We had a large rush of weddings when City Hall reopened after a long closure due to the pandemic. Now things have slowed down a bit as the backlog has mostly been taken care of . Given this slight lull, I thought it would be helpful to take the time to discuss some of our…
Category: Photography
Post Modern Wedding Photography
Why Post Modern? I believe that we have already gone well beyond the concept of Modern Wedding Photography. In my opinion, the modern wedding photography era started with the emergence of quality digital cameras. As a wedding photographer who has spanned both the film and digital eras, I feel like I can speak with a…
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. We have already explored the Grand Staircase, the Mayors Balcony and the 2nd Floor hallway. Here are a few more favorite city hall backgrounds that have developed over the years: 3rd Floor North Windows – City Hall…
Wedding Vows at San Francisco City Hall
Can you Recite Your Own Vows? 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 Ceremony. You and your future spouse have discussed some of the things you would like to say to each other during the…
Top Wedding Photographers SF City Hall
I have been photographing San Francisco city hall weddings now for over 12 years with 600 weddings under my belt. I have made friends with many of the other SF City Hall wedding photographers and have tons of respect for them. We often talk to each other in the café or at various places around…
The Best SF City Hall Wedding Photographers
This is meant to be a technical guide for evaluating and choosing the top San Francisco city hall wedding photographers. Realizing that there are many blog posts and articles about this subject, I wanted to approach it a bit differently. There is quite a bit of great advice regarding this subject and I have reviewed…
Best SF City Hall Wedding Photography Locations
Admittedly, SF City Hall offers a bit of an embarrassment of riches because there are so many locations that could be considered the best. The actual purpose of this Blog post is to share my 12 years of San Francisco city hall wedding photography experience to help you understand WHY each of the locations are…
Easy Wedding Photography
What do we mean by “Easy Wedding Photography” and how is it accomplished? Why even try to make it easy? Easy for who? I decided to write this San Francisco city hall blog post in response to a very common concern among engaged couples looking for a wedding photographer. These types of concerns are especially…
San Francisco Wedding Photographer
This blog post is a little bit marketing oriented, but I decided to post it based upon considerable feedback I have received recently. Quite a number of our San Francisco city hall wedding photography clients have acted surprised that we also photograph large full scale weddings. In fact, we were recently told that we missed…
SF City Hall Weddings – Masks on or off?
The big question on everyone’s mind these days at City Hall is whether or not masks must be worn during the ceremony. Unfortunately, there is no clear answer to this question because it seems that each Marriage Commissioner handles this differently. I have asked a few of them what their instructions are from the County…