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 meet. During our phone conversation Cheri told me: “Don’t worry, you will recognize me, I am pretty sure that I am the only bride in the building wearing a dress with black and white polka dots!” She was definitely correct, we spotted her right away! She definitely stood out among the other San Francisco city hall brides. San Francisco City Hall is a great place to wear an outfit like this, everything seems to work here and the more colorful the better. She received many positive comments from onlookers. I can honestly say, this is my first polka dot wedding dress every photographed! It may also be the last. The red trim especially works great at San Francisco city hall. The mostly neutral colors in the background at City Hall tend to make colorful dresses really standout. Red in particular really shows up well against the architecture.
Polka Dot Wedding Dress at SF City Hall
Cheri’s attitude matched the fun in her dress and we had a great time at their wedding. They both came all the way from Alaska to have their nuptials at one of the best wedding venues on the west coast. They talked about the affordability and historic beauty of SF city hall and how they really wanted to have their wedding here. They chose our City Hall Tour Package which provided them with 4 hours of photographic coverage and 3 locations in San Francisco. They choose to go to the Palace of Fine Arts, the Golden Gate Bridge and then finish up at Ghirardelli Square. We took them to each location and captured some of the photos you see below. These visits to other parts of San Francisco usually occur after we complete the ceremony and wedding photography at City Hall in the building.
Bride and Groom in Front of the Grand Staircase
The weather was gorgeous in typical October “Indian Summer” fashion in San Francisco. We drove the couple to each location and had a fantastic time with them. We love it when our clients choose the San Francisco Tour package. It’s affordable, fun, and you really get to know the client after 4 hours together. We find that the end of the Hyde Street Line is one of the best places to take good Cable Car photos,. so we went there to capture that image (see below). This location is right next to Ghirardelli Square so there are other great places to visit after the cable car picture. One of these locations is Ghirardelli Square itself and also the water. The Cable Cars line up here to wait to go in for their next load of passengers and so there is a nice opportunity to pose the newlyweds while waiting.
In the image below, we asked the couple to hang out a little from the Trolley to make it appear like they were riding. Definitely a fun shot to go with our bride’s fun dress. They were very happy with the wedding images and were glad they booked the San Francisco Tour Package because of all of the great San Francisco destinations. As you will see below, they also donned the some Sports Jerseys for part of this photo session. We love it when our couples try to personalize their wedding photography to match their own interests. Thank you for checking out our most recent Blog post about fun and unique SF City Hall weddings. This was definitely one of our favorite San Francisco city hall wedding photoshoots of that year!
Cable Car on the Powell Street Line by Ghirardelli Square
