Backyard Wedding in Simi Valley | Jennifer & Stephen

Simi Valley • Los Angeles • California

Stephanie Ip Photography

Posted on July 24, 2021

Jennifer and Stephen tied their knot at one of their good friend’s homes in Simi Valley of California, overlooking beautiful city lights from an elevated point of view. Every wedding has its own unique twist. What I loved about Stephen and Jen’s wedding was that it had a sense of warmth and cozy feeling the minute you step foot into the host’s front yard. As a team of two, we felt welcome and treated as friends during our entire time at the party. Their guests weren’t all dressed overly formal like a traditional wedding, yet everyone looked great and at their best on this special day, celebrating their unity of love as a group of close friends and families. Stephen was right about this nice group of people they’ve invited, they were not shy to show off their grooves on the dance floor that night.

One of the many festivities that took place during the whole wedding were their special touch of cultural performances. Stephen has an Irish heritage, so having a grand entry with a bagpipe performer was one of the many surprises they had prepared for their guests. Half way into the reception, a couple of Chinese red lions, performed by a group of Kung Fu artists at Siu Lum Pai Kung Fu Association Monterey Park, entered among the crowd, which gave everyone a big surprise. Jennifer is Chinese, and Chinese lion dance performance is one of the many performances the Chinese love to have as part of the celebration. You know it was a good surprise when everyone wanted a picture with the lion dancers toward the end of the performance. It was one of our highlights from this wedding as well, and we were so glad we got to capture all the excitement and joyful expression on the guests and the couple’s faces.

Congratulations to this pair of love birds! It was a pleasure to be there to document this special day for you both. Wishing you many laughs and happy giggles in the years to come! Cheers!