Children Portraits Archives – Page 5 of 7

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

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!

Cody + Brandy = Sage and her First Birthday Party! Orange County Children PhotographerDana Sipper2009-07-20T15:32:07-07:00

Our visit to Chandler…starring Kira!

Hope everyone had a great Easter holiday weekend. We had such a fabulous time visiting my family and what made it extra special was that my friend Jill was there too with her daughter Kira. She was out for the week to visit her grandma, so we got to spend a couple of days together. Jilly and I have been friends for…uh…how long is it now? Well, I know it is at least 13 years because it was during college when I met her at PNC bank, when we were both part time bank tellers back in the day. She lives in Virginia now, with her husband Aric and 4 year old daughter Kira and there 3 dogs. As I get a little older, I realize how much I miss my old friends. We don’t get to see each other very often, but when we do, it is like it was yesterday. We just pick up where we left off, joke about our college days and dancing until 2 am. Jill and I are totally opposite in personality, but somehow we clicked. It was me who was the bad influence and had us on the dance floor until closing, along with my sister Gloria and our good friend Mary. Love ya girls!!! We are the original “Dancing Queens”…ha ha that just dated us a bit, sorry girls! We all had the best time together and now friendships that will last forever.

Our family & friendships are so important and that is why photography is such a part of my soul because I get to solidify the moments we share with them. On this trip, Jill asked me to take photos of her daughter Kira with her grandparents because they live in Alaska now and really don’t get many photos together. I felt honored to share these moments with Jill & her family…thank you so much Jilly!

In case you didn’t notice, Kira is quite the “Ham”. I think she watches America’s Next Top Model or something because she has got her posing down. We had a lot of fun in one of our favorite places to shoot! Afterwards, we went to grab a bite to eat and Kira looked over the table and said to me…”Aunt Dana, you love to take pictures!” As I sit here and write this with my eyes full of tears, I hear her little voice. Yes Kira, I do love taking pictures!

Enjoy the moments, J+D

Kira

I love this one!

Grandma + Kira

Grandpa + Kira

Everyone’s favorite photo!

Jilly + Kira

Kira + Jilly + Grandpa + Grandma

She is gorgeous!

Playing peek-a-boo with grandma & grandpa!

Jilly + Kira + Dana

Just laughing…love ya girls!

I will miss you both until next time!

Our visit to Chandler…starring Kira!Dana Sipper2009-04-14T10:23:57-07:00

Beach Session…a surprise for Mom! Orange County Family Photography

Here is a session that we did down at Seal Beach Pier. Melissa contacted us wanting to do a session to surprise her mom with for her birthday. We shot Melissa & her 2 sisters along with Melissa’s 3 kids so her mom would have a portrait with all of her kids & grand kids together! Getting everyone together is a beautiful thing, especially when it is a beautiful day at the beach. Thanks to the whole gang for the spending the afternoon with us, you guys did FABULOUS!

Enjoy~ J+D

Back Row: Domonic, Chloe, & Cody Front Row: Melissa, Breanna & Haleigh…a great looking group!

The Sisters!

Laughing up & having fun…my favorite!

Sitting Downtown Seal Beach Style!

Beach Session…a surprise for Mom! Orange County Family PhotographyDana Sipper2009-09-02T21:34:21-07:00

Audri & Alyssa…just because!

Happy Monday to all my peeps! I know a lot of you are probably back to work after all our holiday breaks…Holidays? Where did those go? Back to the swing of things and growing this photo business! I love sharing with you all the wonderful people we get to meet. Here is Audri & her daughter Alyssa, who is just the cutest thing. I am completely amazed by these pics…and I took them. Just to watch the chemistry between people, but to capture it as well is just a gift. That is how I feel, I have a gift to bring out the emotion in others and freeze it in time. Since time passes so quickly, this is a valuable gift. Later we can open the freezer of memories and just look back, and remember!

Here are these two fabulous gals…Enjoy! BTW…don’t forget to leave us some love and comment at the end! J+D

This first one was in Alyssa’s Christmas outfit…the rest of the sitting was her & mom…Just Because

Audri & Alyssa…just because!Dana Sipper2009-01-05T15:38:21-08:00

Favorites of 2008…looking forward to 2009!

Happy New Year!!! Hope everyone brought in 2009 with a smile on there face and a kiss on the cheek. New Year’s Eve rocked for the Sipper-Aguiar families as we welcomed our new niece into the world at 6:48pm. Emmi Victoria Aguiar was born 5.1 pounds, 18 1/2 inches. Congratulations to Andy & Jenn on becoming parents to a beautiful little girl and to Jeff’s parents on there 1st grandchild!

Jeff & I partied in up in New Orleans last year when we welcomed in 2008, but the first part of the year had its ups and downs. We seriously considered moving out of state and making a fresh start, but as the housing market took a plunge we decided it wasn’t the best time to sell our condo. So, it was time to just make a change here and with that came new friends, a thriving photo business & a new family member.

We are so looking forward to 2009, yes the economy is struggling, but what we do makes a difference! We share moments in peoples lives that are important, the dollar can be worth whatever we want it to be. When the gift of family, new life and sometimes even death are cherished, there is no dollar amount that can replace that! That is why Jeff & I do what we do because it just means something!

Our goal this year is to really grow Sipper Photography, we want to make more friends, more memories and just have fun! Our motto is Simple+Modern+Casual…we want our clients to just be themselves, have fun and we will do the rest. Once we decided who we wanted to be as a photography couple things just flourished. Jeff & I absolutely adore each other…we are easy-going people who just love each other and I firmly believe that comes out in our sessions.

We would love to work with many more fabulous people in 2009, so if you know anyone who is engaged, getting married, has a new baby, families or just because…we want you in front of our camera!

Today, we wish all of you a Happy & Prosperous New Year! Here we will share with you some of our favorites from 2008 and look forward to many more in the next year.

Much love & happiness,

J+D

With Us…it’s just fun! Simple+Modern+Casual with J+D…we look forward to 2009 with you!

Favorites of 2008…looking forward to 2009!Dana Sipper2009-01-28T22:37:28-08:00

Weekly Wednesday- Mini Holiday Sessions at Irvine Park!

Happy Wednesday Everyone! Well, the holiday cards are rolling in and several have had photos that were taken by us. It is so exciting to open them up and see what everyone is up to, this year it is even better because there is our work.

Recently, our friend Amanda approached us about doing a Mini Session Day and she would invite some friends from her kids school & her church. Her family blog was up last Wednesday, with the entire Young Family…we just love all of them!

So, this holiday season, set at Irvine Park we found some really nice families. Her are a few from each session that are my favorites. We wish all of these families a very Happy Holiday!

Thank you to all of you…the Fleming, Kridle & Herner Families and Amanda for introducing all of us!

The Fleming Family

The Kridle Family

Gianna

Vincent

We were told to get off the tracks, but it was worth getting this one…Happy Holidays to all!

Weekly Wednesday- Mini Holiday Sessions at Irvine Park!Dana Sipper2008-12-17T14:03:34-08:00

The Spann Kids…Will & Nolan

Well we had a busy weekend filled with friends & holiday cheer. Yesterday we had another great session and so we continue to work with so many awesome people and are so blessed to have them come into our lives. Recently, we visited an awesome family… Brandon & Steph live in San Diego and we took photos of their two little boys, Will & Nolan. They are a crack up! When we got there the two were very anxious to show me their rooms, toys & the fish tank (I noticed all the fish & how clear the tank was). Then we went out and played in the backyard and took the photos. Nolan was very “2”, all over the place, I had to be quick, but I was able to catch that gleem in his eyes.

Afterwards, we had some dinner with the family, there was a brief moment where the boys were back in their bedrooms. Later, Nolan came out and Steph noticed some flaky stuff on his face. “What is that”? she exclaimed. So, she dusted it off, then realized what it may be. As she took off to the room where the fish tank was, she noticed that is was dinner time for them as well. Somehow Nolan got the fish food and proceeded to dump the remainder of the bottle in the tank. Will, the older of the two boys said he didn’t know how Nolan got the food from up on a shelf he couldn’t reach…wink wink! Ya gotta love moments like this. Kids will be kids and Brandon will have to spend his Sunday cleaning the fish tank!

Thanks to the Spann Family for photos, food & entertainment! You guys were great!

The Spann Kids…Will & NolanDana Sipper2008-12-15T14:55:28-08:00

The Holidays and the Andersen Family

I love the holiday season! The music, the lights, stockings and a tree. Last night Jeff & I got our Christmas tree, one of my favorite things to do is decorate for Christmas. I love the tree!!! When I was growing up, my mom used buy my sisters and I an ornament every year. She wanted us to have them when we had trees of our own. So, I have several favorites including my little bear with the camera around his neck. She bought this for me when I first started to do photography. Family, friends and memories…tis the season.

Speaking of friends, here is one of our favorite families Sean, Jessica, Foster and their little girl to be. We met up with them for a little holiday family portrait. It is always great to see these guys, Foster is the cutest he is such a little boy, always on the go and very curious.

Hope you enjoy them!

J+D

Sean, Foster & Jessica

Foster

Sean & Foster walking in the park!

Foster at Play!

A little water break

Sean, Jessie & baby girl

Foster wanted back in the photos!!

and one for the road…Foster the model!

The Holidays and the Andersen FamilyDana Sipper2008-12-06T22:05:33-08:00

Jun, Grace & Little Miss Lauren

Hello to all…

Tomorrow is Friday! Hope everyone has a good one. We are heading out to Chandler, AZ for the weekend. My mom & sisters live out there and we will be shooting a few family sessions. So, we will have a little bit of work and a visit with the family. I anticipate some desert scenery portraits in our future here at the blog.

So, recently we shot this gorgeous little family. I absolutely love Little Lauren, she is 2 (most would think ahhh terrible two’s, but at least for the 1 1/2 hours we were together she was marvelous). She was absolutely precious on our quest for Peter Rabbit in the park. Grace coaxed her a bit to look at the camera by telling her to look at “Tita Dana”, I love it I always end up being everyone’s favorite Aunt Dana. Can you tell that the kids just melt my heart away?

Have I mentioned to any of you lately, that I really love what I do and to top it off I get to work with my hubby! It is J+D all the way baby!

Hope everyone has a great weekend, enjoy this walk through the park…

The Family

By the looks of that background, Lauren & I think Peter Rabbit lives there!

Mom with her little bunny Lauren

Look at Tita Dana!

It is break time…let’s go find Peter Rabbit!

I love this one!

Jun & Grace

Miss Lauren wanted back in the pictures!

Is this a beautiful couple or what?

Fall Portrait

Peace Out Family…Lauren was the cutest throwing her peace out sign

Peace Out and now I have my dolly, Lauren just plopped down in the grass at the end of the session…it is tough work being this cute!

Jun, Grace & Little Miss LaurenDana Sipper2008-10-23T21:35:24-07:00

The Yantorn Family

Happy Sunday! Well, I think Fall is officially here. The air is crisp and the leaves are falling…everyday I have to sweep the porch! I guess that is fine though because soon I can get out my scarves and bundle up a bit. I lived in Pennsylvania for 11 years, yes I am a Nittany Lion, go PSU. Back east, it gets chilly right after Labor Day…all the public pools close and we are done with summer and the jackets go on. It amazes me that over the next few months we can still head down to the beach and take pictures. I love it!!!!

Here is a session of a wonderful family, the Yantorn’s who met us down at the beach last week for there family portrait. A big warm thanks goes out to John, Pamela, Jennifer, Brandy, Hayley, Cody & baby Sage (she is soooooo cute). All of you did a great job.

Enjoy ~ J+D