LGBTQ Weddings at City Hall on a Special Day June of 2024 featured a single day where San Francisco City Hall allowed almost unlimited weddings. This day was June 28 and it was part of Gay Pride week. It was estimated that close to 250 couple got married that day. We photographed our own…
Category: Weddings
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 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 even…
Best SF City Hall Wedding Photography Locations – Part 2
This is part 2 of our blog post about the best San Francisco City Hall wedding photography locations. You can check out this link also with more great ideas for City Hall weddings. In Part 1 of this post, we explored the Grand Staircase, the Mayors Balcony and the 2nd Floor hallway. These 3 locations…
Summer Weddings in San Francisco at City Hall
Great ideas for San Francisco wedding locations that are perfect for photography
Top Wedding Photographers SF City Hall
I have been photographing San Francisco city hall weddings now for over 12 years with 800 weddings under my belt. During this time I have managed to make friends with many of the other SF City Hall wedding photographers and have tons of respect for them. We often talk to each other while waiting at…
Rain On Your Wedding Day – What Do You Do?
I was inspired to write this blog post because this year’s city hall wedding season has seen an unprecedented number of rainy days. Especially when compared to the 3 year drought we are finally coming out of. In the recent past, when couples asked me about contingency plans for rain, I almost had to laugh….
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? San Francisco city hall weddings are a bit different than a typical wedding. A Civil Ceremony is generally a small affair with around 6 guests in attendance. This…
SF City Hall Civil Ceremony – Photography
This was a recent civil ceremony at San Francisco city hall and we thought we would share some wedding photography. We started this shoot at city hall, but then finished it at the Legion of Honor. This couple had their family and friends with them to watch them complete their nuptials at this incredible San…
San Francisco City Hall Wedding Photo Editing
How Much Editing Should you Expect from your City Hall Wedding Photographer? This is probably one of the most common questions I receive from our San Francisco city hall brides and grooms. Usually the question is this: “Do you edit the wedding photos?” However, I think that the question really should be about how much…
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 12 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. Here are some other ideas from the general public regarding…