This year at SPAC, we will be unveiling exciting new products that you won’t want to miss. Come visit us to learn how you these products will make you more competitive. The event will be taking place in Las Vegas from January 24-26, 2013 at South Point Hotel.

Not to be missed, Robert Ste-Marie will be speaking. He will be presenting ”How to Increase Market Share by Adopting Photo Merchandising Trends.”  Ste-Marie will talk about steps you can take to grow your business.  In order to remain competitive and relevant in today’s market, the school portrait industry is in dire need of reform. The photo merchandising market has been steadily increasing, as our market has been taking a hit from year to year.

Robert Ste-Marie will present ways for you to reap the same benefits of the photo merchandising market. In this session, you will learn about new trends in the packaging of school photos and how this can positively impact your business. In addition, he will also take a look at online purchasing patterns and ways that green screen technology can help your business.

We are so happy to be ranked on the PROFIT 200 again this year as one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies. This makes it out third consecutive year on the list and we feel truly honored to be included among so many other amazing companies.

The ranking is based on five year revenue growth, which means that the bigger you get as a company, the harder it is to stay on the list. This year’s list featured a large variety of companies of different sizes and in different industries.

Once again, we’d like to thank our employees, our partners and our customers for helping us stay on this list year after year.

We’re excited to announce the new 2012 line up of products! Last year, we created the Candyland storybook, which was a huge success. This year, we’re releasing a new edition storybook along with several other amazing products. As always, they are fully personalized with the child’s name and photo.

The storybook is a 40-page, full-color book written by a published children’s author and designed in-house by the 36Pix graphic design team. It features the child as the hero of the story with the name and photo appearing throughout the book. Last year’s theme was Candyland and this year it is the farm.

We’ve also taken the personalized book concept even further with the Activity/Coloring Book. This 20-page book also includes the child’s name and photo on every other page. What makes these books so special is the that the personalization (removing the green background, resizing the image) is done automatically thanks to ChromaStar® and Daphne®. That’s why we’re able to process and print an entire school in just a few hours.

Another popular new product are the iPhone 4 and 4S cases. They have transparent plastic sides and a metal backing that can have any sublimated image on it. To see some of the templates, click here.

To really get an idea of how great these products are, you need to have a sample in your hands. Contact us to get yours today.

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.