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Post Modern Wedding Photography

Why Post Modern?   I believe that we have already gone well beyond the concept of Modern Wedding Photography in 2025.  In my opinion, the modern wedding photography era started with the emergence of quality digital professional cameras.  As a SF City Hall wedding photographer who has spanned both the film and digital eras, I feel…

San Francisco city hall flower girl with bride

5 Great Ideas for Involving Your Children in Your SF City Hall Wedding

For most people, a San Francisco city hall wedding is a second marriage. This means that there are a large amount of weddings at city hall every week with children involved. If you are a child, seeing your mom or dad marry someone else can be a sensitive situation. Depending upon the circumstances, it can…

Quick City Hall Wedding Reminder

When checking in to San Francisco city hall for your civil ceremony, please remember to bring your current Identification and your marriage license. You will not be allowed to have your civil ceremony that day without these documents. We strongly recommend obtaining your marriage license the day before your city hall ceremony rather than doing…

Palace of Fine Arts on a rainy day with bride and groom under umbrella

Rain On Your Wedding Day – What Do You Do?

With the rainy season almost here, I thought it was good timing to update this posting. Last year’s rainy season was particularly heavy and so we don’t know how things will go in 2025. Either way it’s good to talk about how we handle rain on your running day from a wedding photography standpoint. Even…

City hall wedding pictures with flowing veil on bride

How to Prepare Your Guests for a SF City Hall Wedding

Most of the people reading this are probably wondering why this is even necessary. Why would you need to prepare the wedding guests? How does this help? The reasons are simple… San Francisco city hall weddings are a bit different than a typical wedding. A Civil Ceremony is generally a small affair with around 6…

Beautiful Formal wedding dress at San Francisco city hall

How To Choose a Wedding Dress for a SF City Hall Marriage

I am an expert San Francisco city hall wedding photographer, but definitely not a dress designer. However, over my 15 years of taking pictures in this amazing building I have definitely learned what works well when it comes to wedding gowns from a photography standpoint. It may not be the dress you want so please…

Palace Of Fine Arts Wedding

SF City Hall Event Closure – What to Do?

With the pandemic far back in everyone’s minds, San Francisco City Hall is having private events again. Because of corporate planning delays it’s taken a while, but I can safely say events are completely back at City Hall. The only good thing that came out of the pandemic From a wedding photography standpoint is that…

San Francisco city hall Wedding picture with antique lights

What are the Most Important Attributes of a Great SF City Hall Wedding Photographer?

Before I get into the details of this San Francisco City Hall wedding blog post, let me start by saying that this post is not about me. I definitely possess some of these attributes, but that is really a matter of opinion. Plus there are so many different styles and preferences in wedding photography it…

Parking for your Wedding at SF 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…

Wide Angle wedding photography with 15-35 lens

Camera Equipment for SF City Hall Weddings

For more examples of the discussion below, check out our City Hall wedding website I thought I would share my opinions on the various kinds of professional camera and lighting equipment I like to use for San Francisco city hall wedding photography. These are just my opinions and not meant to be a guide for…

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