A San Francisco City Hall Elopement

I photograph a lot of elopements and weddings at San Francisco City Hall and I’ve not been so great at posting them all. So there’s no time like the present to start posting some of them.

Here’s one from last year in February.

Normally - if you are not booking the 4th floor balcony or mayor’s balcony, a public marriage at city hall takes place at the rotunda, which is at the top of the grand staircase but during this couple’s ceremony day, a gala was being set up and so the rotunda was not available for use and usually the judge’s will have the ceremonies up on the 4th floor balcony (even if you didn’t pay extra!) but there were booked ceremonies taking place at both 4th floor balconies and the mayor’s balcony so, it was quite busy that day (and all the setups kind of made it other areas not fit to use). So we made due with one of the other areas but don’t worry, after their ceremony - we made our way to the 4th floor balcony to take some additional portraits. And since they booked a couple of hours with me, we made our way to another location afterward, with a change of outfits! Yay!

I always love when couples want to explore San Francisco and trust me with finding locations that would fit their vision.