About the SF City Hall Wedding Photographers

Lilly, Mike, Tiana, and Toni have been photographing weddings together for over 10 years, with over 600 at San Francisco City Hall. One of us will always photograph your wedding. We are not one of these large San Francisco city hall teams you may see on other websites where you do not know who will cover your wedding. If you book us, it will include Lilly, Mike, Tiana, and Toni, or that photographs your wedding. Mike or Lilly will act as your lead photographer.

We never send strangers or subcontractors to your very important wedding event. Here are a few ‘fun facts’ about each of us so that you can get to know us a little more.

• As music lovers we both enjoy playing instruments. Lilly is a singer-songwriter, and Mike plays some guitar.

• We both feel incredibly fortunate to be able to do the work we do and meet so many amazing couples. San Francisco City Hall is a great place to do business and the city is a fantastic environment.

• Our family and friends are everything to us and one of our favorite aspects of our job is being able to meet so many amazing people who often become friends with us. We have maintained many of these relationships starting at San Francisco City Hall.

SF City Hall Wedding Photographer Bios

Mike and his small team are ready to provide you with the ultimate San Francisco City Hall wedding experience. In addition to the amazing wedding photography they offer, their goal is to always make the day fun for both of you! With over 600 San Francisco City Hall weddings photographed, Mike and his associate photographers know the best spots in the building and the time of the day to take you there. Their combined Wedding Photography experience spans well over 35 years, providing you with comfort and confidence that you have chosen the right photographers to creatively capture your San Francisco City Hall wedding. Their easygoing style will help you feel comfortable in front of the camera. They create memories to last a lifetime! All weddings will be photographed by Lilly, and Mike with possible assistance from other photographers familiar with City Hall and other places throughout SF.

Meet Mike

Mike was born in San Francisco and spent many years living here and walking the neighborhoods. A rare SF native, Mike knows the city very well and loves to talk abouits's beauty. Mike feels that much of his artistic ability and love for the city comes from his mother who was an amazing artist and grew up in the Haight Ashbury District. His mom painted many San Francisco scenes including Victorian houses and Napa Vineyard scenes.

An MBA graduate of the University of San Francisco, Mike put himself through school with sports photography and occasional weddings. His photography career spans over 2 decades and he has photographed 1,600+ weddings! Quite a few years ago, Mike discovered San Francisco City Hall as a wedding venue and made it his specialty! This allowed him to spend more time with his family with fewer weekend weddings to photograph. Most of San Francisco City Hall's weddings occur during the week with an occasional Saturday.

Meet Toni

Toni Bailey is an international photographer and has been photographing weddings for 12 years including over 400 San Francisco City Hall Weddings. She enjoys working with her couples to create romantic long-lasting memories. A native Californian, Toni grew up in Los Gatos and has spent time in Susanville, Chico, Los Angeles, Concord, and Oregon.

Toni loves to photograph people and has a creative but unobtrusive style that allows her to capture natural and relaxed images of her subjects. Her friendly demeanor "invites you in" and makes you feel comfortable in front of the camera.

Meet Tiana

Tiana Hunter has been shooting San Francisco city hall weddings for many years and has also spent considerable time as a fashion model. Her understanding of posing is unsurpassed and will make all of her SF city hall brides as beautiful as they can be.

Tiana has joined us as a second shooter for well over 50 San Francisco city hall weddings. She is a seasoned professional San Francisco city hall wedding photographer with over 10 years of local experience. Tiana is also available as a primary shooter for city hall through her own business. She has hundreds of creatively photographed weddings in her repertoire.

Most importantly, Tiana is kind and easy to work with, she will make you feel very comfortable in front of the camera.

Meet Lilly

Lilly comes from a multi-media background from courses taken at San Jose State University has a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and has worked with Mike on 100s of shoots throughout her four years of working with him as a second shooter.

Wedding Photography Equipment

All of us shoot with Nikon camera equipment and possess the latest technology in wedding photography. We approach each city hall wedding with a full slate of backup equipment including spare flashes and camera bodies. Our cameras include the following models: Nikon D780, D750, and D6 II Mirrorless. We love our prime lenses and will photograph your wedding with a combination of lenses including an 85mm f1.4 and a 180 F2.8. We also use quite a few zoom lenses with our 16-35mm and 24-70mm being the most popular. We prefer to use off-camera professional lighting equipment to provide you with dimensional lighting. On-camera flashes can cause flat lighting so we avoid that whenever possible. For the most part, we only use on-camera lighting during the ceremony to provide us with a bit more versatility and speed. But all of the lighting is bounced off the walls to avoid harsh and direct light.

Most importantly, we have tried hard to stay on top of the latest camera technology and Adobe Photoshop software and upgrade our equipment when needed.

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