A letter from Jim Collins

Pictage CEO

After many weeks of planning and conversation, Pictage has acquired ShootQ. This is exciting news for us and I'm sure it will be for you as well. The reason for the acquisition is pretty straight forward. Pictage's mission is to become a one stop shop for Photographers seeking help in their professional pursuit. Up to this point our products and services, with some minor exceptions, only provided solutions for post shoot activities. ShootQ on the other hand has solutions that are almost entirely pre-shoot in nature. The overlay of the two companies from a product perspective is a no brainer. But that's not the reason we did this deal.

The main reason is that when we met with Andrew, Rachel and Jonathan, the managing triumvirate of ShootQ, we were very impressed with their vision and passion in serving their photographer customers. Early on, Rachel described this as a Co-Op and that's pretty much the way we see it as well. Adding their experience as successful photographers, along with the product they've created to the quilted fabric of Pictage gives us a better sense of the customers we serve. That they are pretty fearless about voicing their own opinions about things we can do better only sweetens the deal.

I've often told people that I did not come to Pictage to do a small thing. I'm here to do a big thing. My vision is to create a solution and service set that makes it difficult for professionals NOT to use us. If we can give you the level of flexibility you seek, and combine that with rock solid reliability in every facet of our business, as well as an array of community and educational offerings that allows you to broaden your vision and your business I think we can do that. That's what we're going to do. This is a big step. A on the Pictage forums or see the FAQ link here.

I look forward to seeing you on the road.

Until then, Onward!