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Chad + Vivian wait for baby Cross, Orange County, CA Family & Maternity Photography

June 30, 2009 – 1:13 pm

Today we wanted to share with you Chad + Vivian. Recently, we met up with this fabulous couple who are expecting there first baby this September. Vivian wanted some photos of her and Chad just having fun before their new little one arrives, so we headed down to the tracks and rocked it!

Vivian arrived with her hair up and her make all “did”…she was looking gorgeous! I love the flower in her hair, she had a super cute look and we couldn’t wait to start the photos. It is all about moments, moments, moments and so they have some. We can’t wait to meet Baby Cross Alexander when he arrives. The best to you both! J+D

One of my favorites…Vivian looks absolutely stunning!

Down by the Tracks…

Looking good…love this one!

Vivian looking fabulous!

Not everyone can pull off the serious, but these two had it down!

Love & Fun!

Another favorite…love it!

And last but not least…one of Chad!

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Elaina -

Gorgeous photos!! What a cute couple!

And Dana…I owe you an email. I’m workin’ on it. Its been crazy lately!!
Mandi -

These are great and she is beautiful.
Mary Dunlap -

I meant to say the last 2 (couple) shots. Great pic of Chad though : )
Mary Dunlap -

I LOVE this session! One of my favorites that you have done!! The 2nd, 4th, and the last 2 are my fav’s!

J+D started 10 years ago today!

June 25, 2009 – 6:04 pm

Wow…10 years ago today, was one of the happiest days of my life because it was the day Jeff asked me to be his girlfriend! Since then we have been on this roller coaster of life together. A lot has happened in 10 years, we’ve lost jobs, got married, buried a parent, bought a town home, adopted a dog, traveled to some of our favorite places, shared many good glasses of wine and started a business together . The list goes on! We share this wonderful passion for our life together, family, friends & photography. Through it all we have sat in the same coaster car and held on to each other whether we were laughing, screaming or crying.

It all started as a girlfriend, fiance, and now wife + business partner and there is no one else in the world I would want to share this ride with.

Looking forward to many more happy years. I love ya Jeff…today, tomorrow and forever!

Cheers my love! -D

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Elaina -

Such a sweet post! Happy Anniversary!
Jessica -

Happy Anniversary to you both! Hoping for many many MANY more great years to come!!
Gloria -

You two have a One of A Kind Love! Congratulations to you guys! You just keep on getting better! Love Ya!
Tanya Ahedo -

Your blog post made me teary eyed! Happy anniversary!

Tanya + Craig…Just Because!

June 24, 2009 – 5:19 pm

The perfectionist in me, strikes again! Jeff and I are always coming up with new ideas to always strive for the next step. We feel it is important to keep growing in both our personal and business life, so we tend to bounce ideas off each other which usually start me saying, “Hey babe” and Jeff goes…”Yessssssss”! I am sure he is totally wondering what is she going to come up with now!!!

Recently, you may have noticed that we added a splash page to the intro of our site. If you haven’t seen it yet, please go to the website and check it out. You don’t want to miss it! We were so happy to add this because it really shows a “splash” of what we do! The images are some of our favorites, and we wanted to implement what we are about which is Simple + Modern + Casual and how we portray this in our photography.

With the fabulous flash design from Tanya Ahedo at Design Action Studios, our goal was accomplished. She took our vision and turned it into a reality! Tanya has a great personality, and is very easy to work with, so the Sipper’s clicked with her right away! Since then, we have had the opportunity to shoot Tanya. She wanted some photos for fun, so we met up with her and Craig, her fabulous fiance, and rocked it! The two shared some amazing moments. We always encourage our clients to just have fun, and so they did. As Tanya quoted on all the fun “That is how we roll”!

I have to say…we just loved hanging out with them, as you will see in the following moments. Thanks again Tanya for your fabulous design!

Enjoy- J+D

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Chris Diset -

Beautiful! Was that at Orange circle?

Sipper Photography featured at OCbizblog.com!

June 19, 2009 – 4:44 pm

Happy Friday to all of you! Just wanted to share some fun news for Sipper Photography. We are so excited to share with you our recent feature on the OCbizblog.com. It is a great article in which Steve Averill wrote about our business. His blog is a great resource for small business marketing and we hope that you will continue to check it out!

A special thanks goes out to Steve for taking the time to write this! It is great to be recognized for our passion because it means so much to us!

You can visit the post at OC Biz Blog, click here!

We hope you get a chance to check it out…and wish you all a Fabulous Father’s Day weekend! J+D

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Steve Averill -

thanks guys! I was really impressed by the thoughtful comments your clients left, well done! Steve

Weekly Wednesday Tea!

June 10, 2009 – 4:53 pm

This past Friday, I had a chance to catch up with my friend Adrienne, we met almost 15 years ago during our days at Penn State, where we were both chasing our passion for photography. It was nice to take time out of our busy schedules and meet up in Fullerton at the Tranquil Tea Lounge. I heard that it was opening, and thought it would be a great place for two old friends to meet and catch up on our busy lives. The Tranquil Tea lounge has a fabulous urban atmosphere with 85 tea selections to chose from served hot or cold! Great tea, food and vibe that you must check out!! Here are two images I snapped while we were there, because a girl never leaves home without her camera.

Samples of the teas to get an idea of what to order!

While we were there, I met a fellow photographer, Aaron Dieppa, who was taking some photos of the grand opening. We got to chatting about photography, lighting (because Adrienne is a former Lighting Designer) and how we met our significant others. You’ve gotta love just hanging out and chatting with great people, it was so nice to see my old friend and great to meet a new one too! Aaron was kind enough to snap this photo of Adrienne and I at the Tranquil Tea Lounge! It was great seeing Adrienne and catching up…love ya girl!

So the shooting continues…on Saturday we had a great shoot with Chad + Vivian near the train depot in San Juan Capistrano…great couple! Stay tuned for their post in the next few days!

We have also been hitting the bridal shows this week looking for some fabulous 2009/2010 brides. If you want to check out J+D Bridal Show Style, stop by and see us this Sunday, June 14th at the Meadowlark Golf Club in Huntington Beach, CA from 10am-4pm! Would love to see you there! Here is a shot of our table from last week, so keep an eye out for us…

Tomorrow my mom, sister Gloria and her boyfriend Jeremiah are coming to visit for a few days from the AZ! I am so excited to see them…I just love my family & friends!!!! Well, that is it for now…we hope you have a great rest of the week! J+D

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Suz Broughton -

I keep hearing about this place! I’ll have to try it!
Pamela Telgenhoff -

Nice job! Love the simplicity of the booth…goes with your theme and branding…Perfect.
Gloria -

Hey D+J…Great Blog as always! Looking forward to visiting with you this weekend, can’t wait! Love ya!

Matt + Kristel = Keira, Orange County Family Photography

June 9, 2009 – 4:38 pm

Here we have our fabulous family of Matt, Kristel and Keira. We recently shot these photos of Keira as she turned 6 months old…congrats to all of you! We are continually blessed to meet such great people and shoot their family moments. Kristel is good friends with our mutual friend Amy, who is one of the beautiful brides in our Wedding Gallery. Thanks Amy for sending Kristal our way!

When Kristel contacted me about taking her photos she wanted to go back to the place where her and Matt took their engagement photos. We were all for it, how nice is it to go back to where you started as a couple with the family you have grown into. We always encourage our clients to think of a place that is special to them or that they just absolutely love! It makes a great backdrop to all the fabulous moments we capture.

Keira is such a beautiful little girl and we are so happy to share her half year with her. Thank you to Matt + Kristel for sharing your gorgeous family with us! And here are the moments with Keira and family as she turns 6 months old!