Quite a number of our San Francisco city hall wedding photography clients have acted surprised that we also photograph large full scale weddings. In fact, we were recently told that we missed out on a potential wedding because one of our city hall clients had no idea that we had experience with large formal weddings. …
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False Alarm at San Francisco City Hall
We have been photographing weddings at San Francisco City Hall for many years and have experienced all kinds of interesting and challenging scenarios. There are so many stories I could tell about our experiences but this particular one stands out. It was certainly a challenging day but it ended up working out great. This is…
San Francisco City Hall Weddings with Mayor London Breed Officiating
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…
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…
Living and Getting Married in San Francisco
The San Francisco Life Kissing in Front of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Many people have told me that I am a rare breed, an actual San Francisco native. I was born in the city and lived there for many years with my family when I was young. Even after moving inland for…
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…
Family Affair at San Francisco City Hall Wedding
Deb and Bart on the 4th Floor of city hall in Black and White Another fun wedding today for this SF City Hall couple. Deb and Bart made the most of their visit to San Francisco. The 2 of them made the trip to California all the way from Boise, Idaho just to get married…