Optional City Hall Wedding Reception Coverage
SF City Hall Wedding Reception coverage is different than taking pictures of the bride and groom during the formal photo shoot. Our goals change once we arrive at the wedding reception. During the City Hall photo tour we are trying to capture dramatic images and create wonderful poses throughout the building. Once we arrive at the reception it's more about capturing memories and moments of emotion. We try to obtain pictures of the bride and groom greeting people and hugging and just enjoying their time with family and friends. There are many more candid moments to enjoy and capture at a wedding reception compared to a civil ceremony at San Francisco city hall.
The other thing that makes wedding reception photography different is that you are capturing events as they occur. So this creates a little bit less pressure to be creative but requires more attention to what is happening so you don't miss anything. It becomes vitally important to stay in touch with the disc jockey or MC to ensure that they keep the wedding photographers in the loop. It is our job to stay ready and focused but it's still nice to get a warning when possible that something is coming up at the wedding. Important reception events like the first dance, the cake cutting, and throwing the bouquet take a little bit of planning when it comes to setting up for wedding photography. So the advanced warning from the DJ is much appreciated and it helps provide the couple with a better result. For these reasons we much prefer working with experienced DJ's since they understand how important this is. We even have some top-notch professional SF Bay Area disc jockeys that we refer to our San Francisco city hall wedding couples because we know they understand how important photography is to the bride and groom.
Toasting at SF City Hall Wedding Reception
Toasting shots can be some of our favorite types of SF City Hall wedding reception coverage. This is because the photos come across not posed and much more natural and candid. This particular image occurred shortly after the couple had their marriage at City Hall. You can see the couple are having a great time and are fully engaged with one another. True candid photos have this kind of effect on the viewer. In some ways you feel like you are right there with the couple celebrating their nuptials. Despite the fact that the wedding photographer did make the suggestion to have the couple toast each other, their reaction was theirs alone. For this reason we almost always make the suggestion for our San Francisco City Hall couples to toast each other at their wedding reception.
The photo below was taken at the couple's reception which occurred a few days after their San Francisco city hall wedding. They had booked us for their San Francisco wedding which took place at City Hall. Once the formal City Hall photo tour was complete we arrived at their wedding reception and just covered the events of the evening in a mostly documentary fashion. Whenever we photograph a San Francisco wedding reception we try to keep the photos as candid as possible. We do make some limited suggestions like this photo for example, but for the most part we let the couples enjoy their celebration with little interference from us. Of course there will be additional events to cover at the reception including the Cake Cutting and toasts.
Wedding Reception in Moraga, California
This particular reception was in Moraga but we cover reception throughout the Bay Area. Here is a list of the many wedding reception locations available throughout Northern California.