We are one of the leading San Francisco city hall wedding photographers and we often are asked to set up a “First Look” or reveal for our brides and grooms. Before I go into detail about some of these great ideas for a first look at San Francisco City Hall, let me make sure we…
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5 Great Ideas for Amazing San Francisco Engagement Portrait Sessions
I thought it would be a good idea to create this guide for San Francisco City Hall brides and grooms looking for amazing engagement photo locations. San Francisco has many beautiful places to go for your engagement portrait session. I especially like the idea of photographing an engagement session in San Francisco prior to a…
Private Wedding Ceremony at San Francisco City Hall
This story begins at Christmas time at San Francisco city hall and there were no reservations available for civil ceremonies at that time. In fact, City Hall weddings were so booked up in December of 2024 that the County Clerk made the decision to temporarily increase the number of weddings scheduled per hour. This was…
Robyn and Jeff’s SF City Hall Wedding
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, Robyn and Jeff always come to mind. We probably overuse the term “fun couple”, but…
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 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 public place…
Simple Way to Find the Right City Hall Wedding Photographer For YOU!
I am sure you are thinking this is easy right? Just look at the photos on the Wedding Photographer’s website! Well, if it was that easy, brides wouldn’t spend hours searching for their ideal SF City Hall wedding photographer. It is a well known fact that many brides use multiple sources to find a trusted…
7 Helpful Hints for City Hall Maternity Weddings
We photograph a high percentage of weddings with pregnant brides at San Francisco city hall. More than we even know about, I am sure. In one recent year, we photographed about 25 maternity brides out of 90 weddings (there may have been more!) This is a high enough number to offer some helpful advice from…
How to Find the Best SF City Hall Wedding Photographer
For this blog post I wanted to focus more on how to actually search for and find exceptional San Francisco city hall wedding photographers
Spring and Summer in the City – San Francisco City Hall!
Spring and summer at San Francisco city hall is a fun time. Lots of weddings and unpredictable weather. It could be foggy and cold with dark lighting or it can be warm and bright in the building. This past couple of weeks have been particularly pleasant in the building with nice medium heat waves. Definitely…
Guide to New SF City Hall Guest Rules
A few years ago the San Francisco county clerk’s office had been asked by the Mayor’s office to start enforcing the 6 guest limit rule for City Hall Civil Ceremonies. At that time, we were not sure how city hall planned to enforce the new rules, especially given the short notice for all married couples…