UPDATE on Baby Grayson's Surgery!

I am about to make a fly by post, but I wanted to let everyone know that baby Grayson's surgery was a SUCCESS!! He still has a long recovery road ahead, but his breathing tube has been removed and he is well on his way to going home! Thanks to everyone for the prayers! Please watch the updates on his CaringBridge page :) https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/graysonreimers

Meet Grayson Hunt

I'm a terrible blogger. I have really tried to keep up, but things have been so out of control busy...and blogging always falls to the backburner. I will do better....really!


Right now, I would like to introduce a very special little boy and his family!

Certainly you guys all know the precious little Leila from our sneak peaks?

She is one of my most photographed children, and I am very lucky to be able to call her and her parents family! Being married to a pretty nice (but highly accidentally anti-social) guy, and being a little (accidentally) anti-social myself, I never really expected many people from his family to take to me when I married him. For some reason, Leila's parents (Don and Erin) seem to like me. And I like them pretty dang well, too.

They (what SEEMS very recently) found out they were pregnant with her little brother!

But, I guess it wasn't very recent, because Grayson has arrived and right on schedule! A beautiful little package of gorgeous.

The arrival of new babies is supposed to be exciting, with happy visitors spoiling the baby's mom and squeezing the new baby and sniffing in all that good baby smell! But Grayson and his parents have had a rough go of it. Grayson was whisked to the NICU when he was born, even before his sweet momma got to lay eyes on him. He couldn't breathe on his own, and they found out he was born with blocked nasal passages. He was taken to Atlanta in his first few days of life and is scheduled to have surgery to hopefully correct his problem. This is where all if you come in. They need prayers, and they need them by the bucketfuls and need them now! Grayson's scheduled on Monday morning for his surgery, and the doctor is concerned that it may not take since he has such a tiny area to work with. If it doesn't work, he's going to have a very VERY hard first few years of life. I hope that you all will lift this family and this sweet baby up in your prayers!

You can follow his updates at this link: https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/graysonreimers

Please share our blog post with your page, and I truly hope to have an update with happy news soon!

xoxoxoxo,

Aimee

Generations Photography Pricing Packages

Hi everyone!

We have decided that we need to re-vamp our pricing packages to make it a little easier on everyone. Some of the prices have gone up or stayed the same, but they aren't drastic changes. ALL SESSIONS already booked will be honored at the price given at the time of booking, so don't worry about that! Boudoir and wedding prices will stay put. Please remember that with these prices, you are getting two photographers (there are rare times when there will be 1 photographer on site because of scheduling conflicts) and you get two perspectives along with 4 eyes editing your photos to make sure they are just right. This is what makes us different from everyone else (along with our awesomeness, of course!)

Editing time ranges from 4-6 weeks, but we truly try to beat that time and have been really successful in doing so. We promise to get them to you as soon as possible! We know waiting sucks! If you need your photos fast, there is a rush fee of $40 that GUARANTEES them in 2 weeks. If the location is outside of Warner Robins, there is a small mileage fee.

1 Hour Session (up to 5 people) - $100
45 minutes to 1 hour of shoot time with as many outfit changes as you can fit into that time period. 30-45 beautifully edited images on disc with print rights.

1 Hour Session (up to 10 people) - $175
45 minutes to 1 hour of shoot time with as many outfit changes as you can fit into that time period. 30-45 beautifully edited images on disc with print rights.

Mini-Session (up to 2 people unless special is being run) - $70
30 minutes of shoot time, 1 outfit. 15-20 beautifully edited images on disc with print rights.

Senior Session - $160
1.5 hours of shoot time, as many outfits and props as you can squeeze in. 50-75 beautifully edited images on disc with print rights.

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Boudoir Packages

These prices include Aimee with the camera, and usually a female prop assistant. And YES, cellulite can be edited out! ;)

Boudoir Mini-Session - $75
Up to 30 minutes of shoot time for one person, outfit changes you can squeeze in. 10-15 beautifully enhanced images on disc with print rights.

1 Hour Boudoir Session - $150
Up to 1 hour of shoot time for one person, many outfit changes! 20-35 beautifully enhanced images on disc with print rights.

Please email us for party package information! The prices are fantastic, and the more people you get to book, the more inexpensive it is for each person! There are also hostess benefits!!

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Wedding Packages start at $725 and go up from there! Please contact us for more information and options!


Thanks to EVERYONE for all the love and support! We are striving to keep our prices affordable for everyone, along with being able to provide you with the best time and quality possible. Please contact us with any questions at all, we love to hear from you!

generations.photography@yahoo.com

Boudoir Mini Shoot Special ~*~Just in time for Father's Day~*~

May 30 thru June 3, 2011

Father's Day is coming up. What in the world do you get your significant other??
Boudoir Mini-Shoots are the WAY TO GO!!!

Ask our past Boudoir clients...they are a HIT with the boys! :)

For the week of May 30 through June 3, I'm going to offer Mini-Shoot appointments in the afternoons. You just need to email me to work out a good time. I am putting together an online album so that you can see our past work. CD's and albums are guaranteed back to you before Father's Day.

Father's Day Boudoir Package ~ $50

Includes:
* 20-30 minutes of personal shoot time
* As many outfit changes and you can comfortably fit into that time frame
* CD of 8-10 artistically enhanced images and personal print rights GUARANTEED by Father's Day.

OPTIONAL:

Leatherette Album of FIVE 5x7 prints on professional paper ~ $40
*This album will have many photo inserts, so it can be added to over the years. It's a great surprise for your significant other to find out you've added to it!

Other prints can be ordered, please contact me for pricing.
If you are interested in booking, please contact me asap to book your slot! These sessions MUST be paid in full to book your slot, and are non-refundable. Paypal, cash, or check accepted.

Generations.Photography@yahoo.com

Sport Team Packages!

Very exciting news! After many requests, we have put together a package for sports teams! Contact us at generations.photography@yahoo.com for more information!

2011 Sport Team Packages

(Prices are for 7 or more team members)

Package 1 - $20

* 1 8x10 Team Photo

* 1 5x7 Individual Photo

* 8 Wallets (1.75" x 2.5")

Package 2 - $25

* 1 8x10 Team Photo

* 1 8x10 Individual Photo

* 2 5x7 Individual Photo

* 8 Wallets (1.75" x 2.5")

Package 3 - $35

* 1 8x10 Team Photo

* 2 8x10 Individual Photo

* 2 5x7 Individual Photo

* 4 Jumbo Wallets (2.5" x 3.5")

* 8 Wallets (1.75" x 2.5")

ADD ON:

Individual Button - $3

Magnet (3"x4.5") - $5

5x7 - $4

8x10 - $7

**This price includes shoot time and us coming to the location of your choice. If outside of Warner Robins, there will be a mileage fee added. **

Just for fun! My happy little family :-)

Even if you aren't a professional, take the time to do this one day. Sit your family down in front of the camera and take pics of yourselves. The little camera remotes are 5 bucks on Amazon.com. We didn't dress up (I didn't even do my hair LOL!), we just sat there and had fun. I even let the kids take control of the remote most of the time. We managed to snag some awesome pictures that are even framable :)

Morgan and Adam~*~ENGAGED!!

Let me just start off by saying that this pair are soul mates. I don't use the term lightly. My dad knows them through work, so when he told me he had an engaged couple from work that wanted us to take their pictures, I expected two totally different people. Let's face it, Dad is old. I mean, sorry Dad, but you are. But it's okay, we forgive you. They are MY AGE!! And can I tell you how freaking refreshing it is to meet a couple that actually LIKE each other? I meet so many people that talk so much ridiculous smack about their significant other. They may end up that way one day and make me eat my words, but I sure hope not. They LOVE each other. They are on the same wave length all the time. They are also hilarious. I got to laughing so much at times that I had to turn around and walk away. (i.e. randomly throwing up 'pretend' gang signs at the same time without even blinking). I honestly think it's the most fun I've ever had at a shoot so far. I'm a little sad (and jealous). They are getting married in Vegas, so we won't be shooting their wedding, but I wish them ALL the best and am so thrilled they let us capture this special day for them!!!

Oh my dear poultry!!!

I will admit, I have a creative mind. Sometimes, my creativity goes a bit beyond what it should. This year, we were really on the fence about doing Easter mini-shoots. While we love doing them, they are ALOT of work and bog us down for weeks at a time. Finally, we decided that if we do them, we needed to do something insanely wonderful. We wanted to make them unique. We thought of live bunnies. But, then we thought that bunnies have been done over and over and we needed something better. So.....poultry. Our sweet little fuzzy poultry. Before we put our order in, we did our research, I promise you that. We were prepared for the task. When half of the chickens arrived dead, and two of our ducks died within the first hour of life, we started to rethink our decision. I cried over my little black duck that died...I had seriously considered keeping him because he actually liked me and was beautiful. After that, I thought about ditching the idea altogether. I'm so glad that we didn't. The outcome was absolutely fantastic, and I'm so so so happy with the turnout! We have fantastic clients. We love all of you and are SO thankful for you. Thank you for coming out. Thank you for holding my poultry. Thank you for being kind to my chickens and ducks. Thank you for chasing them down when they ran away at 168 miles per hour. (Them suckers are QUICK!!!) They are thriving in their new homes and getting so big! We hope that you will return in the future. We truly enjoy watching your families and children grow.

Happy Sweet 16 Miss Houston County High ~ Maria Mae Lopez!

We had the pleasure of covering Maria's Sweet 16 birthday party. It was a little bit of 'My Super Sweet 16' here in our home town! It was an awesome party. Truly, it was. The DJ MADE the party (Wesley Longsdorf at Beathouse Productions..check him out!!). The decor was fabulous, the food (Southern Belle Catering) was to die for, and it went off without a hitch. Maria is the full package. She is beautiful inside and out. She's Miss Houston County High school, and just the sweetest girl you will ever meet. Did I mention that her parents are the owners of El J's here in town?? YUM. Check them out, too. LOL!

Little Miss Maddie Boo!!!

My best cousin, Ashley, had her 2nd baby...Madison Elizabeth, this past February. How could I not blog about that? Well, here I am, and doing it. Finally! Maddie is the FIRST girl of this generation on our Mom's side of the family, and we were SO thrilled to finally be able to buy pink!!! Maddie has a big brother named Ethan, and he wubs his sista!! :) I had the pleasure of being able to photograph Maddie's first moments, along with her photos at a few days old and a week old. Maddie doesn't love the pictures, so we decided to break her session up into two days. WELL worth the wait. Take a look at the pictures...a real treat. Hopefully Ashley won't have me drawn and quartered for putting the picture of her and I up! ;-) Love ya, Ash!!!!!! Happy times!! Proud big brother! First week Second week We can take these photos for you as well (hospital AND newborn)! Please contact us with any questions! :) I love babies and will take any opportunity to get to hold and smell them!!! ;-)

I am so behind on the blog! Forgive me?

I am playing catch up tonight on the blog! I'm a loser, I realize it I'm gonna fix it, though!

I'm doped up on cough meds, so they are liable to be interesting!

Boudoir Sessions and Party Package Prices! Finally!

After the Valentine's Boudoir Mini-Shoots were said and done, I decided that I definitely want to delve into doing them year-round. The past few weeks have been fantastic. So here are all the options and packages!



Individual Boudoir Mini-Session -- $75

Includes 1 person

You will receive a Boudoir Mini-shoot, lasting approximately 20 minutes, a disc of 8-10 artistically enhanced images, and personal print rights.


Individual Boudoir Full Session -- $150

Includes 1 person

You will receive a Boudoir Photo Shoot, lots of outfit changes, a disc of 20-30 artistically enhanced images, and personal print rights. This will last for 45 minutes – 1 hour.


Party Packages:


*Blush -- $125
Includes 3 people

Each person will receive a Boudoir Mini-Shoot, a disc of 5-7 enhanced images, and personal print rights. This will last for 1.5 hours.

$35 for each person above 3.


*Rendezvous -- $250
Includes 5 people

Each person will receive a Boudoir Mini-Shoot, a disc of 10-12 enhanced images, and personal print rights. This will last for 2.5 hours.

$40 for each person above 5.

**Hostess will receive a free album of FIVE 5x7’s if 8 or more people are booked**

*Risky Business -- $375
Includes 7 people

Each person will receive a Boudoir Mini-Shoot, a disc of 10-12 enhanced images with personal print rights, and one 5x7. This will last for 3 hours.

$45 for each person above 7.


**Hostess will receive a free album of FIVE 5x7’s if 10 or more people are booked**

Boudoirs and Cupcakes!

I want to start off by saying HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY to my sweet boy Max!!! We had his birthday party yesterday, and it was awesome. Renee from Joyfully Tempting Cakes made his cupcakes (check her out on Facebook!!), and Kathy's Rock provided the bounce house Caterpillar. GREAT times. Nothing like having all the family in the same place at the same time, there's always bound to be a little family drama! Regardless, it was a fun day and Max had a good time. It was the least stressful birthday party we've had so far, so we hope it only gets better from here. His favorite gift is his chain saw from his cousin Leila. He likes to pretend to hack his older brother's limbs off (Thanks Erin and Leila! hahaha).

I also want to express to everyone just how excited we are to be shooting Boudoir Mini-Shoots coming up. We have one more slot available if you are interested in booking. We have booked 16 slots already, we just can't believe it!!!! VERY exciting. Dad is not participating in these (for obvious reasons!). Things have been slow because of the crappy weather, so he's having photo withdrawals..so start booking those spring slots! They are filling up quickly! We are still available to do shoots during the crappy weather time, we have lots of location suggestions and cool props. There is still plenty of time for couples to contact us and get their pictures made, edited, and back to them before Valentine's Day! generations.photography@yahoo.com

That is pretty much all that is going on with us right now. I hate cold weather. HATE it. Flip flop weather could not come fast enough. Cold makes me grouchy.

Also, I have booked my family's Florida vacation for June 11-18 of this year in Panama City Beach, FL. If anyone will be in PC during those times and want beach pictures, let me know and we can definitely get yall booked!! Dad took our family beach pictures last year in Daytona and they are some of my most precious pictures!!!

Hope everyone has a GREAT week! Really looking forward to seeing all the ladies this weekend at the Boudoir Sessions!!!!

xoxoxoxoxoxoxo,

Aimee

We did it! Our first senior shoot!!

We had our very first 2011 Senior photo session yesterday!! We had a returning customer bring her daughter out. Devon Griger is graduating this year...isn't she beautiful?? I'm also a little frustrated, because I dang sure didn't look this good in high school!! I had braces, bad hair, and was really just plain awkward. I didn't look like a supermodel.

I also want to thank Devon for not making me feel like an old lady at 27 years old, she was such a blast to work with. I've had a bit of a complex lately about this getting old thing. I'm inching closer to 30 every day, although I swore off the aging process at 25 years old. My friend Joni and I recently went to a concert together, and we were in the pit with all the young girls and guys. We were front row and these girls were so mad about it that they called us menopausal and all kinds of other really mean stuff. We've been a little sensitive about it since. Joni is a bit of a pit bull in sheep skin..she put those little brats in their place...she is awesome. ANYWAY, back to Devon. She is a drama fanatic (drama as in acting). My sister Lindsay is into it as well, so we brought her along to help. She is our umbrella girl! The girls clicked well, and it made for a fun time. We went out to Pineola again (LOVE that place, can't stress it enough!) and out to Perry where Devon has grown up. We all managed to half way injure ourselves. We kept running into trees that jumped right out in front of us, and Dad hit his head in Perry on a plant basket that is made out of steel apparently. Good times. We are beyond pleased with the results.

Cindy and Devon, we hope you are as happy with these as we are!! Thank you for allowing us to capture these memories!!!

xoxoxoxo,

Aimee (and Tim, too!)

New year, new stuff, and speeding tickets!

Happy 2011 from us to you!

We had an amazing 2010, and cannot believe how busy our little company has been. We thank each and every one of you!! We plan to make this year even better. New equipment (slowly but surely!!), new props, new locations! (An Easter Mini-Shoot is in the planning phase, so keep on the lookout!)

We were very lucky to have two sessions booked on the last day of the year. How cool is that? We decided that a visit to Pineola Farms was in order. Paul and Delise Knight are beyond hospitable and never complain when we ask to crash their beautiful property for a few hours at a time.

It was a day to reconnect, that is for sure!

Meet Butler. The sweetest little boy with laser eyes! His Mom and I have known each other for years...more like 7 years. When she heard that we were going to Pineola, she wanted to get in on it! Butler is turning 5 years old and he is very excited about it. For those of you that haven't had the chance to visit Pineola, you need to make a trip. They have EVERYTHING you could possibly want. They are mostly known for their Cotton Barn, which they hold weddings at just about every weekend of the year. (http://www.thecottonbarn.com/) Most of all, they have chickens. Chickens and roosters. They are my favorite part of visiting, and usually a big hit with the kids. Butler found a little basket of eggs hanging by the chicken coup. They are wooden eggs that are painted white and antiqued a little, so they do look a little real. Being wooden, they have some cracks in them. Butler was convinced that there were baby chickens in there. Everytime we finished taking a picture, he went to see if a baby chicken had come out. EVERY time. He was so worried he was gonna miss it! I think I'm going to go buy him a baby chick and leave him on the door step and run like there's no tomorrow!! :-)




Our other session for the day was with my very long time friend Carolyn (Kay). Kay and I go back to our teens. We have been through pretty much everything together. High school, friends, cars, boys, parties....we even have matching tattoos! She was my absolute favorite person to get into trouble with and we share some of my fondest memories. I was THRILLED when she contacted me to take pictures of her baby girl. This is Eden. She is Carolyn and her husband Randy's miracle baby. She was so obviously worth the wait. This little girl is 6 months old and slam full of spunk already. She is going to give Kay a run for her money!!! I can't wait to watch her grow up, and to see daily Facebook updates on what Eden has done to make her hair turn gray. I hope to have the honor of photographing this awesome family in the future. They are the BEST.


And can I just mention that I got my very first speeding ticket on the way to this shoot? Yes, I did. Yes, I was speeding; Yes, it was technically my fault. The Jeep has way larger than normal tires and the speedometer is off by 10 mph. I will be likely be paying a large utility bill for the city of Fort Valley. I was hoping that Officer C would cut me a break, I pleaded my case about the speedo. He could've made my day much worse, but I was hoping for a warning since it was my first offense (that's in the system). I've come to the conclusion that I'm not one of those girls that can get out of a ticket. I can't cry, winking my eyes apparently makes them think I've been drinking, and I obviously have the face of a trouble maker. It makes my stomach turn to think about calling the courthouse to find out how much I'm going to have to pay. Of course it took all weekend for it to be put in the system, so I've had to wait it out. So...an update on that soon to come.

Tomorrow is a BIG day for us! We have our very first Senior shoot (and I will be going the speed limit)!! Couldn't be more excited, so be expecting another blog post soon!!


xoxoxoxo,

Aimee