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Meeting Tommy Lasorda | Orange County Event Photographer

February 12, 2010 – 2:00 pm

Happy Friday everyone!  We hope you all have a fun Valentine’s holiday planned.  Jeff and I will be visiting Palm Springs this weekend for some work and then a little R&R!  We are so excited to shoot Jeff and Kacy’s wedding tomorrow at The Viceroy Hotel, this is our first wedding of the year and it is going to be fabulous.  Since we were staying over for the wedding, we decided to take an extra day to stay and celebrate Valentine’s Day and relax.  I can’t believe with all of the bad weather we have been having across the country, Palm Springs will be a beautiful 75 degrees for the wedding and almost 80 degrees for the rest of the weekend.  What to pack??? LOL  Whatever you are doing this weekend, in the snow or the warmth, remember to celebrate your loved ones!

Here is a little Friday Fun I thought I would share.  I recently had the opportunity to do a shoot for Argosy University and the Orange Chamber and met Baseball Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda, yes Mr. Dodger himself.  What an honor to shoot this event and hear Tommy speak.  That man loves baseball!  He reminded me of my dad, always could talk about baseball and his team.  In my dad’s case it was the Yankees, but the passion was just the same, he loved baseball and all of the history that went with the game.

I snapped several photos of Tommy speaking and even got a photo with him myself.  My friend Tanya of Design Action Studios was also there and put together a little video montage of the event and his speech which you can view here.  If you like baseball, especially the Dodger’s you want to watch this!

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Here is Tommy when he arrived!

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Here is Tommy exercising his freedom of speech!

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Orange Chamber Ribbon Cutting for Argosy University

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Me and Tommy, it was such an honor to meet him…you can see how excited I am!

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Me, Tommy and my friend Tanya

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Orange Street Fair, Urban Portraits Orange County, CA

September 9, 2009 – 4:38 pm

Happy Wednesday to all of our peeps! I am sure by now everyone is adjusting back to the work week after a fabulous Labor Day Holiday weekend! We had a fun-filled weekend packed with the Orange International Street Fair, a great family session in Point Loma and a bbq with friends. Check back with us because the family session from the Point Loma Lighthouse will be posted soon!   So beautiful!

I can’t believe it is already September.  Summer is on its way out and the fall and holiday season is just around the corner. Yikes! We are very excited for the season because we get to do holiday family portraits. Yep, it is that time, so you better start thinking about it if you want to get a holiday card out this year.

Jeff and I enjoyed a great afternoon on Saturday at the Orange Street Fair.  It seems we are always so busy, so it was nice to walk around, eat, drink and be merry… oh and take some photos just for fun! I love spending time together where we can just relax and hang out. We have several images to share as the day turned into night, starting with our first stop a must have for Jeff… Aebleskiver’s! Jeff just loves those things little Danish pancakes, you can read about his first meeting of the Aebleskiver here.

Jeff snapped this as they prepared our snack!

They are pretty tasty with powdered sugar and strawberry sauce!

We came across a new restaurant in Downtown Orange.  As we walked around, we both received Twitter follows from the Haven Gastropub, a pub in Downtown Orange.  We may just have a new place to hang out! So, as dinner approached we made a stop in to check it out. It turns out their Grand Opening was that day, so they started serving a few menu items just in time for the street fair with more to come. We shared a burger that was fabulous and snacked on these homemade potato chips with herbs.  They were so good!  Very light and tasty. You must try them out!

I shot this in the ladies restroom. It was painted on the wall! The Haven Gastropub is a very inviting place with great food & drinks! We’ll go back!

Here are a few more image as Jeff and I wandered Downtown Orange and the Street Fair…we hope you enjoy them. Have a great rest of your week! J+D

Shot by: Jeff, Bike in Alley of Downtown Orange

Shot by: Dana, Orange Alley

Portrait of Jeff

I am known for my fabulous self portraits… smile Jeff! He just loves these!

It is a plastic cup party! A captain & coke for me and a Guinness for Jeff.

Shot by: Dana, Sunset in Alley

Shot by: Jeff, Aussie Potatoe & Ice Cream Stand

Shot by: Jeff, Italian Street

Portrait of Dana

Shot by: Jeff, Hot Dogs on American Street

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Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA Orange County Children & Event Photography

August 27, 2009 – 2:56 pm

Jeff and I were recently invited to Pretend City Children’s Museum in Irvine, CA for one of their Pre-Grand Opening events. It was a great evening of networking, food & cocktails as well as a chance to check out this great new venue in Orange County. The official grand opening is this Sunday, August 30th, so all of you will be able to visit very soon! Pretend City is a fabulous place to take your kids, Jeff and I were in awe at all the fun stuff for your children to experience. We thought maybe it was a good time to start a family just so we can bring our kids here! :-) In the meantime, I guess we can borrow some of our family+friends kids and spoil them for a day at Pretend City, then send them home all amped up on sugar and fun! LOL.

Seriously, if you are a parent looking for a new adventure to take your kids on, Pretend City is the place. With over 15,000 square feet of space, Pretend City offers many interactive exhibits for your children to learn new things as well as just have fun. But wait, the fun doesn’t stop there! Pretend City also offers event space for various occasions in both your family and business life…from parties to conferences they have got it covered. If you have an event coming up, contact Kelly Mitchell the Special Events Coordinator…she is super sweet! We hope to share many of your events celebrated at Pretend City, as Sipper Photography is one of their preferred photographer vendors.

You must make a visit to Pretend City Children’s Museum and check it out, but until it opens here are a few shots we took…Welcome to Pretend City! J+D

Front Entrance

Lobby Entrance at Pretend City Hall

Park Bench in the Lobby

Gift Shop

Tops found in the gift shop

Gateway to Pretend City

Orange Plaza with its own little Circle of Orange…just love it!

Art Studio full of fun crafts for your children!

The Beach was our favorite spot…you have to touch the “Moon Sand” it was the most amazing thing!

Another Beach area shot!

A great place for parties and events!

One area designated for special events!

Pretend City is located in Irvine at:

29 Hubble, Irvine, CA 92618

Contact them at 949.428.3900 or visit their website at: www.pretendcity.org

By Dana Sipper | Also posted in Children, Family | Comments (6)

Cody + Brandy = Sage and her First Birthday Party! Orange County Children Photographer

May 4, 2009 – 3:24 pm

Congratulations to Cody + Brandy and their families…little Sage has turned one! This past week we were invited to shoot the events of Sage’s first birthday party. We first met this wonderful family when we did a session for their holiday cards and they asked us to come back and celebrate this happy day. We were thrilled to be there for these memories, Little Miss Sage was absolutely adorable in her fairy costume that was adorned with wings. This birthday princess had a fairy princess themed party, even her mom Brandy wore a crown too in honor of her daughter’s big day.  The  family celebrated with friends, a pony ride, a petting zoo, bounce house and don’t forget the cake & presents…as well as many family photos.

We wish all the best to Sage and her family! Thanks for letting Sipper Photography share your special day with you.

Enjoy- J+D

Sage with Grandma (left) Sage with Mom (right)

Sage with her proud mommy + daddy!

A happy little fairy princess!

Love the little wings!

Can’t forget the cake!

Cake, Petting Zoo & Presents…a girl just can’t ask for anything more!

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Sipper Photography & The Painted Turtle Charity!

April 6, 2009 – 6:17 pm

Sipper Photography is excited to announce that we are involved with The Painted Turtle Charity.

This charity is one in Paul Newman’s foundation that hosts a camp and other year round programs for seriously ill children, as well as a family care center so these children can spend quality moments with their families in a comfortable environment.

Our involvement came about when we spoke to event designers Rachelle Jones of So FabuLuxe and Andrea Brown of BlissGirlz Events. Both of these fabulous ladies are hosting events this year to raise money for The Painted Turtle.  Both Rachelle & Andrea had visited our website and told us they absolutely loved our photography, and they were hoping we would  shoot some of the upcoming events in honor of this charity. When I heard we would be working to raise money for ill children, my heart melted and I wanted to be involved.

Our first event was last Saturday, which was an awesome shoe party event that Rachelle hosted with Shooz Etc. in Los Angeles and BlissGirlz Events to start raising money for this year’s fundraiser  “Masquerade at Twilight”; which will be held in October to celebrate the camp’s fifth anniversary as well as honor the camp and its successes. We are so honored to be asked to contribute to such an amazing goal through the work of our photography, and excited to work with these two talented event planners who will make these events spectacular. With nothing but talent all around us we are all committed to making this event a success.

Here are a few shots from the Shoe Party for Charity that we took, you will get to see our fabulous designers, some of the beautiful decor for this event as well as some of the shoes that the ladies shopped for in which some of the proceeds were donated. To read more about the charity and this events details read the full press release for the Shoe Party for Charity, you may even see a shout out to Sipper Photography!

Thank you so much to Rachelle & Andrea for getting us involved in such a great cause!

Invitation by So FabuLuxe


Andrea Brown of BlissGirlz Events (left) and Rachelle Jones of So FabuLuxe (right)

Some of the fabulous shoes that the ladies purchased at Shooz Etc. in which some of the proceeds were donated to The Painted Turtle “Masquerade at Twilight”

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