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…
Category: Weddings
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…
Avoiding the Crowds at San Francisco City Hall
Click here to view our SF City Hall Wedding Photography Home Page The first thing people ask me when they send an inquiry for me to be their San Francisco City Hall wedding photographer is… “When are the best times to avoid the crowds?” There are many common answers to this question. Most people will…
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…
Past Favorite San Francisco City Hall Weddings, 2025
April and Michael posing at SF City Hall I thought it would be fun to share an ongoing series of blog posts regarding some of our favorite past weddings and couples. We have had so many great experiences in our 1,000 + San Francisco city hall weddings that it is really hard to focus on…
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…
San Francisco Wedding Photography Destinations – Part 2
As discussed in Part 1 of this series about San Francisco wedding photography destinations, our coverage starts at City Hall, but then we can take the newlyweds elsewhere. In many instances, our brides and grooms want to go to some of the more famous and well known SF locations. However, in addition to visiting some…
Say Yes! To Flowers at Your SF City Hall Wedding
I am writing this blog post because we have had a number of recent brides at San Francisco city hall show up for their wedding without flowers. So much, that we have actually obtained our own flowers made from Silk to offer the couples that may want to use a nice bouquet for their wedding….
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…