In recent years, more and more photographers are using green screen photography in the school and sports markets. It used to make companies stand out from their competition, but as more customers are getting used to and even expecting it, your edge now lies in the quality of your green screen knock out.

Parents want photos that look natural and realistic – no green lines around the child or floating heads because of green clothing that became transparent. The most amazing products, like a children’s storybook with the kid’s name and photo, can be ruined by poor green screen photography. Instead of putting in hours of manual work retouching hundreds of bad images, it’s important to get it right before your season starts.

How is your lighting setup? Is your background clean and free of wrinkles? Are your camera settings optimized for green screen? Unlike regular photography, green screen is much less forgiving, which is why we offer free photo setup guides and a GSI Analyzer™ report. They’re our way of pushing the industry standards a little bit higher every year.

Robert Ste-Marie’s session, “Opening New Revenue Streams Through Green Screen Photography” will cover the current market status and how photographers can expand their business by getting on board with the consumer trends. He will cover green screen, future product and service possibilities as well as the role of the Internet and social media.

We will also be attending the WPPI show, so look out for Robert, Danny or David.

CamLynx is an industry-leading tool that allows you to match your images and data on-site, thereby eliminating major mistakes. We also provide you with Mr. Gray, which makes your shoot even easier by ensuring that you have the right exposure without having to use a light meter. With these tools, you’ll be able to get the perfect photo and minimize post-production work, like color correction.

In recent years, the market has become quite stagnant and photographers have been scratching their heads about what to do. The key is to regenerate interest in school/event photos by making them more customized and easy to order. One way of doing this is to combine the flexibility of green screen with the accessibility of online ordering. If you’ve been wondering what kind of results you can expect, this is the report for you! We compiled statistics on test markets in different geographic areas with different consumer behaviors. You’ll be able to compare to your own customer base and decide how having an online storefront can affect your business.

That’s because after a few years of offering it to customers, getting feedback and making enhancements, we’ve developed an Online Storefront that’s unbeatable. What makes it so special? It’s the flexibility, functionality, intuitive design, real-time green screen integration and reliability.

For your customers this means a beautiful, user-friendly interface that allows them to safely order the packages and products that they want. For you this means full scale customization with your branding, products and prices. Whether you decide to combine it with our award-winning KnockOut and printing services, or just go for the simple hosting option, you can easily get all your order information.

Click below to see our video or contact us to use the live demo.

Robert Ste-Marie and David Francis are going to both shows, so if you’ve been dying to see our latest products or find out about the latest developments in ChromaStar®, your wait is over! Call or email us to set up a meeting. See you there!

Our Imaging Specialist and our Co-Founder/Vice-President of R&D (who are the brains behind ChromaStar®), flew down to San Jose, California to accept the award at the ceremony taking place at the 6Sight Conference. Over the years, so much work has gone into continuously developing and improving ChromaStar® so that we could provide our customers with the best chroma key engine in the world. We are all very happy that all our efforts have been recognized by the industry.

It’s a simple process that just requires you to call us beforehand to set up your account, and then submit your order through DP2. You can then monitor its status and receive the KnockOuts back. Many of you had mentioned to us about how much easier it would be for you to have everything go through DP2, and after a lot of planning and work with Kodak, we’ve answered your call. For more information, just visit the DP2 page on our website.

We hope to see you again at the workshop next year!

It is really nice to see so many companies prospering even during hard economic times (the PROFIT 200 measures 5 year revenue growth, from 2005 to 2010). The average five-year growth was just under 1,500%, with the first-ranked company exploding at 72,384%! Another impressive aspect of this year’s list is that the industries on the list were as diverse as the size of the companies; from multi-national technology firms to a chain of pet stores.

We would like to thank all of our employees, partners and customers for helping to make this achievement possible!