PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities articles from June 2008

PMA Magazine - Connecting the Imaging Communities archives from June 2008

In memoriam: Alfred L. Debat.(Connections: Newsline: www.pmai.org)(Obituary)
June 1, 2008... Alfred L. DeBat, 76, died of cancer March 30, in the hospice at the Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, III. Fascinated by photography since taking control of his family's folding Kodak camera when he was 12, DeBat had a long career as an...

PMA data watch: U.S. camera phone use unchanged in 3 years.(Connections: Newsline: www.pmai.org)
June 1, 2008... The use of camera phones by U.S. households has been so consistent in the past 3 years, one might wonder if it will ever change. According to the 2008 PMA U.S. Consumer Digital Survey, there were about 92 million camera phone users in the...

What the duck.(Connections: Newsline: www.pmai.org)(Cartoon)
June 1, 2008... IT'S A HOBBY. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT'S A JOB. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT'S A HABIT. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

In memoriam: Minoru Ohnishi remembered for photo industry devotion, Fuji leadership.(Connections)(Obituary)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PMA Hall of Fame member Minoru Ohnishi, former chairman and honorary advisor of Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, died Jan. 28, at the age of 82. His life was commemorated at a March 5 memorial ceremony,...

Picture success: Gareth Davies explains how to turn dreams and goals into reality.(Business & Marketing)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gareth Davies is goal oriented. He has been since he was a kid. Back then, his goal was to play soccer for the team in Cardiff, Wales. He was good. Darn good. And he attained his goal. But a badly broken leg in the...

Digital destination: new concept store from Borders pairs photo printing, and digital services with books.(Trends & Technology)(Company overview)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Customers walking into the Borders Group Inc. store on Lohr Road in Ann Arbor, Mich., immediately see this is not simply another bookstore. A highlight of the concept store--which opened Feb. 22, after more than...

PMA 2007 Annual Report.
June 1, 2008... The 2007 PMA[R] Annual Report appears on the following page... 2007 marked a solid year of growth for the Association, particularly in the segments of scrapbook retailing, mobile imaging and sports photography, along with ever-expanding...

What's in a scan?(Brief article)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Any way you look at it, scanning pays--through the initial scanning profits, or in making memories more accessible and usable in new ways to customers. In the following pages, read how online companies ScanCafe...

Tale of two scanners: born of necessity, ScanCafe and ScanDigital relieve consumers of a daunting task.(Trends & Technology)
June 1, 2008... One was launched from a sad circumstance and one from a happy occasion--but otherwise, ScanCafe Inc. (www.scancafe.com), Burlingame, Calif., and ScanDigital (www .scandigital.com), El Segundo, Calif., both came into existence for the same...

Vantastic scanning: how one photo enthusiast felt called to scan and digitize photos across the United States.(Trends & Technology)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Airports, meetings, presentations, suits, expense reports, and little free time sounds like a typical business trip, right? Not if you're Laura Eagin. Her idea of business travel involves a 1993 Volkswagen van, more...

What happens next? Find out why succession plans are so important and how to make one.(Business & Marketing)
June 1, 2008... What happens to your business when you're no longer running it? Will a family member take over? Has a manager been trained to fill your shoes? Do you plan to sell before retirement? Or are you simply assuming it will somehow work itself out?...

Rolling with it: daily measurements and a willingness to change with the times have helped Miller's Professional Imaging succeed and grow.(Business & Marketing)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] There are some moments in life that force us to decide what we really want. Bill Miller, a professional photographer who did a little processing on the side for his photographer friends, faced a moment like that in...

Express yourself: AG Interactive forms Digital Photography group, offers customers new ways to integrate photos into daily lives.(Trends & Technology)
June 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A card is a ubiquitous way to share in life events--to express joy, goodwill, congratulations, and condolences. Today, however, the ways to share in life events have grown dramatically. For instance, to wish...

Better business: trend analyst Laura Heller talks about thinking like a student, getting suggestions outside the industry.(Business & Marketing)
June 1, 2008... I teach a couple journalism classes at a local media arts college--one for freshman and sophomores just beginning their majors, and the other for juniors and seniors who are far more advanced. These students are doing professional-quality class...

Photo lifestyle expressions: Garry Green, president of Liberty, discusses new opportunities for lifestyle photo products.(Parting Shot)
June 1, 2008... Major retail chain labs are becoming more creative in their approach to identifying and meeting the needs of consumers. At the same time, there is a consistent focus on maximizing and managing the profit per square foot of occupied real estate....