My husband, Dave, and I were just in Chicago for the Picture House Event, followed by the PACA National conference of stock photo agencies. Dave is on the National PACA board as the treasurer, so is very much as involved in this business as I am! He is always on the lookout for upcoming trends and we work together to position our agency with the latest capabilities and content that our clients are looking for.

We've recently decided to get into the footage and motion market, as we see an upcoming need for motion in many of our clients' projects.

Even with educational publishing, there will soon be an interest in worldwide footage content, culturally, geographically and also involving natural history and wildlife-oriented subjects. If you know of a specific type of content that your company might be looking for in the future, please share your needs with us, as we are doing our best to provide our photographers with subject lists of what kinds of footage to capture.

Picture House was a wonderful opportunity to meet many of you face to face again and even for the first time! The venue in Chicago is always much smaller and it gives everyone a better chance to really talk with each other. Even though there were fewer agencies exhibiting this year, it's an excellent chance for editors and researchers to find new photo sources for their various projects.

We've seen a lot of casualties over the last few months and hope that if your office has been downsized, sold or even gone into Chapter 11, that it is now on the rebound! Working here in the Pacific Northwest it doesn't seem to have hit many of us, but it seems like every week we hear from clients around the country that are closing their doors or losing some of their staff. Just know we are here to work with you and will adjust our pricing to get us all through our current economic situation!

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