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 3 year drought we may finally be coming out of. In the recent past, when couples asked me about contingency plans for rain, I almost had to…
Category: Weddings
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. There are so many great places to take our brides and groom for photos at city hall it took 2 separate posts…
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…
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? San Francisco city hall weddings are a bit different than a typical wedding. A Civil Ceremony is generally a small affair with around 6 guests in attendance. This…
Reception Ideas – San Francisco City Hall Weddings
Civil ceremonies at San Francisco city hall do not always end when the wedding is over. Many brides and grooms want to celebrate their nuptials in some of many great restaurants in San Francisco. However, not all restaurants have wedding reception facilities that can accommodate a fairly large group. Some may not have a private…
Wedding Ideas for San Francisco Brides-To-Be
Resource for Brides Getting Ready for their Wedding Day at San Francisco City Hall This article is intended to assist future brides 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 needed…
Top Wedding Photographers SF City Hall
I have been photographing San Francisco city hall weddings now for over 12 years with 700 weddings under my belt. During this time I have managed to make friends with many of the other SF City Hall wedding photographers and have tons of respect for them. We often talk to each other while waiting at…
San Francisco City Hall Wedding Photo Editing
How Much Editing Should you Expect from your City Hall Wedding Photographer? This is probably one of the most common questions I receive from our San Francisco city hall brides and grooms. Usually the question is this: “Do you edit the wedding photos?” However, I think that the question really should be about how much…
How To Choose a Wedding Dress for a SF City Hall Wedding
I am an expert San Francisco city hall wedding photographer, but definitely not a dress designer. However, over my 12 years of taking pictures in this amazing building I have definitely learned what works well. Before we get into the details of this article, let me make one thing clear… A SF City Hall bride…
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…