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Weekly Wednesday Blog Post-Vegas Edition!

July 22, 2008 – 10:45 pm

Hey kids!

Dana and I just got back from Vega$ after a nice 3 day weekend spent celebrating our friend, Kylee’s birthday.  Had a great time, ate some phenomenal food, had a few cocktails, and did a little gambling.  Unfortunately neither Dana or I hit it big, so it’s back to the grind for another week!

The weather was strange in Vegas this time.  Hot on Saturday, overcast, and raining a bit on Sunday.  Of course, it had to rain on Sunday, that was the day we had designated for hanging out at the pool at the Paris Hotel.  Oh well, it was still a good time!

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Oh yeah, on the way back, we narrowly avoided being hit in the face with a tire, errr, actually a whole wheel, as the Ford Excursion in front of us on the drive home lost it’s wheel, and it bounced in and out of the lane a few times, before flying over the divider.  It was pretty crazy!  There were sparks flying from the brake rotor scraping along the ground, and pieces of the axle cap flying towards our car.  If it weren’t for Dana’s ninja like reflexes, we woulda been smashed up pretty good!

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So, fo now, it’s back to the daily routine.  Going to try and get some running in this week, along with a bike ride this weekend, in between hanging out at our friend’s one year old’s birthday party on Saturday.  I think I’ve decided to ride in this year’s MS-150 Bike Ride from Irvine down to San Diego.  I just need to sign up, and start raising the $450.  Be on the lookout for more info on this, and possibly a way to own one of our fine art pics, and help out a great charity at the same time! :-)

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Ok… now onto the reason all 4 of you show up every week… There is only 4 of you right?  If you swing by, and see something that jumps out at ya, feel free to leave a comment.  We won’t bite.  Really!  So here are this weeks pics.  Have a few from Vegas, and a couple from beautiful, scenic, metropolitan, Baker, CA.  The gateway to Death Valley, and home to the world’s tallest thermometer!

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  1. Mary Dunlap   -  

    As always, I love your pics! Like I said before…someday we’ll have a photo session with you!
    I’m looking out for your prints too. I know I have a few in mind to purchase! Love you!

  2. Cindy   -  

    Well, I am finally leaving you guys a comment. Cool pics guys! Dana’s new haircut is very cool :-) That is pretty scary about the tire thing I am glad you guys were able to avoid that.

  3. elizabeth   -  

    cool pics, you can send your pics to casino portal so more people can see them..

  4. amber   -  

    ahh the beautiful city of baker, brought back some wonderful memories of a broken down car and tow truck rides =) im loving the hair and must say im not at all surprised with your super powers - lets face it your just awesome! well my friends thanks for sharing the weekly pics and fun!!

  5. Kylee   -  

    All the pics look fantastic. You guys always make me look good in pics! Keep up the good work!

  6. Melly   -  

    AWESOME pictures and Ninja DANA…..YOU LOOK SUPER HOT!!

  7. Gloria   -  

    Hey Guys,

    Great Pics! Looks like Vegas was fun. Wish we were there. The new hair looks good D!

  8. Dana Sipper   -  

    My Ninja Reflexes…that stuff cracks me up, love ya babe!

  9. Melissa McClure   -  

    Very nice! Bummer the weather didn’t cooperate! i thought it was sunny and 115 degrees year round in Vegas! j/k

Weekly Wednesday!

July 15, 2008 – 9:26 pm

Hey kids!

Welcome to another oh-so exciting Weekly Wednesday blog here at the Sipper Photography site!  Gotta love Wednesdays… it’s the middle of the week, the weekend is almost here, and plans are starting to come together!

This weekend, Dana and I are off to fabulous Las Vegas for a birthday weekend with our neighbors, Kylee and Franjo, for Kylee’s 25th birthday!  The weather looks like it’s going to be nice, about 100 degrees during the day, and a toasty 83 at night.  I’m normally not a huge Vegas guy (Dana likes it more than me) but I’m really looking forward to getting out of town!

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Ya know what I really hate about Summer?  There is absolutely NOTHING on TV!  Nada!  Tuesday night’s exciting selection was “Celebrity Family Feud” or “I survived a Japanese game show”.  Ack!  Better off playing around on the computer!

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Well, I hate summer, but I love July!  Come on, it’s Tour de France time!  What?  You aren’t watching it?  You are truly missing out.  It’s a good race this year, and any of the top guys could win it!  Right now, I’m pulling for Christian Vandevelde from the Garmin-Chipotle team to take it all!

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We are working on the latest version of the Sipper Photo website, and if luck holds out, we’ll re-launch it around August 1st.  The basic framework is done, and it’s just a matter of tweaking some pictures, and getting everything squared away!

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Here is this week’s picture… Dana shot this last week at Lucille’s BBQ with a few people she works with.  This was an extra shot from the PinkBerry shots from below!

Well that’s all for this week!  Hopefully we’ll shoot a few good pics in Vega$$$, and post them up next week!

See ya then!

Jeff and Dana

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  1. Mary Dunlap   -  

    Looks very retro! Cool pic.

Pink Melly!

July 10, 2008 – 10:06 pm

Today we celebrated my friend Melly’s birthday, which is on Sunday, July 13th.  This girl loves “Beef” and “Pink Berry”, so we had Lucille’s BBQ for lunch and topped it off with some Pink Berry yogurt afterwards. The birthday theme was pink and Pink Melly was the star.

Here are some of the pics of us! Enjoy-Dana

Melly and Ryan

Courtney, Melly and Ryan

No ice cream for Pink Melly, she wanted Pink Berry!

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  1. amber   -  

    it looks like you guys had a great time! you take such good pictures =)
    hope ur having a great weekend xo

  2. Ryan   -  

    Sweet times!

Weekly Wednesday Blog

July 9, 2008 – 6:30 am

Hey kids!

Hope ya’ll had a great 3 day weekend (for those of you here in the US)!  Ours was pretty busy as Dana’s family came out from Arizona to visit, and we ran around a bit, BBQ’ed up at the pool, and generally relaxed.  How we managed to squeeze 7 people, plus my dog into our 2 bedroom condo is beyond me.  Of course, we had a Xmas party a couple of years ago, and I think there were about 22 people here!

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We attempted to head out to Newport Beach on 4th of July, but even by noon, the road heading to the pier was jammed, and there was no parking to be had.  So we opted to head back to Costa Mesa to our favorite little bar, The Goat Hill Tavern. I’ve been here dozens of times, and ever time I go back, they’ve added more junk to the walls, the ceilings, where ever they can hang stuff.  It really does look like someone’s basement exploded with all the funkiness they have there.  The picture below should tell you all you need to know, and really, that’s not even a tenth of it!  But with 141 beers on tap, and Anaheim Angel baseball players that hang out thee after games it’s always a good time!

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Went out for a bike ride Tuesday night.  Good to be back out there.  It was pretty breezy most of the way, but I managed to get in about 22 miles before dark!

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No real plans for the weekend yet.  Dana’s Mom is here with us all week, and I think she flies home on Saturday.

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That’s all I got for now.  Check back in next week, and be sure to tell all your friends about us!  And now on to some pics from last week, and us at the Goat…

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  1. Tony   -  

    Wow, I have not been to that bar in along time. I have some memories of my 21st birthday that took place their!

    Thanks for sharing!!!

  2. Melissa McClure   -  

    Cool shot of all the taps and bottles!

  3. Gloria   -  

    That’s A Great Lookin’ Family! Great Times!

  4. Mary Dunlap   -  

    Great picture of all of you at the GOAT! Ken loved that place!
    I like the B&W too!
    Miss you guys!

Happy 4th of July!

July 4, 2008 – 10:32 am

Tonight we ventured out with our neighbors, Franjo & Kylee to see the fireworks here in Orange. Did I mention we rode our bikes down the festivities?  How smart are we… we saved money on gas, plus we didn’t have to sit in all the traffic after the grand finale. Jeff got out the trusty tripod and we shot several great pics of the fireworks.  We also shot a few of all us in attendance, including a self timed portrait of Jeff & I with our pals. We all had a great time, and it was a great celebration of America.  Our only complaint, with all the songs played as a tribute to America, there was no Neil Diamond’s ” We’re Coming to America”, well there is always next year. Here are our photo’s…Enjoy!

And Last but not least…please throw your gum away or wrap it in a tissue otherwise Jeff will sit in it!

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  1. diane d   -  

    Love the firework photo (the last one) I’m a big fan of the fireworks. My favorite shot so far.

  2. Mary Dunlap   -  

    Great firework pics!! Okay, so when are we ever going to have Sipper Photography do a photo session with your bestest, The Dunlaps! Some day in the near future I hope! We are in need of some good couple shots! Love ya!

Weekly Wednesday Blog…

July 2, 2008 – 6:01 am

Hey everyone!

As you can tell, we still haven’t come up with a catchy name for the weekly blog, so, for now, ‘Weekly Wednesday” will have to do.

Once again, Dana and I had a fairly easy going weekend.  I spent Saturday morning out on my bike, trying to get back into riding shape.  32 miles, and my legs were dying!  Only about 200 miles so far this year.  Pretty low compared to the past few years where I would have between 1200 and 1500 miles by now.  Still trying to decide if i’m going to ride in this years MS-150 bike ride, as I have the past two years.  A few things are factoring in this decision, that maybe i’ll go into later on, once I figure out what i’m going to do.

After getting back from the ride, we ran errands.  The eye doctor, Linens and Things, and then decided to beat the heat, and go to the movies and see “Wanted”.  It was a fun movie, great action, decent story, plus our pal, Angelina (who we sat next to at dinner last December, with Brad and their daughter, Shiloh), how could you really go wrong?!

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Sunday was more of the same, just took it easy.  We did decide to upgrade our desktop computer, and found a great deal on a smokin’ machine at Circuit City.  I spent the afternoon getting it all dialed in.  Wow… this machine is extremely fast, and with 6gb of RAM in it, I can switch between all my programs in no time at all!

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This weekend, Dana’s family is riding into town from Arizona.  Not sure of the plans, other then to have a good time, and maybe go get some more BBQ!

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Since we laid low this past weekend, we really didn’t pull the camera out, so I will leave you with a shot from last December when we were in New Orleans.  I love digging through old pics, and seeing new things.

enjoy!

Jeff and Dana

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  1. Melissa McClure   -  

    Oooh what new computer did you get? I just got a new Imac and I love it!

    Cool shot :)

Mid-week update…

June 25, 2008 – 4:31 pm

Hey everyone!

Dana and I have been talking about trying to make one day a week a regular blogging day.  Right now, we are thinking of either Tuesday or Wednesday.  Since I didn’t get around to it yesterday, this week’s will be Wednesday!

We need a catchy name for our update, ya know… make it sound good! Any suggestions would be great!

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So, you ask, “What’s new with Jeff and Dana?”  Well, not a ton right now.  We spent last weekend in Arizona, seeing Dana’s mom and sisters.  Had some good BBQ at Joe’s BBQ in Gilbert, some good adult beverages at Four Peaks Brewery, and generally hung out.  Well, at least I did.  Dana matted and framed some of our pictures, and hung them in her Mom’s new house.  I gotta say, she did a great job, and the house looks nearly completed now!  Surprisingly, even though we brought the camera, I think Dana was too busy to even pull it out of the bag!

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We are also in the beginning stages of redesigning the site again.  The Blog here is fairly new, and still needs some tweaking, so that’s coming along smooth.  It seems every time we re-do the site, we see other sites that we like, and would love to incorporate a few ideas.  Hopefully we’ll have a new one up by the end of July.

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Should be a good weekend coming up.  No real plans.  Hopefully, if it is not blazing hot out, I’ll get out for a bike ride.  Other than that, we might get out and test (play around) with one of the new cameras and lenses we just bought.  It just arrived on Monday, and other than playing around a bit in the house, we haven’t had the time to really see wha it can do!  For now, I’ll leave you with this picture I shot this morning while making an espresso before heading out the door.  Let us know what ya think!

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  1. Daniel J. Doughty   -  

    The espresso looks very yummy Jeff. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m not very good at taking pictures, but I do love the way you have everything in such a tight focus with so many different textures and then to have the brand name blurred out in the background, it’s just really well balanced.

    I hear you about trying to set a schedule for posting. I try to find something to write about every day, but it’s not easy to even find a few paragraphs that inspire every single day. Although, I cheat and try to write them ahead of time, so I always have something in the chute. It sort of pads me from the times when I have writer’s block.

Happy Father’s Day

June 15, 2008 – 4:03 pm

Last night we went to an Angel’s baseball game with Jeff’s mom & dad to celebrate Father’s Day. It was our first game of the season, which for us is a little slow. Usually, we would have attended at least 2 or 3 by now, but we have just been too busy. We ate hot dogs for dinner and tossed peanut shells to the ground. Of course there were a few photos along the way. First, are a couple pics of the stadium sky as the sun was setting. Next is a young boy who was sitting next to us with his dad (oh I remember when I was the kid next to my dad, only they were Yankees games), and finally… my favorite father-in-law, Jer! Hoping all of you dads are having a great day! -Dana (This blog is in memory of my dad, William A. Blusius 1942-2002)

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  1. Jerry Sipper   -  

    Who is that stud on page 26 and the Angel game? Looks familiar, pretty hot and smart too.

Pink Flowers

June 12, 2008 – 11:03 pm

One afternoon I was taking out the trash and saw these flowers on a neighbors porch. I ran back to the house to get my camera and snapped a couple shots. Here are my favorite three…let me know what you think. -Dana

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  1. Gloria   -  

    Pretty! Can I have one for my wall?

  2. amber   -  

    these are stunning! i love these pictures, you are truly talented!! xo

  3. Mary Dunlap   -  

    So pretty! Love the pink color! Loving the new design! Your faithful blog reader! lol.

It’s Bolognese time!

June 12, 2008 – 10:14 am

Hey everyone!

Thanks again for checking out the blog. We are in the process of reconfiguring the blog to give you bigger, sexier pictures to check out, so bear with us another week or so, until all the detail work gets ironed out! There are also going to be some site design changes hopefully in the next month… so be on the lookout! :-)

Lately, I’ve been playing around with food photography. Nothing too exciting, no elaborate setups or anything, just cooking something which looks good, and hopefully tastes the same. Most times it’s pretty good, sometimes… not so much! (Don’t ask about the stir fry we made the other night… no bueno!). Tonight’s exciting meal was a Turkey Rigatoni Bolognese. It’s one of our fave meals to cook, and pretty simple to cook. You know you want some!! -Jeff

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