Building – and profiting from – an expanding
photo & video ecosystem
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In the days of film cameras and silver-halide photo printing, there was a well-defined ecosystem with the likes of Kodak, Fujifilm and Agfa dominating the pack.
In the days of digital cameras, that photo ecosystem broadened, with new industry leaders, such as Adobe and Apple, inventing desktop-based photo editing, coupled with a new breed of digital photo printing enablers, such as Epson and HP.
In today’s smartphone-, social network-, and cloud-dominated world that ecosystem has morphed again and become larger and more diverse than ever – driven by DYI photo and video creation use cases going mainstream among both consumers and businesses.
During my keynote at Visual 1st I’ll explore the key trends in various categories within this expanding photo & video ecosystem more in-depth but, as a preview, here is an initial list of players who my partner Alexis Gerard and I find are vital participants in today’s – and tomorrow’s – photo & video ecosystem.
They’re also the very ones we aim to bring together at Visual 1st, including our inaugural DIY Video Summit.
Here we go:
- Smartphone-native photo and video app developers
- Web-based photo and video app developers
- Desktop-based photo and video app developers
- Cloud or device-based storage providers
- E-commerce enablers
- Gig photo and video capture services
- Gig photo and video editing services
- Smartphone manufacturers
- Desktop and smartphone operating system vendors
- Cellular carriers
- Photo and video transcoding/compression developers
- AI platform, microprocessor and image recognition application developers
- Social media networks
- B2C and B2B photo print app developers and output providers
- Camera manufacturers: DSLR, mirrorless, compact, instant, action, drone, 360, pet, vlogging and other camera vendors
- Imaging component vendors (lenses, sensors, flashes, microphones)
- Photo and video sharing sites
- Online and brick-and-mortar retail stores
- Photo and video training providers
- Photo and video trade associations
- Imaging standards bodies
- AR device, platform and app development vendors
- Imaging market-focused investors and M&A investment banks
- Imaging-rich DIY design tools
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Visual 1st & the DIY Video Summit
kick off in just 18 days!
The earlier you register, the earlier you can participate in our pre-conference networking LinkedIn Events site to check out and connect with fellow attendees.
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Oct. 19-20
8:00 am - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Virtual interactive conference
Covering photo and broader imaging innovation topics.
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Oct. 21
8:00 am - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
Virtual interactive conference
Covering trends in enabling video creation by non-video professionals – consumers, SMBs and enterprises.
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Unfamiliar with Visual 1st and the DIY Video Summit? Get a taste for the level of discussions, speaker lineup, and attending companies by downloading last year’s 34-page Visual 1st 2020 Recap whitepaper.
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Join us live at Visual 1st and the DIY Video Summit. The sessions are live and interactive – no pre-recorded content, this is not a sit-back-and-watch webinar. Think of us as Clubhouse for the imaging market, but with visuals!
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For some of these players (such as Google, Facebook, or Western Digital) photo & video solutions are sizable market opportunities, but still comprise only a minor part of their overall business. For others, photo or video solutions is their sole focus.
With such a variety of players in today’s photo and video ecosystem, there is no longer a handful of market leaders, such as Kodak, Fujifilm and Agfa in the old days, who dominate and shape this ecosystem. It has become a broad web of solutions, tied together by integration partnerships between players who leverage each other’s complementary solutions.
Facilitating the building of these partnerships is what Visual 1st is all about.
Alexis and I invite you to be an active participant in analyzing the broader impact of the various trends underlying the unprecedented expansion of this ecosystem: please join us at Visual 1st, including the new DIY Video Summit!
Learn what’s trending, discover which up and coming players need to be on your radar screen, and find out how to leverage opportunities with best-of-breed potential partners.
Most importantly, if you’re coming from the photo world: make sure to learn what’s happening in the world of DIY video solutions at the DIY Video Summit, as these trends are bringing big changes to your business.
If you’re in the video space, learn what’s trending and monetizable in the longer established photo and overall imaging space, and discover how to tap into partnering opportunities at Visual 1st.
We look forward to (virtually) seeing you on October 19, 20 and 21!
Best,
Hans Hartman
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