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Selected YouShoot press coverage
YouShoot's innovative new service has been capturing the imagination of television and print journalists across the country. For ideas, see our sample coverage below. For immediate assistance, contact Bailey Stoler at press@youshoot.com.
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Modern Bride 100 Top Websites
Publication: Modern Bride
Dec/Jan 2008
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Many reception-table disposable cameras are only half-used--or are filled with shots of everyone's kness, courtesy of the bride's 4-year-old nephew. You can end the waste with this digital-camera rental site, which lends good-quality Kodak digital cameras for guests to use, from $20 a pop (plus an extra $7 per camera for insurance). Send the cameras back, and they'll upload your shots, so you can pick the best for printing.
What we really love:You're given your own site to share the rental-cameras photos with guests--and they can upload shots as well.
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ABC News Television Interview With YouShoot Founders Ryan Hudson And Brian Silverstein
Publication: ABC News Now "Money Matters"
August 14, 2006
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YouShoot Co-Founders Ryan Hudson and Brian Silverstein were interviewed on ABC News Now's "Money Matters" television program broadcast on TV as well as online at abcnews.com. to view the interview.
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New England Newsmakers: Young Entrepreneurs
Publication: CN8 - The Comcast Network
December 10, 2005
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YouShoot Co-Founders Ryan Hudson and Brian Silverstein were interviewed on CN8's weekly program "New England Newsmakers". The 30-minute program aired December 10, 2005 on CN8, the Comcast Network.
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Tech Special Report: Young Entrepreneurs of Tech
Publication: Business Week Online and Yahoo! Finance
October 25, 2005
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YouShoot Co-Founder Business Week profile:
Candids Wed to Digital
When Hudson got married two years ago, he and his bride decided against decking out the tables with disposable cameras. People they knew who had wed recently told the couple the photos never turned out well and guests complained taking pictures was a chore. And of course, there's the cost of all that developing without knowing what you're getting.
But after the wedding, Hudson and his wife felt they had missed out on fun casual shots. So he started YouShoot.com. He sends couples digital cameras, and their guests take pictures and mail the cameras back in prepaid envelopes. Uploaded to a Web site, the photos are available for purchase.
The self-funded company is launching its first national ad campaign in major bridal magazines this year. Hudson wants the company to get big fast -- before a competitor with deep pockets has the same idea.
Lesson learned:
"You just have to do it sometimes, and you'll figure it out later. We have a whole bunch of problems we file under, 'Problems that will be nice to have someday.'"
Ryan Hudson's profile link
Business Week "Tech's Young Turks Are Back" excerpt:
WEDDING PIX. And thanks to the Internet and free open-source software, launching a small tech company is cheaper than ever. Ryan Hudson started YouShoot with no outside investment. It rents out digital cameras for weddings -- instead of the normal disposable cameras that couples put on tables to see their wedding through the eyes of their guests. Not exactly a high-tech business by Silicon Valley terms, but the Web has been invaluable in getting new customers and posting the photos after the event.
Equally important, the Web allows a kid in a dorm room with decent HTML skills to look like a multinational corporation. "It's 100 times cheaper to start a company today," Hudson says. "You could do it for $1,000 including all the government filing. Beyond that, it's just what you want to spend on marketing."
Full Business Week article
Yahoo! Finance special section
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Picture-perfect wedding day
Publication: The Nashville City Paper
June 27, 2005
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In an age where innovative technology rules and ever changing trends are always in style, brides and wedding planners across the country are giving cheap disposable cameras the boot in lieu of renting hip, cool and easy-to-use digital cameras for their guests.
YouShoot, a digital camera rental company, not only ships out digital cameras for use at weddings, but upon the return of the camera (and memory card) also sets up an online album for family and guests to view and order prints to their liking.
"This generation is embracing technology," said Bailey Stoler, communications director of YouShoot LLC. "Plus, people want candid shots rather than posed portraits."
YouShoot rents out Kodak 3.2 or 5.0 megapixel digital cameras for as little as $250 and ships them anywhere in the country for free. For more information visit www.YouShoot.com.
-Aaron Goben
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Just Shoot Me: Candid pics go digital
Publication: HitchNY
June 13, 2005
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Sure those point and shoot disposable cameras are cute and yes they can be color coordinated to match your theme...but really how good are the pictures? It might be time to throw-away the throw-away camera.
Now you can go digital with YouShoot camera rental. It's pretty simple, just reserve 5, 10, even 20 cameras or more. YouShoot ships them out to you and you just ship them back when the reception's over. Everything is turn-key. It's a bit like NetFlix. The cameras come neatly packaged and complete with a return shipping label. Just hand them over to your guests and let the party begin.
The cost is 47% less then the disposable counterpart and the pics are likely to be 100% better (not to mention more fun) since your guests can review as they go.
The basic YouShoot package includes:
- rental of Kodak digital cameras
- hosting of photos online for three months
- low cost prints for you and your guests
- archive CD with all images and movies
- free shipping
Of course some guests may think the cameras are really, really nice favors; so you might consider putting a few trusted family and friends in charge. Then your only worry, as you mingle from table to table, will be to touch up your lip gloss and flash those pearly whites when you hear them say cheese!
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YouShoot - an online company specializing in weddings!
Publication: BestWeddingSites.com
July 15, 2005
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YouShoot rents high-resolution digital cameras for weddings. They are an excellent alternative to disposable cameras, as they cost far less per picture and the quality is worlds better. They also host all photos on their website after the event, making it easy for attendees to view and print the shots they like.
How YouShoot Works:
First, YouShoot customers reserve digital cameras for their event date at YouShoot.com. Before the event, they receive a case containing the cameras by mail. During the event, guests take pictures with easy-to-master digital cameras. Afterwards, customers simply return the cameras in a prepaid mailing case and YouShoot posts the pictures online for guests to view, share, download, and print. YouShoot provides cards that explain how to access the pictures to be distributed to guests at the event.
YouShoot offers all-inclusive packages starting at $249 that include digital camera rental, all shipping costs, a personal website with full-size pictures, and damage insurance for the cameras, making it an ideal addition to a traditional photographer, or a photography alternative for events with a smaller budget. Prints are available online for the market rates of $0.29 per 4x6 and $3.99 per 8x10. Visit http://www.YouShoot.com for more details.
About YouShoot:
Founded in 2003 in Cambridge, MA, YouShoot is the first national company to rent digital cameras for events. Specializing in weddings and corporate events, YouShoot offers packages of high-resolution digital cameras at a low cost and a high convenience.
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Rent Digital Cameras for your Wedding
Publication: cameras.about.com
April 29, 2004
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A new and innovative service is being launched nationwide, according to this press release on eMediaWire.com. The service, called YouShoot, allows people to rent digital cameras for events. The company claims the cameras are easy to operate. A customer simply requests one of the packages (starting at $395), which include the cameras, images posted on the Web for a set period, images on CD and shipping labels to return the cameras. Prints can also be ordered from the company.
Although their prices seem a bit high, when you compare the cost to buying a handful of throw-away cameras, plus film developing, and you take into account the bad quality of disposables, this is an interesting option. Plus, people will get the advantage of immediately viewing images on an LCD screen.
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Questions?
Contact: Bailey Stoler
Email: press@youshoot.com
Phone: 1-877-7YOUSHOOT
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Mailing address
YouShoot LLC
P.O. Box 391536
Cambridge, MA 02139
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