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 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 even…
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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 with more great ideas for City Hall weddings. In Part 1 of this post, we explored the Grand Staircase, the Mayors Balcony and the 2nd Floor hallway. These 3 locations…

Rain On Your Wedding Day – What Do You Do?
I was inspired to write this blog post because this year’s city hall wedding season has seen an unprecedented number of rainy days. Especially when compared to the last 3 years. In the recent past, when couples asked me about contingency plans for rain, I almost had to laugh. It never rains in California! just…

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…

SF City Hall Civil Ceremony – Photography
This was a recent civil ceremony at San Francisco city hall and we thought we would share some wedding photography. We started this photoshoot at city hall, but then finished it at the Legion of Honor. This couple had their family and friends with them to watch them complete their nuptials at this incredible San…

SF City Hall Wedding at the Mayor’s Balcony
This article will supply you with a nice overview of a Mayor’s Balcony and SF City Hall. For more information and helpful tips about having your wedding on the Mayor’s Balcony please go to our San Francisco City Hall Wedding Photography website. We provide you with complete information about how to have your wedding at…

What are the Most Important Attributes of a Great SF City Hall Wedding Photographer?
Before I get into the details of this City Hall wedding blog post, let me start by saying that this post is not about me. I definitely possess some of these attributes, but that is really a matter of opinion. Plus there are so many different styles and preferences in wedding photography. With my 14…

Reception Ideas for San Francisco City Hall Weddings
Weddings at San Francisco city hall do not always end when the Civil Ceremony is over. Many brides and grooms want to celebrate their nuptials with a reception or party at some of the many great restaurants in San Francisco. However, not all restaurants have wedding reception facilities that can accommodate a fairly large group….

San Francisco Wedding Photographer
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 out on a potential wedding because one of our city hall clients had no idea that we had experience with large formal weddings. …

False Alarm at San Francisco City Hall
We 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 experiences but this particular one stands out. It was certainly a challenging day but it ended up working out great. This is…