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The elusive Aebelskiver found!

Hey Kids,

So, Dana and I just got back from a great little weekend up in Solvang. We’ll have a full post with pictures coming later in the week. For now, I just say, that for the first time in, probably close to 7 or 8 trips to Solvang, I finally found and ate the Aebelskiver!

Now, for those of you who have never heard of an Aebelskiver (and I don’t blame you, I’ve never seen them outside of Solvang), it is basically a pancake type ball of dough that has been cooked, topped with jam, and some powdered sugar.

This time I was on a quest to get one. I’m sure Dana was tired of me talking about them! The last couple times I’ve been up there, the one shop that sells them was always closed! Seems like most things in Solvang shut down early. So, after a 1/2 day of wine tasting near Los Olivos, we made sure we were back early enough to finally get some!

I gotta say, they are worth the wait!

So, first, you stand in line, and wait. It moves quickly though!

Then you pay, or in my case, have Dana pay! 🙂

Oh yeaaaah! Look at those! You know you want some now!

Yours truly, about to eat his very first Aebelskiver! Mmmmmm!

This is the look Dana gave me all day whenever I mentioned the Aebelskiver. I dunno if she was sold on them… I’m sure she’ll say something like Beignets are better!

Look for a much larger post later on in the week, with a full Solvang wrap-up, including winery reviews, and why Pea Soup Andersens should be avoided at all costs, no matter how much people try and tell you it’s a great place!

J+D

The elusive Aebelskiver found!sipperphoto2008-11-10T12:29:58-08:00

Weekly Wednesday Blog-Post Election Edition…

So, I just finished watching Barack Obama win the election, and judging by the reaction from most of my friends online, everyone seems to be pretty excited about it. It is pretty amazing to be how far this country has come in even the last 50 years. 50 years ago, a person like Obama, most likely would not have been allowed to sit next to me in a restaurant in parts of this country. And now, he’s going to be our next President. Just amazing!

I, for one, hope that with all his smooth talking, (and you can’t argue that this guy isn’t smooth) he can truly bring change, and get the US back to being the country that most of us want it to be. There is still a lot of division here, and if he can, somehow, get everyone on the same page, and work together, I feel that great things can happen.

On the flip side there are those that think he could, possibly, be the worst thing to ever happen to this country. Time will tell. Anybody has got to be better than Dubya has been. Anybody!

Congrats Barack!

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Is it just me, or whenever I see Obama and Biden on stage together, I REALLY want them to break into a karaoake version of “Ebony and Ivory” ?!

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Ok… Now that the election is done, we can all get back to having fun 🙂

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So, what have we been up to? Oh you know. Busy as ever… we are actually taking this weekend off to head up to Solvang, and the wine country up there. It will be nice to just take some time to ourselves, and relax a bit. The weather should be nice, and maybe I will actually get some Appleskivvers from a restaurant in Solvang. I’ve never had them, and they always seem to be closed when I’m up there!

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Do you need Christmas pictures? We have just a few weekend dates left open, so be sure to book right away! It takes 1-2 weeks to get your photos back, so plan ahead! 🙂

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That’s about all I have for now. Be sure to check back in a couple days, where we’ll have yet another exciting family session to post up in the blog! Remember, you can always subscribe to our blog by clicking on the Subscribe button up near the top of the page! Easiest way to get all the latest from us dropped off,, right in your email! 🙂

Take care!

J+D

Weekly Wednesday Blog-Post Election Edition…sipperphoto2008-11-05T07:58:54-08:00

Weekly Wednesday-Hot and Dry

What’s up, yo?

I’m still not sure what is going on with the weather. It was 93 on my way home this afternoon. 93. You gotta be kidding me. It is supposed to start cooling down tomorrow, but I’m not betting any money on it. I mean, really, it’s snowing in parts of the country now!

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Dana and I spent the weekend in Arizona, where we shot 4 sittings in a marathon like flurry of camera cards, sunshine, and dry desert air! It was about 90 out there, but when you are working in the sun all day, it can really wear you out. We had some great family shoots, and one couple shoot. Be on the lookout for those in the next week or so!

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Not much else happening. We have a rare Saturday off this weekend, and a bike ride might happen. Sunday we are off to photograph my cousin, his wife, and her family down in San Diego at Balboa park. That should be fun… we’ve never shot there before!

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Anyone else watch the season finale of Mad Men? It was just ok. Not nearly as good as last season’s ending that really got me thinking about images, their importance and why I do what I do. I have another blog rattling around in my head that I’ll get to writing up some day.

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I think that is all I have for ya this week. I’ll check in with ya’ll soon. Until then, check out a few pics that we shot around sunset at a Rest Stop just over the border in AZ. You know what they say about Rest Stops… We got outta there before dark, before we could find out first hand! 🙂

enjoy the pics!

J+D

Dana and Max

Dana chillin’ at the rest stop!

Jeff, just hanging out

Weekly Wednesday-Hot and Drysipperphoto2008-10-29T06:18:53-07:00

Weekly Wednesday Blog-Brought to you by the letter ‘R’

Hola Amigos!

Had a semi-relaxing past weekend. Dana was up at my sister’s place for her baby shower, I got to stay home, and go to a hockey game with my Dad and Brother in Law.

Saturday, I went to the Dentist, (No Cavities!) took Dana’s car to the shop for some tires and such, then came home to work on some pictures, and clear out some leftover stuff that has been sitting on the DVR for awhile. Just about caught up on everything from True Blood to Mad Men.

And then it happened. I was sitting at the computer working on some pictures, when all of a sudden my back started to tighten up, and got to the point where I couldn’t twist my neck at all. Bah!

There went my bike ride on Sunday. I was, more or less, immobilized on the couch. We did have a photo shoot in the afternoon when Dana flew back in. I somehow managed to get thru that with out too much pain, so it was all good! Dana shot some amazing pictures of the Samonte Family that we will be posting up in a few days. We’ll give you a sneak preview at the end of this post!

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Is anyone out there on Blip.fm? I was just introduced to it by Suzanne Broughton who I follow on Twitter, and her blog. It’s a cool setup, you just pick songs, and create your own playlist. People can listen to the songs you pick, and give you props on the song if they dig it. I’ve been checking out other people’s playlists, and have been hearing a lot of cool new music, plus a lot of older stuff I’d totally forgotten about! Check it out!

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This weekend we venture east to the great state of Arizona. I guess we are out of my blackout months (yes, I do have blackout months, just ask Dana, or her sisters!) so we are taking off on Friday, going to shoot some sittings on Saturday and Sunday, and come back on Monday. If we have any followers in AZ, particularly around the Chandler area, hit me up, and tell me some cool places to check out for a frosty beverage!

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Well, that’s about all I have this week. Check out this picture, and be on the lookout fot the full post in a few days! 🙂

J+D

Weekly Wednesday Blog-Brought to you by the letter ‘R’sipperphoto2008-10-21T22:31:50-07:00

Weekly Wednesday Blog-insert catchy title here

Hey kids!

Looks like another Wednesday is here, and once again we have been crazy busy! Things have totally blown up the past couple months, and it looks like we are already booking portrait sessions all the way thru Thanksgiving! Just gotta keep rolling with it, and 2009 will turn into a great year!

So, normally, if we have your email address, we’ve been sending out an email to swing by the blog, and check out our latest posts. This was great, when we were only posting once a week, or every couple weeks, but since things have gotten more crazy, we’ve decided that 2-3 emails a week were probably waaaay too much. So here’s the deal…

We have what’s called an RSS feed. This allows you to set up a Blog reader to automatically update, and inform you when we post new stuff. If you are using the latest version of FireFox, at the top, in the address bar, you will see a little Orange Box. If you click on that, it will take you to a new page where you can tell it where you want to be updated. It’s super easy. I use Google’s homepage, and anytime any of the blogs I subscribe to, update, BAM! I’m there.

If you are NOT using Firefox, scroll down to the bottom of the Blog, and click on Title that says “RSS Feeds-All Posts”. It will do the exact same thing as the button at the top! Now go do it! 🙂

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Ok, now that I got the business stuff outta the way, on to the more exciting stuff!

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Ok, it’s October, it’s hot, windy, and SoCal seems to be on fire once again. I’ve lived in Cali my whole life, and I never remember it being like this up until the past few years. I mean, we’ve had winds, and fires and stuff, but, the past few years it seems like it’s gotten worse!

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Baseball playoffs are going on. I really can’t get into them, though. After the Red Sox knocked my Angels out, I don’t have too much of an interest. Maybe once the World Series starts, I can get into it again. Other than that, it’s about 120 days until Spring Training gets started!

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This weekend coming up should be pretty mellow. Dana is heading up the the Bay Area for my sister’s baby shower. Might get a bike ride in. Friday night, I’m heading to the Duck’s/Sharks game with my Dad and Brother in Law. Should be a good time! Other than that, just try and relax some. Dana gets back in about 1:30, and we have a photo shoot scheduled around 3:30! Busy, I tell ya! But it’s the kind of busy you feel good about!

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Almost done here, just wanted to drop in a little sneak peek from last weekend’s engagement shoot we did with Meg and Jeff. They were a blast to hang out with, and I’m sure once you see all the pictures, you will see how much fun, and how in love they are! The rest of the pics should be up this weekend sometime!

J+D

Weekly Wednesday Blog-*insert catchy title here*sipperphoto2008-10-15T06:24:41-07:00

Stacey’s Maternity Portrait Orange County Maternity Photography

This past Sunday, I had an exceptional maternity session. My friend Kylee referred Stacey to me after she exclaimed to her friend that she had to do this! When I received an email from Stacey confirming her sitting, she said she was excited to meet me and that Kylee had nothing but great things to say about us. How great do I feel now, I had never met Stacey, but already felt so honored to share this special moment with her and her baby to be, Aiden.

We went to Laguna Niguel Regional Park, just before sunset, it was so quiet and felt very serene. This location was perfect for the session. Stacey was very easy going, much like us, so we just strolled through the park and stopped at a variety of locations. From the following photos you will have to agree that Stacey did a wonderful job. I just want to say that we thank her so much for letting us be apart of her pregnancy and we can’t wait to meet Baby Aiden.

Here is what you have all been waiting for…

This is our absolute fave…her eyes are gorgeous!

Such a happy smile here!

Love….

Stacey’s Maternity Portrait Orange County Maternity Photographysipperphoto2009-07-09T21:54:20-07:00

The Gallo Family

Happy Monday to all…

We have a new family portrait session to share with you. This is Steve, Susan & Billy Gallo at Aliso Creek Beach. This was a beautiful day at the beach for a great family! Little Billy was such a boy…climbing on the rocks and running around in the sand & water. It is work, but I love chasing those smiles around.

Thank you very much to the Gallo’s for letting us be a part of your family day at the beach.

Now, what you all have been waiting for…

The Family

Billy & Dad

Steve & Susan…

Ahh…sometimes it is just about the moment!!

The Family with the Montage Resort in the background

Billy writing in the sand…

Splash in the Sunlight

Dad & Billy

The Gallo Familysipperphoto2008-10-08T21:18:14-07:00

Weekly Wednesday Blog-New and Improved website, now with real lightning!

Hey everyone!

Have you seen it yet?

No, I’m not talking about this week’s episode of Mad Men (although you should see it, it was pretty good). I’m talking about the new Sipper Photography website.

We’ve totally revamped it, hopefully making it easier to get around, look at the pictures, and made it oh, so easy to get ahold of us! We liked our last site, but this one… this one just looks a bit cooler.

Here’s the rundown of new stuff:

-Bigger, Better galleries… Bigger is better, right?

-A new main page that takes you directly to the site, or to the blog.

-An exciting new pricing sheet, that tells you all about the services we offer

-The J+D Section. Here, we tell you what we are all about, and why we love photography, each other, and meeting wonderful people like you!

-Oh, and did I mention, bigger pictures? No more tiny, postcard sized pics… Big, wonderful, moments for all to see!

If you can’t tell by now, we are both pretty excited to have a good looking site that will hopefully share a bit of what we do with you!

So, there ya go. Now go check it out!

Well, go check it out after you check out the outtakes from our photo shoot we did last Sunday. The thing is, Dana and I NEVER have pictures taken together. Ever. Well, unless you count the point and shoot pic where Dana holds the camera up in the air, and points it back at us. So, we decided to go to our semi-secret location in downtown Orange (not really so secret, it’s a photographer’s dream spot!) dress up, and take pictures to use in the J+D section of the site. Nothing better than a tripod, and the self-timer, ya know! Hahah well, maybe not. I think I walked 2 miles in 20 ft. increments getting just the right picture to use… So, go take a look at the outtakes down below, and then go check out the keepers up on the site!

On our way to Downtown Orange!

Ahhh, the lucrative world of male modeling!

Is that Blue Steel? Dana, trying to look FIERCE!

Ahhh yeah.. it’s business time!

Here I’m auditioning for Criss Angel’s stunt double! This took about 20 shots to get this! Hard to time the self-timer, and the jump!

After 200+ photos, the craziness sneaks out!

Business hours are over, baby!

Weekly Wednesday Blog-New and Improved website, now with real lightning!sipperphoto2008-10-01T06:29:20-07:00

Weekly Wednesday Blog-Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!

Hey kids!

Looks like we’ve been a little lax in the Weekly Wednesday blog department lately. We’ve either been out of town, or just too busy to sneak one of these in! But that’s ok… we’re back this week, and besides… we’ve thrown a few new portrait blogs up lately, and I know how much ya’ll love the pictures!

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Like I said before, we’ve been busy this past month or so. Looking forward to October, every single weekend appears to be booked solid, with either portrait sittings, both in town and out, my sister’s baby shower that Dana is flying up for (I get to stay home, and go to the Ducks vs. Sharks Hockey game with my Brother in law), and, of course, the Cerritos Ukulele Festival next weekend!

Next thing you know, Thanksgiving and Christmas wil be here! Of course, it’s already Christmastime at Costco. We were in there a few weeks ago and they already had all their Holiday stuff up. It seems to get earlier and earlier every year! Jeeeeeeez!

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It is officially Fall now. The weather is starting to change. It was actually 60 degrees when I got into my car this morning. Still wearing shorts though! I figure I have another couple weeks, before I have to bust out the pants.

Time to start thinking of our Christmas card this year. Dana and I usually do some kind of Photo card every year. We get all these great ideas to do something fun, and then, at the last minute, we can’t decide, and just dig out a picture from earlier in the year, or set up the tripod, and throw something together. This year? Hmmmm, not sure. Anybody have any good ideas?

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Now time for the part of the blog most of you come on by for. The pictures! Last week Dana and I drove out to Las Vegas for the 4th time this year. I swear this is the most we’ve been to Vegas in one year… Anyways… We weren’t even going to go, but we managed to book a small sitting, Dana’s family was heading out that way, plus my Dad was having his “bachelor party”. (He never had one when he married my mom, so my brother in law decided to have one 37 years later). I didn’t tell him I was heading out, so it was a bit of a surprise to him, which is always fun! And to top it off, our neighbors booked a room at the last minute, and let us crash in their room… It totally worked out!!

We had a great time, took a few pictures, gambled a bit, and had a few margaritas. The only person who won any real cash was Dana’s mom, who hit a progressive slot machine for $1788! Not bad at all! I think she was pretty much in shock!

Enjoy the pics, and we’ll see ya soon. Keep checking back in the next week as we have a couple more blog entries spooling up for ya!

J+D

Mom was the “Big Winner” at the Orleans Casino..Cajun Quarters Baby!

J+D Enjoying a Margarita…ahhh ya!

Ain’t that the truth!!!

My sister Gloria & Jeremiah looking sexy at the Golden Nugget

Binion’s Downtown Las Vegas

Weekly Wednesday Blog-Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner!sipperphoto2008-10-08T21:12:32-07:00

Dr. Hsu & Her Family Family Photographer Orange County

Happy Wednesday! I know we missed our weekly Wednesday blog last week, but with the Labor day holiday the days just got away from us. It was nice to hear from a couple of people that they missed our blog. Thanks to all of you who are following us every Wednesday, your dedication is appreciated.

Jeff & I have been busy shooting several family portraits and are even branching out into some commercial portraits as well. Recently, we were asked by our eye doctor, Dr. Vanessa Hsu of Private Eyes Optometry to do some pictures at her office for her website. Her photo’s came out great, so she also wanted us to do a family sitting as well.

Here is one of the pictures of her at the office, if anyone needs to check out a new eye doctor, she is located in Orange off of the 55 Fwy and Chapman Avenue…she is great & her staff is very friendly.

Dr. Vanessa Hsu at Private Eyes Optometry

So, not only is her office great, but she has a wonderful family as well. During the Labor Day Holiday weekend we met up with all of them at Irvine Park and took some family photo’s! It was a great time, the kids were a lot of fun and everyone looked great! We even got to check out the ponies at the end, the kids were so well behaved during the sitting that we thought they deserved a pony ride.

I love what I do and it is even better when you get the chance to work with amazing people. At the end of the sitting we thanked Dr. Hsu and her Family for letting us take there pictures, I squatted down to the kids and her little boy gave me a hug and said good-bye to me. My heart was so full and it reminded me how much I love photography and the impression it makes on peoples lives (even little people)…this is why I do what I do!

Here you go…enjoy!

J+D

Pony Rides anyone???

Dr. Hsu & Her Family Family Photographer Orange Countysipperphoto2009-09-02T21:45:53-07:00