Rachel Levine Photography

Is beautiful architecture important to you when choosing your wedding venue?

We took a little roadtrip….
To Seven Branches Inn and Venue, in Sonoma!

This sweet little elopement wedding was exactly what this adorable couple was looking for. Simple luxury, their inner circle, and warm sunny weather.

The whole family could stay there, and wake us to enjoy the wedding day together. If garden weddings are your soft spot, take a look.

Thinking about a secluded Carmel California elopement?

We have a whole bunch of beautiful and quiet spots for you to enjoy the best day ever with your love❤️❤️

Just a beautiful little elopement in our favorite San Francisco places.

We have a new addition on our website-the Locations Tab! We’re more than halfway done with this update. You’ll be able to get a good look at the places we think you’d love for your wedding pictures, and read the features and details that we know are important.

City Hall wedding-BIG guest list? Here’s how⬇️

Let us introduce you to the fourth floor north gallery.

You can rent this incredible space at the top of the building, and seat SIXTY guests, with standing room for forty more. That’s right, up to one hundred guests for one thousand dollars. We love this popular wedding venue location.

This would be more of an intimate wedding setting, but you can use the space for elopements if you’d like too.

Your wedding ceremony will be followed by family pictures, and then you’re free to enjoy couples wedding pictures on the other three floors, and across the street at. Veterans Memorial Park. Alamo Square park is also very nearby for pictures with the famous painted ladies. If you’ve always loved the brightly colored Victorian houses,it’s a nice second location for wedding pictures.

DM for more information and to check availability.

I felt like sharing some pretty pictures filled with love today. I have many,many years of wedding photography and tips to share with everyone who’s wedding planning.

But…..sometimes I just want to share some good old fashioned San Francisco City Hall wedding photography.

Enjoy the love.

Elope AND have a pizza picnic?? Absolutely.

If you’re getting married with your kiddo and pup as the ring bearer and flower dog, then this could be the wedding plan for your family.

“We just want a simple low key wedding. Just us.”

I hear these words from couples all the time, so we’ve created fun little wedding experience. The bride and groom met in highschool, but didn’t really get to connect until many years later. By then she saw what a wonderful guy he is, and things grew from there. Pizza is there thing, so Mr Picnic timed it perfectly so the pie arrived piping hot just after they’d said their I do’s!

If you’d love a picnic wedding, send us a DM. We can now serve groups of up to 20💗
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Destination wedding from the the Phillipeans? Don’t mind if we do! This lovely globe trotting couple brought us the idea for this unique edit, and we were able to create their dream wedding picture for their beloved San Francisco wedding. Wedding planning for all couples, especially those coming for an overseas wedding is something we’ve specialized in for a while now, and we really love it!

Laura was their team photographer, her Husband Will S does all of her normal beautiful editing and my editor Danas added the reflection for them!

And good morning from rainy San Francisco! I just wanted to check in and let everyone know that we’re doing ok and all the weddings at SF City Hall are going on with no problems, they even give you plastic covers for your wet umbrellas!

I thought you might love a photograph this morning…weddings OLD school!

Can you guess which member of our team did this bride and groom photo?

1. Will
2. Emily
3. Rachel

Let’s see if you can guess!

👆👆SNEAK PEEKS ARE IN!!!👆👆
Will delivered these stunning sunset proposal pictures from Thursday nights surprise proposal and engagement photo session!

Would you like to be proposed to right here on Pier 7?

We love building little marriage proposal sets so when you’re ready to pop the question and propose, you’ve already got a nice little backdrop set up. (View our reel to see where he proposed.

Tag Somebody you’d like to propose to you👇

Triplets? Well, kind of! This is Laura, Will and me! I took these two out the other night for our first annual (because it was so awesome it’s going to be a yearly event!) First Shooters Night. We went to for a very San Francisco evening of food, drinks and one of a kind entertainment.

But really this night was to celebrate and thank them. MANY of you have had your San Francisco City Hall, Muir Woods, and Monterey weddings photographed by them this year, and LOVED them💗💗💗💗💗

They are so talented,funny and laid back, and really supportive of all of our couples on their wedding days. Laura just celebrated one year as a full time team member with us, and Will has been with me for almost five years, first as lead videographer and now ALSO as a lead photographer. (Uh, Thank You Universe!)

We all shoot with Sony cameras, and have homogeneous posing and editing styles, good luck going to my blog and guessing who shot which ones! Because I’ve stepped into the wedding planning and experience designing role (wait till you see what’s coming for 2023!!!) I couldn’t do it all. It wasn’t healthy for me and it wasn’t fair to our couples….so now we are in alignment and while I still shoot weddings every week, I also have three dedicated office days and Laura and Will are 100% there for the weddings on those days. Lucky you!!!

So Much Gratitude to Will and Laura, Thank You Both and here’s to You!!!
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Spring Wedding Light! March weddings are booking up fast, with all of those 2/3/23 and 2/23/23 dates! Yesterday we showed you Winter Wedding Light, and I thought going through the seasons would be fun!

Plus let’s be honest, sometimes you just want to look at actual wedding photography, am I right?

We offer all inclusive small weddings at this San Francisco wedding venue.

We are San Francisco wedding photographers and this is The Palace Of Fine Arts👆

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IS THIS REAL? You bet it is! This is winter light at the very top of the year at a San Francisco City Hall wedding. Read more👇

SF City Hall wedding photography relies on a lot of natural light, and when it’s late in the day during the warmer months it’s dark inside the dome👇

But NOW it’s dark so early, that at 4 pm or 4:30 you can see the little “up lights” placed between to columns at the top inside the dome and the whole thing glows like an egg yolk!

👉 BOOK those December to Mid January afternoon weddings if you’d love this gorgeous lighting.

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It’s Engagement Season again! If your looking for a proposal planner or San Francisco engagement photographer, our answer is going to be your favorite word….YES!!

This gorgeous set was photographed by lead photographer Will, and this adorable “rowboat engagement session” is live on our blog!!

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Do you know what a First Touch is?

It’s the suspense and emotion filled moments before your First Look!

We love setting our couples up and then just torturing them a TINY bit, by letting them touch each other before they SEE each other💗💗

Would you do a first touch?

Calling all Beautiful Brides!! (YES, I mean Every Single One Of You!)

I’m hearing some things.
1. Your family is pressuring you to have a big wedding but you don’t have time and can’t afford it.
2. You’d rather just run away with your true love.
3. You don’t know where to turn, but want an AMAZING DAY.

Elope with US! or or

This is your sign, so head to the link in bio to check us out!

For maximum romance on your elopement day, we suggest a sunset wedding ceremony and some incredible at the Sutro Baths Ruins in San Francisco!

Will went out with this lucky couple last night and you KNOW I love a good hand kissing shot!!!

This whole area in so unique with the cement ruins carved into this basin surrounded by the cliffs of the park that wraps around the very end of San Francisco. Think graffiti meets coastal California!

More from this lovely session to come!

Family wedding at San Francisco City Hall?

Definitely!!

Love makes you FLY! Or, at least levitate a little 💗

This gorgeous beach wedding was down a half mile path at Fort Marshall Beach. There’s a lot of pros to this beach if you’re up for a little wedding day stroll!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!

Now THIS makes my heart happy💗

Thank you Linsey, Martin and the all the kids, for joining me on the day you all officially became a FAMILY!

Too hot to wedding plan this summer? Texas,New Orleans, Florida…..ALL 90-100 degrees!! San Fran? 68.

We are the PERFECT destination wedding location for summer.

Did you get married with us? How was your hair and makeup? This beautiful couple had our all inclusive package for one stop wedding shopping! What’s included?

Hair and makeup
Bridal bouquet and bout
Pro photographer
Wedding officiant

Session photographer by team member Laura!

Super happy to hear! Go Michigan!🌈

BREAKING: Michigan Supreme Court says state law bans discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in landmark ruling

Is THIS your perfect little wedding day? Let’s talk about this itinerary for

1.Bridal bouquet is delivered to their hotel front desk. Hair and makeup pros visit them at their SF Hotel, so Mrs Bride is feeling confident!

2. A couples session followed by a beautiful wedding ceremony at San Francisco City Hall.

3. A visit to Pier 7 for some quiet time together before their wedding reception, and more photos, of course! Their family is entertained on a trolly ride to the reception venue

4. Mr. And Mrs. arrive at Wayfare Tavern for their party! All of their guests are ready and waiting to celebrate this beautiful couple.
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Had To Share!! Sam and Maurice’s family couldn’t wait to cheer them on after their wedding ceremony at San Francisco City Hall!

They had a one hour floor rental with plenty of seating for all of their guests. The fee is $1000 for the beautiful space (either 4 th floor or Mayors Balcony are available) and you have your choice of several different types of chairs to rent.

Photography: Rachel
Videography: Will

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So. I’ve been posting lots and lots of video clips, but….is it just me or does anyone else miss the photography posts? I decided we were going to give you all a nice healthy dose of what we’re known for, before we post anything else moving around on your screen. Since you’re trying to decide if you want us to be your wedding photography company, I really thought this might be a good idea. (Even though you-know-who-stagram has other opinions on this subject.)

Once upon a time there were two handsome princes looking for their other half…..

They met during lockdown and were kind of thrown together “romance novel style”, as luck would have it, they are a perfect match!

What’s Romance Novel Style? Well, that’s the set of circumstances that creates the drama in a book! Examples?

1. You have a crush on your boss and when you go on a buisiness trip there’s only one room available.
2. You fall for somebody forbidden, like your siblings best friend!
3. What’s YOUR romance novel story???

His name is Barkley and his Pawrents got married at San Francisco City Hall. He stole the show all day long, but I WAS warned.

Pets are always welcome at City Hall, and since we often end up at parks or beaches afterwards, they make a wonderful addition to your wedding day.

Baby on the way? We have the perfect little wedding for the three of you and your family💗

Their session started with the sweetest first look, and ended with a jubilant grand exit. And in between was everything you’d want on your wedding day.