Business & Marketing Archives

National Geographic hit 100 million Instagram followers. To celebrate, it wants your images for free.

by The PhotoCamp Director | Feb 21, 2019 | Business & Marketing, Creativity | 0 |

National Geographic has become the first brand to top 100 million followers on Instagram. According to Adweek, the brand has reached celebrity status, breathing the “same air as soccer and pop music superstars, as well as The Rock and the occasional Kardashian or Jenner.”

How to blur your background on Skype video calls

by The PhotoCamp Director | Feb 9, 2019 | Business & Marketing, Lifestyle | 0 |

If you dread video calls because you can’t ever find a clean, distraction-free space that won’t embarrass you while you’re on camera, Microsoft has just the thing: it’s now added an option to blur the background so your contacts won’t be able to clearly discern what’s in your surroundings.

Big changes for BOP contest: new categories, new committee, new site

by The PhotoCamp Director | Dec 11, 2018 | Business & Marketing | 0 |

In 2019, the National Press Photographers Association’s (NPPA) the Best of Photojournalism (BOP) contests will be held in its new home at the University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Athens, Georgia. Every year, BOP attracts the most talented professionals in four divisions – still photography, video, online visual journalism, and editing – collectively consisting of nearly 100 categories.

Meet the founders of a stock photo platform that shows real Africa

by The PhotoCamp Director | Nov 27, 2018 | Business & Marketing | 0 |

While sourcing stock photos of Africa for work, Dicky Hokie struggled to find anything other than stereotypical scenes. Finding images of the lives of normal people was almost impossible. An amateur photographer, Hokie saw a business opportunity to build a dedicated African stock photography platform that better represented life on the continent.

Why Kodak Died and Fujifilm Thrived: A Tale of Two Film Companies

by The PhotoCamp Director | Oct 22, 2018 | Business & Marketing, Technology | 0 |

The Kodak moment is gone, but today Fujifilm thrives after a massive reorganization. Here is a detailed analysis based on firsthand accounts from top executives and factual financial data to understand how and why the destinies of two similar companies went in opposite directions.