We had the honor of photographing two weddings this past month that were officiated by the mayor, London Breed. Coincidentally, both of our couples had a connection through their parents to London Breed and made requests to the mayor’s office in order to have her officiate their San Francisco City Hall marriage. A lot of…
Category: City Hall
Easy Wedding Photography at City Hall
Easy City Hall Wedding Photography Defined What do we mean by “Easy Wedding Photography” and how is it accomplished? Why even try to make it easy? Easy for who? I decided to write this San Francisco city hall blog post in response to a very common concern among engaged couples looking for a wedding photographer….
Parking for your Wedding at City Hall
We receive a lot of questions regarding where to park for a San Francisco City Hall wedding. There are a number of options available, but we definitely have a few favorites. This blog post takes quite a few things into consideration when determining what to recommend to our City Hall brides and grooms . We…
Best SF City Hall Wedding Photography Locations
Admittedly, SF City Hall offers a bit of an embarrassment of riches because there are so many locations that could be considered “the best” for wedding photography. Another way to look at it is that if you can’t capture amazing photos at San Francisco City Hall you have no business being a wedding photographer! The…
Indian Wedding Celebration at City Hall
For more information about having your wedding at San Francisco city hall please go to our Home Page This was not actually a wedding at San Francisco city hall because the couple was already married when they arrived at the building. The bride and groom came here to celebrate their recent nuptials and have some…
Beyond SF City Hall Wedding Photography
Often times there is more to photographing a San Francisco city hall wedding then just making nice pictures. The day of the wedding can be stressful and it is no different at city hall. Though truthfully, there is less to go wrong because with a civil ceremony you avoid problems with setting up the reception,…
SF City Hall Event Closure – What to Do?
With the pandemic far back in everyone’s minds, San Francisco City Hall is starting to have private events again. The only good thing that came out of the pandemic is that City Hall had very few private events for a couple years afterwards. This made our job very easy for quite a while. In most…
San Francisco City Hall Events Photography
We always talk about how great San Francisco City Hall is for weddings and of course Wedding Photography. There are so many iconic locations to photograph here, most notably the Grand Staircase, Rotunda and Mayor’s Balcony. Wonderful backgrounds for wedding photography with amazing early 1900’s architecture that is called “Beau-Arts”. This style is from France…
Embrace the Crowds at SF City Hall
This short blog post is going to run counter to everything you have read and heard about San Francisco city hall wedding photography when it comes to crowds. All we ever talk about as city hall wedding photographers at this venue is how to avoid the crowds with the obvious intent to NOT have people…
Fun Wedding Dress at SF City Hall – Photography
We photographed Cheri and Wesley’s San Francisco City Hall wedding on 10/13 and had never met them prior to the wedding. When I arrived at City Hall, I contacted Cheri so we could meet briefly prior to the wedding. Since I didn’t know what she looked like I asked her where she wanted to…