Yes! Depending on your chosen package - I photograph San Francisco City Hall Weddings on both digital and film - in medium format & 35 mm and sometimes even Super8

My approach on your day is very fly on the wall and I capture your day in a very documentary style but guide you in poses when needed.

Great question! That is entirely up to you but my minimum coverage is an hour.

An hour would give you enough time to cover the waiting of the check-in process, the ceremony and portraits afterwards in and around San Francisco City hall - making sure to stop at the iconic spots to commemorate your SF City Hall elopement.

Two hours would be ideal and what most couples book if they want photos at SF City Hall AND another San Francisco location.

Some clients have created their own collection and coverage hours because they planned to celebrate with their family & friends both before and after their San Francisco City Hall ceremony.

Contact me to see the different galleries of any and all of these options.

I don’t ever limit the amount of photos I take or give, but I do curate your gallery to only include the very best. which means I delete things like blinks, awkward faces and duplicates.

You can expect about 75 edited images per hour of coverage.

Note: I do often remove exit signs or persons in photos if they distract from the image. However I do not do this extensive retouching to ALL photos. If couples are printing through me - I do take time for the additional retouching at no additional cost. But any requests for further retouching is at an additional fee.

You’ll need two items to get married at San Francisco City Hall.
1) A public or confidential marriage license - which is currently at $120
2) Civil Marriage Ceremony is currently at $103

*Civil marriage ceremony - offsite, weekends & holidays is at $321

(Fee at time of reservation is at $171, with the remaining balance at ceremony)

View more information on the San Francisco County Website here.

Yes you can! San Francisco City Hall is available on weekends and weekday nights.

You can book a two-hour wedding package which is only available on Saturdays with the earliest appointments starting at 9:00 am.

This Saturday package is for up to 200 guests only and includes chairs and basic building services and is at $5,000.

For other more hours and Sunday events, fees are based on the amount of guests, but begin at $10,000.

You can find more details on the SF City Hall Events page here.

Yes! There are multiple ways you can do this. One of them is to book a one-hour wedding package, which would include the private use of either the 4th floor balcony or the Mayor’s Balcony for up to one hour from Monday thru Friday only.

This one-hour package is $1,000 and includes an hour of access for up to 100 guests. Chairs are available for an additional rental fee.

You can view more details regarding fees and how to make your appointment here.

Another option is, and one that some of my couples have done is - we meetup early, before your ceremony appointment time and I will show you an area you can have your own private time to exchange vows before your ceremony appointment. This area I would have scouted prior to your arrival to make sure it is private.

Pro tip: Sometimes, just sometimes - a judge will be nice enough to accommodate your request to have your ceremony up on the 4th floor balconies, if and only if - 1) no other private weddings are booked 2) if your judge is nice and in a good mood and 3) it isn’t terribly busy OR it is so busy that the rotunda is being used for an event or official city capacity.

Define, get ready? There are ample restrooms and space to “get ready” like put on makeup or put on your dress - but in a restroom stall.

I do know of the less used restrooms - so if you need to go this route, I’ve got you covered!