The right cameras

At Photo Nursery we understand the importance of having up to date cameras to ensure optimal results. After all most parents are going to photograph their newborns anyway, so we must provide better quality than what the average person is going to capture. We offer a true service, not just snap shots of babies.

We currently use Nikon Professional D200's, D300's, and D80's to ensure a high resolution image, as well as a consistent platform in which to provide outstanding images for all our parents.

Our look....

As previously posted, at Photo Nursery we decided to go with an "apple green" polo for our standard appearance, with the help of Queensboro. We feel this will allow us to convey a consistent look while operating in hospitals.

In facilities that feel this look may not be proper, we are also to create a more professional appearance in a business casual look as well. You can also view the updated images at Photo Nursery.

Our motivation...

During a conversation with my sister in-law, she explained something I found very interesting. She had already had her daughter Jasila at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, Fl, and the hospital photographs of course left something to be desired. She said that she would have given anything to have photos taken at the time that related to size of her daughter at birth. She told me "It will be hard to show Jasila in the future just how tiny she was. I remember I used to put her tiny hand in my palm and kiss it over and over".

I then knew it would be a great service to parents if we can achieve this for them during their hospital photography experience. This is just another reason why we started Photo Nursery, to help parents and families remember their newborns they way they were.

The memories...

We have photographed many newborns to create samples of our work over the past few months. Today we will showcase Mia, she is a beautiful girl that was born in mid November 2007. We were invited into the Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach, Fl by the mother, as she already knew the normal poor quality of photographs. Mia was her second child and even though she had a small little fit that day, we created some fantastic memories for the family.

Introduction

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.