Wow.  What do I say? Where do I start? 

Many of you have been following us on our journey to start this contract and the day finally came.  They saved up the babies for us this week and today we had 5 boys waiting on us!  An average day over there is 1 - maybe 2 - babies, so we were excited and scared all at the same time.

Baby #1 - what a doll, he was under 6 pounds and a joy, nice and quiet.

Baby #2 - mom came with us - THANK GOD - because this one stopped breathing.  She was fine with it as he turns blue, apparently her 1st one had the same problem with spit-up getting stuck in his throat.  We only got 2 pictures of this guy cuz he was upset about choking.

Baby #3 - a baby we've been waiting on for 3 months!  He's already in our Bellies & Bundles program as we took pictures of his mommy for maternity.  He was born a RedSox fan and came in all dress in blue & red.

Baby #4 - another angel.  Got me the best shots of the day!  He held his daddy's finger and let me put a teddy bear hat on him and everything.

We spent about 5 hours there today, just getting things in order and learning how to process it all - we had to go in cold turkey since the contract with the old photography lab ended yesterday and we weren't allowed to practice on anyone.

We sold to 3 of the 4 babies we photographed (the 5th opted to be photographed tomorrow).  Making about $150.  Not enough to validate 5 hours, but once we get the routine down, we should be able to bust those babies out much faster.

And a lot of the time today was the nurses and other hospital staff stopping in the studio because once ONE saw some of the pictures we'd taken, they all had to see them.  That will slow down soon too.

We've got a special gallery system on our website dedicated to these babies, and I don't have their pictures here yet, but you can check out the 4 galleries here .

Also, our images are now the images on the hospital's website, which you can check out  here .

We know we have at least 2 babies tomorrow and the head nurse warned us we're in the midst of a baby boom because of the 3 day power outage we had last September.

We already knew this wasn't going to be a big money-maker, but the response has been overwhelmingly great!  We're hoping to see more business come to the studio from this and we'll keep everyone updated!

Thanks for all your support!

 Amy, I can't wait to see how this pans out for you over the next few months!  I am sure you will have a risidual effect from it, and once you get the kinks ironed out, will definitely see more equality in your time and profit!  Good luck!

I think they are great pics!!!!  How exciting!!!! GOOD JOB! and Good Lighting!!!!!

Jen

 Congrats on the first day. The pictures look great. I'm sure you'll get a routine down and get moving faster in no time. I really miss doing the newborn pictures in the hospital, but I definitely don't miss the horrible equipment they gave us to work with or for that matter working for a huge chain studio.  Good luck with everything.

RedBarn:

We already knew this wasn't going to be a big money-maker, but the response has been overwhelmingly great!  We're hoping to see more business come to the studio from this and we'll keep everyone updated!

Thanks for all your support!

Congratulations on getting this going!

Did you ever post a pic of the setup?

If I was doing this one of the things I'd be sure to do is have a marketing plan for all those customers. "Would it be alright if I put a pic of the baby on my blog and put you on our email list?"

Dave

YAY Amy!  So happy for you!  I hope you'll keep us update on your progress. 

LMAO @ baby boom from the power outage.  That happened to us once, too, when the cable was out.    lol

 Those are great! I can't believe they were taken in the hospital.

Im so happy for you Amy.  Once you get settled; I'd love to drive up and watch you and Jessica in action.  Plus visit of course

Thanks everyone!

 Bren - we'd love to have you!

It's been a crazy day again - 4 more babies but no chokers!  We'll have at least 3 tomorrow and any more that come in tonight....

Sold about another $150 again today, but only spent 4 hours there, so we're getting better at it! 

Amy, these are just awesome!!  I can't believe they were taken in a hospital, and if I  remember correctly, in a very tiny room where you're set up.  I think you will be getting referrals from this that will keep you so busy you won't know what to do!!  Great job and good luck with it!

Chris

Congrats Amy!  Pics. are great!

I've posted some images in sharing of our favorites from this week:

http://community.mpix.com/forums/p/106036/978445.aspx#978445