Before I go into detail about some of these great ideas for a “first look” at San Francisco City Hall, let me make sure we all know what that means. A first look Is something that wedding photographers often set up so the groom can see the bride for the first time prior to the…
Category: Weddings

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. This really shows what a great Wedding Venue…

San Francisco City Hall Comes Back From Pandemic – 2023
It has been almost 2 years now since San Francisco City hall reopened for weddings after being closed for the Pandemic. The building was closed for 15 long months. It took a while for things to get back to normal at this very popular wedding venue, but it seems now they mostly have. When this…

7 Helpful Hints for City Hall Maternity Weddings
We photograph a high percentage of weddings with pregnant brides at San Francisco city hall. More than we even know about, I am sure. In one recent year, we photographed about 25 maternity brides out of 90 weddings. This is a high enough number to offer some helpful advice from our own experiences working with…

How to Find the Best SF City Hall Wedding Photographer
For this blog post I wanted to focus more on how to actually search for and find exceptional San Francisco city hall wedding photographers

San Francisco Wedding Photographers Best Destinations
Weddings at San Francisco city hall tend to slow down a bit in March and April. There is a big push from Christmas to Valentine’s day and then once February is over, things tend to slow down. Given this slight lull, I thought it would be helpful to take the time to discuss some of…
Should I do Bridal Prep Pictures before my SF City Hall Wedding?
This is an interesting question and there is no simple answer. At San Francisco City Hall Wedding Photography by Michael, we frequently receive requests from our brides to capture pictures in the morning prior to the event. San Francisco weddings in general can make bridal prep photography a little tricky because of potential parking issues…

Post Modern Wedding Photography
Why Post Modern? I believe that we have already gone well beyond the concept of Modern Wedding Photography. In my opinion, the modern wedding photography era started with the emergence of quality digital cameras. As a wedding photographer who has spanned both the film and digital eras, I feel like I can speak with a…

5 Ideas for Involving Your Children in Your SF City Hall Wedding
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 kids involved. If you are a child , seeing your mom or dad marry someone else can be sensitive situation. Depending upon the circumstances, it can even be…

San Francisco City Hall Helpful Hints
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….