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 getting married at San Francisco City Hall….
Category: Weddings
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 3 year drought we are finally coming out of. In the recent past, when couples asked me about contingency plans for rain, I almost had to laugh….
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. There are so…
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…
Valentine’s Day at SF City Hall
San Francisco city hall has officially opened up it’s Valentine’s dates for civil ceremonies. 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 booking something soon. Especially the dates surrounding Valentine’s Day…
SF City Hall Wedding – Holiday Season
I thought it would be appropriate to post this wedding from a past holiday season to help get us all in the mood for Christmas wedding photography at San Francisco city hall. I particularly loved this wedding because the couple went all out to create an elegant marriage during the holiday season. Both the bride…
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 the 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…
Top Wedding Photographers SF City Hall
I have been photographing San Francisco city hall weddings now for over 12 years with 800 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…
Christmas Wedding Photography at SF 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. Wedding photography at San Francisco city hall is made so easy during this time of the year, because almost everyone wants pictures in front…
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 the new versions of Covid that are out there. We are seeing more and more people masking up at San Francisco city hall in recent weeks. Most newlyweds take…