This is Part 2 of our special blog post about Italian weddings in San Francisco. On the previous post, we had just completed the formal bride and groom photo shoot in the Marina District and then we headed back to North Beach to begin the wedding reception. The party for Jayne and Bobby’s wedding celebration…
Category: Weddings
Up in the San Francisco City Hall Dome!
Toni and I were offered the unique opportunity to go up in the dome at San Francisco City Hall. We were photographing a wedding at city hall and we were up on the 4th floor taking some pictures. Eventually, we started talking to one of the event staff while he was putting away chairs and…
Navigating the SF City Hall Limit of 6 Wedding Guests
We have already discussed the 6 guest limit at San Francisco city hall in other blog posts, but it is worth further mentioning again because there is so much uncertainty regarding this rule. Ask 5 people and you’ll get 5 different responses regarding how or when the rule is enforced. To refresh your memory, the…
Events are Back at San Francisco City Hall (2025)
After a very long time period with no Special Events at San Francisco city hall, they are now back! When San Francisco city hall closed due to the Pandemic back in April of 2020, many scheduled Corporate and private events had to be cancelled or postponed. As San Francisco city hall wedding photographers, the building…
Engagement Portraits before your San Francisco City Hall Wedding
Many of our San Francisco City Hall wedding couples like us to photograph a formal engagement portrait session prior to their marriage. We can create a photography package for any couple that includes a San Francisco engagement session at our popular city destinations. Our most popular location continues to be The Palace of Fine Arts,…
Spinning Brides at San Francisco City Hall
Yes, whenever we photograph a wedding at San Francisco city hall and the bride has the right kind of dress, we ask her to spin! Is this some sort of joke we play on our poor unsuspecting brides? No, not at all. Asking a bride to spin for the camera is just another way of…
SF City Hall Weddings – Masks on or off?
I wanted to provide an update to this blog posting from a few years ago because there seems to be some additional concern right now about this newest version of Covid that seems to be highly contagious. The symptoms are usually not as extreme, but it is highly contagious. We are seeing more and more…
Valentine’s Day at SF City Hall
San Francisco city hall has officially opened up it’s Valentine’s dates for civil ceremonies. There is always a rush of people who want to get married on and around Valentine’s Day. If this is something you want to do, I would suggest you start thinking about booking something soon. Especially the dates surrounding Valentine’s Day…
SF City Hall Wedding – Holiday Season
I thought it would be appropriate to post this wedding from a past holiday season to help get us all in the mood for Christmas wedding photography at San Francisco city hall. I particularly loved this wedding because the couple went all out to create an elegant marriage during the holiday season. Both the bride…
San Francisco City Hall Comes Back From Pandemic – 2024
It has been well over 3 years now since San Francisco City hall reopened for weddings after being closed for the Pandemic. The building was closed for 15 long months. It took a while for things to get back to normal at this very popular wedding venue, but it seems now they mostly have. When…