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Alexia Sinclair
April 01, 2012 — HAS THE PHOTOGRAPHY INDUSTRY changed more in the last 10 years than ever before? Obviously, that’s an easy answer. Digital has changed everything, but one could argue that smart phones, and the iPhone in particular, have changed the face of photography as well.
Baboo
Deepak "Baboo" Kumar offered film duplication, color correction and film processing when he opened Baboo in 1977 in a single room in a New York City building. He became known for his eye for color and ability to reproduce images with consistency. Read the Full Story » Canson Infinity
Canson has been making paper since 1557, but longevity isn’t its only asset. "As a paper manufacturer, being able to create our own bases for the substrates allows us to have consistent paper quality from run to run," says Robert Toth, vice president of marketing for Canson North America. "We can control that process so that combined with the coating gives us a real technical advantage." Read the Full Story » Simply Color Lab
Adam Fried started a company with one large-format printer out of a garage in 2005. He called the startup Simply Canvas and, true to its name, it sold gallery wrapped canvases to professional photographers. Simply Canvas grew rapidly, moved into a new building, and began hearing requests for more services. Customers wanted the company to handle paper prints also, for instance. Read the Full Story » Millers Professional Imaging
There’s a strong photographic tradition at Miller’s Professional Imaging. Photographer Bill Miller founded the company in Pittsburg, Kansas, in 1964, and today a number of staffers also spend time behind the lens, including Chief Executive Officer Richard Miller, Bill’s son, and Vice President Dick Coleman, Richard’s brother-in-law. Both are Master Photographers. Read the Full Story » Nations Photo Lab
Ryan Millman started Nations Photo Lab in 2005 as a natural extension of another business, GreekYearbook, a fraternity and sorority portraiture company he launched as a college student in 1999. Realizing his greatest overhead was outsourcing printing, he started Nations to produce work for GreekYearbook and offer services to other photographers as well, says Ashley Reeder, director of public relations at Nations. Read the Full Story » Guy Noffsinger: Airborne Access
Aviation shooter Guy Noffsinger explains his “up above” technique from on the ground. Read the Full Story » Hahnemuhle USA
Hahnemühle USA is a subsidiary of Hahnemühle FineArt GmbH, which began making paper in 1584, and entered the fine art inkjet paper market in 1995. The brand has a reputation for "quality, consistency and variety," says sales manager Bob Haupt, and it all starts with what he calls "the water story." Read the Full Story » More AfterCapture Features » |
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