Newborn Hospital Photography

[TeniBear]

I think it's a great idea. I had a still born baby last year. I would have LOVED professional photos of our presious baby.........not even an offer.....just the midwife took some photos.

Sorry, I know it's offtopic, but the same thing here - it wasn't until I got home and started googling services offered to "people like us" that I found Heartfelt (then the ACOCP) and managed to get them out to Ianto's funeral


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[snowchickie79]

Hi Rhonda65,
Great idea but as someone who works in the Baby sector and have tried doing a similar thing in a different baby area, I'd seriously check this before you make any $$ commitments to it. I'm in NSW and all the hospitals here are run by boards or directors and nothing happens in a hospital without their authority. I tried for almost 12 months to finally get permission to go into the hospital and at the last minute was rejected. I know a photographer who looks after a hospital near me and it took her over 12 months of working with the hospital to get the permission and authority for her to do the exact thing.

So great idea - but check things out thoroughly before you outlay anything moneywise.

[Rhonda65]

Hi Snow,

Yeah, I figured that would be a hurdle to be overcome and would not be easy.

Can you give my any clues as to whom I should speak to at least in the first instance and how I should go about getting approval?

I thought they may want commissions or something but a friend told me in Govt. facilities that's taboo so any help along these lines would be much appreciated.

R.

[Danielle_NZ]

I wonder if you could do it around visiting hours and then it would be a private service not done with the hospital but the mothers / fathers arranging before the birth... as a start... maybe advertise via independent midwifes, or home birth support groups so that when you have something started you could then go to the hospital with examples etc of what you've done, how you've done it and the outcome.

I could see the hospitals having a problem with the "door knocking" approach, interrupting new parents etc

[starangelk]

Fantastic idea - just got to advertise to the "pre birth" groups, ie - ante-natal classes etc etc and then get the parents to call you when they've had LO, pop up in visiting hours and off you go. Fantastic idea!