Your San Francisco
City Hall Wedding - A Photographer's Guide for Brides and Grooms
Welcome
to our San Francisco City Hall Wedding Photography Resources page for
newly engaged couples getting married in the Bay Area. This site is
brought to you by Dubnoff Photography. We provide you with
low-cost San Francisco
Bay Area Photography, to fit every budget. This site is intended to
provide information for anyone looking for wedding related planning
resources in San Francisco. Specifically city hall weddings
and other San Francisco events. Brides and grooms can read articles,
find links and also learn more about weddings in this beautiful area. We
are a Leading San Francisco City Hall wedding photographer with over 500
weddings to our credit. To see our work please go to Mike's city hall
site
SF City Hall Wedding Photographer by Michael
. We also have also have been photographing large weddings in this
area for over 20 years. We can provide you with both services,
just ask us for details. To see client reviews click our
San Francisco City Hall Photography Yelp page . We
also photograph wedding in Orange County, California so if
you are planning a wedding in Southern California let us know, no charge
for travel. Let us know what other Destinations you are interested
in, we can go just about anywhere to photograph a wedding! Looking for a
top
Quinceanera photographer for SF City Hall?
click the link to learn more.
For
more information, please
check out my articles below. They provide information on how to
get married at City Hall and useful photography tips.
How
to NOT Choose a Wedding Photographer
Wedding
Photography - Focus on Results!
How to Schedule your City
Hall Wedding
Start with your marriage license! You can make an appointment with
the County Clerks office by calling (415) 554-4950 or
make on online
reservation by clicking the link. If you decide to obtain your marriage license on the same day as
your ceremony, be sure to allow at least 30 minutes between the marriage
license appointment and the time of your ceremony. We actually suggest
you go with 60 minutes for more cushion time, but the County Clerk only
requires 30. There is some great
general information on the San Francisco website - click to the
San Francisco Civil
Ceremony page to view it all. If you really want to
be safe, you can
obtain your marriage license the day before you ceremony just in case
there are issues. This will give you the time to resolve any
problems that develop. We have actually seen this help a few of
our international couples get married on time. Something to think
about!
Your Ceremony at City Hall
You have 2 options for
ceremony locations at City Hall. Most people pay the $100 and get
married in the Rotunda at the top of the stairs (occasionally the
bottom of the stairs). You are allowed
to bring 6 guests, and this is now being enforced. Couples with
more than 6 guests will most likely be sent to the private room for
their marriage ceremony. One thing to note, however, they don't
seem to count the wedding photographer in the guess count. Yes,
I know that the City Hall website says that they do count us,
but I have never seen this enforced. Even with the new stricter
rules that have recently been enacted.
Reserved City Hall
Ceremony
If you
have a big wedding planned, you can rent out either the Mayors Balcony
or the 4th Floor Balcony. These locations allow for a very large
number of people and they set up chairs and keep the general public
out. They will rope off your location and so no tourists will wander
through your wedding and take pictures of you for their travel photo
albums! You can reserve the location for one hour. Of course, there is a
price to pay for this privilege and the last time I checked it was
around $1,000.
San Francisco Weddings
Of course City Hall isn't the only place to get married in San
Francisco. There are so many beautiful locations, too many to
list here. The
Legion of Honor is a great location as are the many venues
available through the
SF
Park website including the Palace of Fine Arts. The North
Beach area has many fun and old-time venues and there are so many
beautiful churches if you want a religious ceremony. The Cliff House,
South of Market, The Italian Club, The Athletic Club, the list goes on and on. Just
be sure you book these venues well in advance, at least 1 year ahead
to be safe. San Francisco is a very popular place to get
married. Ghirardelli Square is also quite popular, but a bit more
touristy.
Hire a Professional
Wedding Photographer
If you are going to take advantage of the beauty of City Hall and
these other San Francisco Venues, you must hire a professional. There are many
great wedding photographers in the area. One of the truly great things
about having your nuptials at City Hall is the fact that you can book
some of the best wedding photographers in Northern California, but for
a lower rate. You can have your photos done by a local wedding
photographer that would normally charge $4,000 for a full wedding and
only pay about $1,000! Even more exciting is the fact that you
will pay less, but actually receive more. Why? Because
when you book a wedding photographer for a full wedding there are so
many other things going on that the bride and groom usually only are
"allowed" 20 minutes for wedding photography. This is because
you have guests waiting and caterers catering. With a City
Hall wedding you will have so much time for wedding pictures that you
might ask us to stop!
This site was brought to you by Dubnoff
Wedding Photography. We have provided information about our
wedding photography sites for your convenience. Please
click the links for our sample wedding portfolio albums and city hall
packages and prices:
San
Francisco City Hall Wedding Photographer and
Same-Sex
Marriages. These sites feature recent City Hall weddings in San
Francisco, California. We have been photographing
weddings in the San Francisco Bay Area for over 20 years and would
love to be your photographer. We will make your experience
exciting and fun and won't over pose you. With over 1,400
weddings to our credit we have experience with all cultures, religions
and gender. We are a Gay / Lesbian / Same-Sex friendly
wedding photographer. We were one of the first
Photographers to shoot
weddings when it became legal to perform LGBTQ
ceremonies at City Hall.
We Specialize in city hall weddings and would love to photograph
yours! We also strongly recommend this
Oakland Videographer
if you are looking for professional wedding videography.
Dubnoff Wedding Photography
San Francisco, CA 94105
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