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Golden Gate Bridge from Cavallo Point

Engagement Portraits before your San Francisco City Hall Wedding

Posted on January 11, 2023January 11, 2023

Many of our San Francisco City Hall wedding couples like us to photograph a formal engagement session prior to their marriage.  We can make a package for any couple that includes a San Francisco engagement session at any of the popular city destinations.  Our most popular location continues to be The Palace of Fine Arts, but there are many others that are fantastic.  We take our couples to Russian  Hill, North Beach, The Presidio, Golden Gate Park,  and the Legion of Honor to name just  few.  Believe it or not, we even sometimes do our engagement sessions at San Francisco City Hall!  We actually now offer a specific package for city hall weddings that includes a 2 hour engagement session on a separate day before the your wedding date.  For details on this combination package,  click this Engagement Package link.

Engagement Portrait Session in Marin County

One of our more recent engagement shoots occurred in Marin County at Cavallo Point close to Sausalito, California.  This was a fantastic location for the session especially with it’s unique angles to the Golden Gate bridge and an amazing view of San Francisco.  In the image below, we placed our future City Hall bride and groom on  the Break Water with the bridge in the background.  It was about 1 hour before sunset when we set this up.  The Golden Gate Bridge takes on a completely different look from the Marin side of the Bay.  You just cant get this particular view of the bridge from the San Francisco side.  What I particularly like about this angle is the fact that it looks almost like you are to the side of the bridge as opposed to looking down the bridge.  It is probably one of the most side views of the Golden Gate, without being on a boat out on the water.  I also like that there is such an expanse of water between the couple and the bridge.  Again, this type of look is not available from San Francisco due the different angles available.

Golden Gate Bridge from Cavallo Point

Golden Gate Bridge from Cavallo Point

From this angle we found a great looking cliff that was right up against the San Francisco Bay.  We placed our couple up on the cliff and took a series of images of them with a few different suggested poses.  Then we just let them do whatever they wanted to.  Of course, those were the best captures.  Natural and doing as they pleased.  You can even faintly see the San Francisco Bay Bridge in the background.

Engagement portrait session overlooking San Francisco
Engagement portrait session overlooking San Francisco

We finished up our shoot in the bar at the Cavallo Point Lodge.  A very cute bar and one of our couple’s favorites. It turned out that this bar was one of their favorite stopping points over the past few years.  So it was the perfect place to finish up their Engagement Portrait session.  We also found the time to have a drink with them, which is a nice way to get to know a couple before shooting there wedding.  By the time we got around to their scheduled Civil Ceremony, we were quite comfortable with them.   We enjoyed photographing their San Francisco City Hall wedding in May of 2018. UPDATE: We photographed their wedding in May as mentioned and it was an amazing marriage with the bride wearing an incredible dress.  To see more images of city hall weddings and engagement sessions click on our City Hall Gallery Link

Cavallo Point Lodge bar
Cavallo Point Lodge bar
San Francisco city hall wedding picture on the Grand Staircase
city hall wedding photography on the Grand Staircase

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