Celebrating after the Wedding! Bride and Groom Kissing at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco I have been photographing city hall weddings now for over 10 years with 500 weddings under my belt (Check out my City Hall Home Page for more information). I have made friends with many of the other City Hall…
Category: Weddings
Christmas Wedding at City Hall
Christmas at San Francisco City Hall is always a wonderful time. The place is always very busy and the giant Christmas tree becomes the center point of this great wedding venue. For the past few years the tree has been decorated with Origami which makes for a very unique look. In addition, when evening comes…
Australian Couple Weds at City Hall
Georgie and Keron traveled clear across the world to get married at San Francisco City Hall. They have no friends or relatives in town, nor have they ever been here before. They just noticed online what a beautiful wedding venue city hall is and decided to elope. They rented out the entire Mayor’s Balcony so…
Corona Virus Wedding Cancellations
Its time to blog about the Corona Virus and it’s affect on San Francisco city hall weddings. We have already had some cancellations from brides and grooms who are mostly concerned about their guest’s health and the chance of building closures. At this point, most of our wedding cancellations have been for larger gatherings and…
Events at San Francisco City Hall
With March rolling around, the events start to pick up at San Francisco city hall. Not only reserved weddings, but also private events. At times, private events can interfere with your wedding plans especially with regard to photography. A large event can sometimes close the entire first floor which includes the Grand Staircase. Usually there…
Professional Wedding Photographers
I am going going to go out on a limb here and guess that you have rarely read one wedding photographer recommending another unless they were personally booked for your wedding date. That is about to change…. SF City Hall Wedding Photographer by Michael has been shooting weddings for many years and we have discovered…
SF City Hall Wedding Photographer
We worked with a great couple last week and I wanted to talk about it while it was fresh in my mind. Yuan and Tracy chose our Golden Gate package which provided them with 1 additional San Francisco photography location after we finished at City Hall. They choose to go to the Legion of Honor…
San Francisco City Hall Crowd Control
City Hall Crowd Rules The city hall website specifically states that the maximum number of guests allowed at standard civil ceremonies is 6. The rules go on to explain that if you DO bring more than 6, city hall reserves the right to have them removed from the building. The rules also talk about your…
Kids at City Hall Weddings
Assign a Baby Sitter Update: I added more information regarding children at City Hall on the main part of the website. Click here to check out more about Kids at weddings. There are quite a few things to consider when bring your children to your San Francisco city hall wedding. If they are still…
San Francisco City Hall Wedding Ideas
UPDATED: San Francisco City Hall Wedding Ideas We have been photographing weddings at San Francisco City Hall now for nearly 12 years and have learned some interesting ideas and helpful hints throughout this time. I thought it would be instructive to share some of these thoughts with our readers to help engaged couples planning on…