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 every week 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…
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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 to check out more great ideas for City Hall weddings and photography. In Part 1 of this post, we explored the Grand Staircase, the Mayors Balcony and the 2nd Floor…
September Weddings in San Francisco
I thought it would be a good time to update this Blog Post and summarize what makes September such a great time to get married at San Francisco city hall especially for photos. It is definitely a time of year in San Francisco that offers the best weather. September and also October in San Francisco are…
Top Wedding Photographers SF City Hall
I have been photographing San Francisco city hall weddings now for over 15 years with 1,000 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…
SF City Hall Wedding – Holiday Season
I thought it would be appropriate to post this wedding from a past holiday season to show some Christmas wedding photography at San Francisco city hall. With the holiday season just past us it worth showing the beauty and fun at this amazing venue. I particularly loved this wedding because the couple went all out…
Past SF City Hall Wedding Photoshoot
I thought it would it would be nice to go back in time and feature some of our more memorable weddings in addition to keeping up with new ones. When I think about past SF city hall wedding photography experiences, This wedding come to mind. We probably overuse the term “fun couple”, but with this…
Rain On Your Wedding Day – What Do You Do?
With the rainy season here, I thought it was good timing to update this posting. Last year’s rainy season was particularly heavy and so we don’t know how things will go in 2026. Either way it’s good to talk about how we handle rain on your running day from a wedding photography standpoint. Even though…
False Alarm at San Francisco City Hall
I 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 photography experiences, but this particular one stands out. It was certainly a challenging day but it ended up working out great in…
SF City Hall Civil Ceremony – Wedding Photography
This was a recent civil ceremony at San Francisco city hall and we thought we would share some wedding photography from this event. We started this marriage photoshoot at city hall, but then finished it at the Legion of Honor with some beautiful architecture photos. This couple had their family and friends with them to…
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? The reasons are simple… San Francisco city hall weddings are a bit different than a typical wedding. A Civil Ceremony is generally a small affair with around 6…