
SF City Hall Wedding Blog
Your wedding planning guide featuring the Muir Woods area, San Francisco, and Monterey + Carmel, California.


Monterey and Carmel area weddings are popular and you can see why in their stunning wedding photographs. If you've always dreamed of being a barefoot bride on a beautiful sandy beach with waves crashing as you walk down the aisle, then you might want to consider having your intimate wedding or elopement in this area.

I received a phone call from Jessica, who wanted us to help her work out the plans for their very intimate wedding in Carmel. They loved the outdoors and had spent many happy weekends hiking the Carmel and Big Sur trails with their beloved dog. They thought that having a low-key pop-up wedding near the beach would be a very comfortable experience for them. They started looking around at Carmel, California wedding packages and were having a hard time finding everything they wanted and still keeping within their budget.

Forget the stress of creating a traditional wedding, and head outside for your pop-up wedding with a customized luxury picnic! Everyone knows that it's healthy to be surrounded by nature, and nothing feels better than getting married with a gentle breeze and birds singing while you look into your finance's eyes and say your wedding vows to each other. Where's the best place to have a pop-up wedding picnic? Anywhere that feels good to you, is the perfect spot!

If you're recently engaged, just starting your wedding planning, or getting married soon, SF City Hall is a location you should take a look at. With an experienced wedding photographer to give you tips on what month to take outdoor photography in order to avoid the San Francisco Fog and what time of day will get you the pretties pictures indoors without a lot of other people walking around the building to disrupt or delay your couples session, you're sure to have a day that will go smoothly and deliver pictures that you'll cherish forever.

I'm here to share with you seven reasons to be really happy about rain on your wedding day and offer up some fun and beautiful wedding inspiration for those of you nervously checking the Farmers Almanac a year before your wedding date.

No matter how you do it, you're going to LOVE getting married at San Francisco City Hall. This blog is going to take a look at what it's like to have a San Francisco City Hall Civil Ceremony. Where do you start and what do you need to do?

San Francisco has so many iconic spots, and I'm sure you've noticed them over the years on popular sitcoms and in famous movies. One of the reasons that San Francisco is such a popular destination for weddings and elopements, is that many people feel like they already know us, having grown up with our city as the backdrop on their big and small screens!

I'm very excited to introduce a new section of our blog and a new team member! Starting this year, I've been training our team of photographers by my side at San Francisco City Hall. It's our home base as a photography company and after eleven years of serving couples here, I feel like I had to share my knowledge with each member of the team.

When I first spoke with Ashley and Jonathan, they had so many wonderful ideas for their elopement day and when the day arrived, even I, was in awe of how many little details made up this very special, intimate wedding day. But, the day did not start out smoothly!

Choosing a wedding venue is an extremely daunting task, especially if you're on a budget. As a wedding photographer and planner, I have seen the best and worst of venues. From lavish ballrooms to rustic barns, I have been in charge of planning and photographing weddings in many different types of venues. Many couples can't afford typical luxury wedding venues which start at $20k per event, but don't worry - there are affordable wedding venues that allow you to have everything you need for a beautiful event without breaking the bank!

Nora and Cameron recently took part in the woodland wedding trend, and they had the most magical day, as you can see from their photos!


Monterey and Carmel area weddings are popular and you can see why in their stunning wedding photographs. If you've always dreamed of being a barefoot bride on a beautiful sandy beach with waves crashing as you walk down the aisle, then you might want to consider having your intimate wedding or elopement in this area.

I received a phone call from Jessica, who wanted us to help her work out the plans for their very intimate wedding in Carmel. They loved the outdoors and had spent many happy weekends hiking the Carmel and Big Sur trails with their beloved dog. They thought that having a low-key pop-up wedding near the beach would be a very comfortable experience for them. They started looking around at Carmel, California wedding packages and were having a hard time finding everything they wanted and still keeping within their budget.

Forget the stress of creating a traditional wedding, and head outside for your pop-up wedding with a customized luxury picnic! Everyone knows that it's healthy to be surrounded by nature, and nothing feels better than getting married with a gentle breeze and birds singing while you look into your finance's eyes and say your wedding vows to each other. Where's the best place to have a pop-up wedding picnic? Anywhere that feels good to you, is the perfect spot!

If you're recently engaged, just starting your wedding planning, or getting married soon, SF City Hall is a location you should take a look at. With an experienced wedding photographer to give you tips on what month to take outdoor photography in order to avoid the San Francisco Fog and what time of day will get you the pretties pictures indoors without a lot of other people walking around the building to disrupt or delay your couples session, you're sure to have a day that will go smoothly and deliver pictures that you'll cherish forever.

I'm here to share with you seven reasons to be really happy about rain on your wedding day and offer up some fun and beautiful wedding inspiration for those of you nervously checking the Farmers Almanac a year before your wedding date.

No matter how you do it, you're going to LOVE getting married at San Francisco City Hall. This blog is going to take a look at what it's like to have a San Francisco City Hall Civil Ceremony. Where do you start and what do you need to do?

San Francisco has so many iconic spots, and I'm sure you've noticed them over the years on popular sitcoms and in famous movies. One of the reasons that San Francisco is such a popular destination for weddings and elopements, is that many people feel like they already know us, having grown up with our city as the backdrop on their big and small screens!

I'm very excited to introduce a new section of our blog and a new team member! Starting this year, I've been training our team of photographers by my side at San Francisco City Hall. It's our home base as a photography company and after eleven years of serving couples here, I feel like I had to share my knowledge with each member of the team.

When I first spoke with Ashley and Jonathan, they had so many wonderful ideas for their elopement day and when the day arrived, even I, was in awe of how many little details made up this very special, intimate wedding day. But, the day did not start out smoothly!

Choosing a wedding venue is an extremely daunting task, especially if you're on a budget. As a wedding photographer and planner, I have seen the best and worst of venues. From lavish ballrooms to rustic barns, I have been in charge of planning and photographing weddings in many different types of venues. Many couples can't afford typical luxury wedding venues which start at $20k per event, but don't worry - there are affordable wedding venues that allow you to have everything you need for a beautiful event without breaking the bank!

Nora and Cameron recently took part in the woodland wedding trend, and they had the most magical day, as you can see from their photos!