I found out a few days ago, that I was accepted to be a member of the Pictures of Hope Foundation. It is a non profit organization that partners up with professional photographers everywhere to give families with a baby in the NICU free NICU photo sessions. You can check out my previous post about when I first decided to apply here.
My motivation for joining this foundation is and always will be my girls. They were both our little miracle babies, and both NICU babies themselves. I have quite a few photos of both of them from there stay in the NICU, but looking back, I wish I had real newborn photos of them, even if it was in the NICU. I was able to capture a few of Jordy (I didn't get my first DSLR camera until shortly after Abby was born, so I only have P&S photos of her). Here are a few of my sweet princess Jordyn. The first one, was from one of the first times I got to see her. (Keep in mind these were taken on my old semi-pro DSLR Nikon D70, almost 4 years ago, in horrible NICU lighting, and she was not given a "bed with a window view" LOL).
This photo is so hard for me to look at.
Sadly, it is not even one of the worst ones of her...
Jordyn, the day she was taken of the ventilator...which was also the first time we got to hold her...one of the best days of my life
This was just a few days before we got to go home. Tube free, bruising and wounds almost all healed.
