Welcome to the Photo Nursery blog! Here we will blog about our experience creating a new alterative to the newborn hospital photography industry. Photo Nursery Inc. was founded in 2007 with the idea of changing how parents remember their most prized moments in life.
My name is Jeff Secrease, and my wife Lorena and I started this venture with a good deal of experience in the digital imaging industry. We both met while working for Kodak in Orlando, Florida in June 2002. Combined we both have over 10 years or experience from various facets of the industry.
I was a manager for Kodak when I started in 2002, with over 50 photographers that I was responsible for daily. Lorena had actually worked as a manager as well for a year prior to my arrival. We were tasked with creating a positive experience in a theme park setting, where photographers would interact with guest from all over the world, and capture these images digital so that they can be printed for guest to purchase.
Lorena at the same time was a full time student at the
University of Central Florida earning her
degree in Aerospace Engineering. By far a difficult task for any person to do, but she also was able to accomplish this while working full time. In 2003 she transferred to technical support, where she was a valuable member of the support crew for over 200 locations in the United States. She would help trouble shoot Kodak software, printers, and other equipment to keep locations operating efficiently as possible. Lorena finished her degree in late 2005, and has since worked on the Space Shuttle program. She has helped repair and maintain Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour during her tenure at
Kennedy Space Center. She currently is helping to design components for the program to replace the Shuttle program, and is also helping to develop
Photo Nursery Inc.
In 2004 I took a new position as Training Specialist for
Kodak. I was the only trainer in the company for 24 of my 30 months in this position, and in this position I was awarded the “Internal Partner of the Year Award” in 2005. I instructed photographers and managers on all areas of the business such as photography, software, printers, guest service, technical support,
operations, and management. This was a great position and I had fantastic opportunities. I was able to teach in over 8 countries including China, Singapore,the United Arab Emirates, and through out the Caribbean. I helped to successfully launched over 50 new locations and establish two important hubs in the Middle East as well as Asia. I worked on such prestigious properties such as
Disney,
Universal,
NBC,
Jumeirah Properties, and
Sandals Resorts just to name a few. It was after my 4th trip to
Dubai that I decided I would finally go into business myself; after all I was opening new businesses worldwide and making millions for other companies.
Today Lorena and I are pursing the industry with our hearts and passion; we truly care about our guest and want them to be able to remember their newborns in a more unique creative view than the standard hospital photograph. We also want to bring hospitality to the industry, working in hospitality over 10 years has given us a great foundation and background. We look forward to redefining the hospital newborn photography industry.
degree in Aerospace Engineering. By far a difficult task for any person to do, but she also was able to accomplish this while working full time. In 2003 she transferred to technical support, where she was a valuable member of the support crew for over 200 locations in the United States. She would help trouble shoot Kodak software, printers, and other equipment to keep locations operating efficiently as possible. Lorena finished her degree in late 2005, and has since worked on the Space Shuttle program. She has helped repair and maintain Atlantis, Discovery, and Endeavour during her tenure at Kennedy Space Center. She currently is helping to design components for the program to replace the Shuttle program, and is also helping to develop Photo Nursery Inc. 
operations, and management. This was a great position and I had fantastic opportunities. I was able to teach in over 8 countries including China, Singapore,the United Arab Emirates, and through out the Caribbean. I helped to successfully launched over 50 new locations and establish two important hubs in the Middle East as well as Asia. I worked on such prestigious properties such as Disney, Universal, NBC, Jumeirah Properties, and Sandals Resorts just to name a few. It was after my 4th trip to Dubai that I decided I would finally go into business myself; after all I was opening new businesses worldwide and making millions for other companies.
