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We love seeing positive, energetic, passionate young people in our industry pushing the boundaries and trying new challenges.
About a year ago Paul Dawson from Hydro Photographics was telling me about a new venture he was embarking on.
Working with Google to provide images for their new Business Photo Service. (I'll let Paul explain that in more detail soon)
A couple of days ago Paul reported to me that he has been awarded the "2012 Google Business Photo Trusted Photographer of the Year" award
What terrific news!
Here's all the details from Paul,
Many of you might ask...."What is Google Business Photos?"
Google Business Photos was launched early last year as a pilot program, featuring a 360-degree, interactive virtual tour, which is created with the use of Google's proprietary Street View Technology.
Also included with the service is a set of high-resolution still images, which appear along with the virtual tour on the customers Google+ Local business page.
Customers can now take a virtual tour, walk around, and explore businesses online form their home computers or on tablets and smart phones.
The virtual tour takes you throughout the business. Google Business Photos appears on Google Search, Google Maps, and Google+ Local.
The imagery is also available on mobile devices and the virtual tours are fully embeddable on any web page. Google products are designed to attract more customers by inviting them into a business to "See Inside".
Google Business Photos is the first on-demand, pay service of its kind offered by Google and is provide by local photographers that are specially trained and certified by Google. Since the official launch of Google Business Photos in January 2012, over 100,000 businesses worldwide have used the feature to virtually invite customers inside their doors.
With the use of high-quality panoramic imagery and Street View technology, businesses have been able to offer customers an interactive tour without physically setting foot inside - More information can be found here http://www.google.com.au/intl/en/help/maps/businessphotos/
 | | Paul Dawson - 2012 Google Business Photo Trusted Photographer of the Year |
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