Annie Tao is a lifestyle photographer based in the Bay Area. Annie stated, “Since most of my client shoots involve children, I shoot A LOT and quickly! This way, I capture genuine emotions and real moments.” Annie has been involved with art her whole life, which have helped her understand light, color and composition that she uses for her photography. Since starting her photography business, Annie has expanded her business to cover lifestyle, special events, and commercial photography.
She started using YouSendIt because Kodak wanted several high resolution images of her work to be featured for a newsletter. She needed a solution that easily allowed her to share large files quickly. She continues to use YouSendIt because each of her images are usually 5 to 10 MBs in size, so sending a batch of images to her clients was always a headache.
I think she says it best in her own words:
“I am a full-time photographer and also a full-time mother of three young children. I juggle business and family during the week, have my client shoots on weekends, and get the bulk of my work done in the evenings when I am already exhausted. The last thing I need is to wait endlessly for my emails with huge attachments to send…and then have to guess if my clients even received them! With YouSendIt, I enter my client’s email address, choose my files and can walk away from my computer with confidence. I know exactly when my clients downloaded the files because I get a receipt, so there is never any guessing. Now I can spend more time doing the things that I love: the creative aspects of my business and playing with my kids.”
