Resource for Brides Getting Ready for their Wedding Day at San Francisco City Hall This article is intended to assist future brides (specifically) in how to prepare for their San Francisco city hall wedding. With my 15 years of experience photographing weddings at City Hall I have become very aware of the type of information…
Wedding Vows at San Francisco City Hall
Can you Recite Your Own Vows at a Civil Ceremony? You have made the decision to have your wedding at San Francisco City Hall and have made the appropriate reservations to secure a date for your Civil Marriage Ceremony. You and your future spouse have discussed some of the things you would like to say…
SF City Hall’s Enforcement of 6 Guest Rule is Spotty at Best
In a somewhat surprising turn of events back in May of 2019, the San Francisco city hall County Clerk’s office had finally decided to begin enforcing the maximum 6 guest rule for civil wedding ceremonies. I personally spoke with officials at the County Clerk’s office at that time and they understand that this rule may…
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 more contagious. The symptoms are usually not as extreme, but it is winter time now so we all want to…
Summer Weddings at SF City Hall
With summer well behind us and lots of cold weather here in December, I thought it would be nice to look back at some of past summer weddings at San Francisco City hall. Last summer and the one before it saw very tourists because of the lingering effects of Covid-19, but now this is slowly…
Valentine’s Day at SF City Hall
San Francisco city hall has officially opened up it’s Valentine’s dates for civil ceremonies and it will be here before you know it. 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…
Summer Weddings in San Francisco at City Hall
Great ideas for San Francisco wedding locations that are perfect for photography
Corona Virus at SF City Hall Weddings
I thought I would repost this just as a reminder of what we have all gone through. This was the very beginning of the long closure of San Francisco city hall due to the Virus. The reason I bring this up is I still occasionally receive messages of concern about getting married in such a…
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…
San Francisco City Hall Comes Back From Pandemic – 2025
I thought I would update this posting because it has been a while since the Pandemic. However, many issues are still relevant today, so I am deleting and adding to make this article current. It has been well over 4 years now since San Francisco City hall reopened for weddings after being closed for the…