let’s face it, Adobe should have come out with Instagram. They were the master of photo filters and are credited in inventing them in the first place. Thing is, as much as Adobe…