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I've had a camera at the hip as long as I can remember. My friends and family have always teased me for being ever the over-documenter, always seeking a way to hold onto the most precious moments in some sort of permanent way. As a mother of two toddlers, I've become even more keenly aware of how quickly even the most special and memorable moments can begin to feel distant. This is how and why I started photography, first as a hobby, and later as a business -- It allows me the opportunity to capture snapshots of the here and now that can be treasured forever. In 2014, I left my job as a civil rights education attorney and a couple of years later, decided to pursue wedding photography full time. A leap of faith into the great wide unknown.
Sometimes those leaps lead you to places you otherwise never would have found.
Since then, I've photographed families, couples, and weddings all over California and beyond. I'm grateful for every opportunity to build a relationship from behind the lens because it allows me the chance to document your story, to share in your precious moments, and to help those moments live on for a lifetime. Whether it's the sweet moments of calm with your closest friends before you step into your wedding gown or the excitement of that first kiss after your "I dos," it's my joy and deepest honor to turn your most treasured moments into keepsakes that you and your family can cherish for years to come. Inspired by the magic of the everyday, my style is light, airy, and committed to capturing the unadulterated and most authentic moments of connection between you and those you love.
I can't wait to meet you!
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Destination Weddings
- Destination Wedding Packages
Photo Shoot Types
- Boudoir
- Bridal Portraits
- Day After Session
- Engagement
Photo & Video
- Digital Files
- Photo
- Printed Enlargements
- Second Shooter Available
- Social Media Sharing
- Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
- Artistic
- Classic
Wedding Activities
- Getting Engaged
- Rehearsals & Parties
- After Party
- Wedding
- After Party
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Words cannot fully express how amazing Sarah was as our wedding photographer. We just got married at SF City Hall as out-of-towners and had never seen the venue in person. Sarah knows that space in and out and was able to capture THE BEST shots. Her light-suffused aesthetic was exactly what we wanted, and we could not be happier with how the photos turned out (we received our Sneak Peek gallery mere DAYS after our ceremony, and we cannot wait to see the full gallery!). Most importantly, Sarah has this amazingly positive and bubbly energy. We’re both a little camera shy, but she did an excellent job coaching us and guiding us with the poses. She truly has an eye for her art --- I would frame every single photo if I could, they’re so beautiful. We are thrilled we entrusted Sarah to capture this important day for us. Do not think twice about booking Sarah --- you are in The Best of hands. We hope to work with her again in the future!
Sarah was definitely our favorite vendors to work with for our wedding. Her photo and editing style is completely what I envisioned in how I want to remember our special day and it was icing on the cake that she is so wonderful, kind, patient, and professional. She’s very prompt in answering emails, offering help/suggestions, and also takes into consideration all the shots you want to have. Highly recommend her for any milestones you want photographed, I was so happy with so many of the photos and she managed to also capture some pretty funny candid shots that happened really quickly at random times, so she definitely has eagle eyes during our whole event and not missing any important moments!
From the moment I saw Sarah’s portfolio, I knew she was the perfect photographer to capture our wedding. I was looking for someone who could not only capture authentic, natural portraits but also showcase the beauty of the environment around us—and Sarah did exactly that, and more. Her eye for detail and her ability to frame both intimate moments and the surrounding scenery was simply breathtaking. She made both me and my husband feel completely at ease in front of the camera, which made the experience feel effortless and genuine. A special shout-out to her incredible assistant, Boris, who was just as wonderful and ensured everything went smoothly. We couldn’t have asked for a better team to document our special day!
Sarah is hands down one of the best photographers that I have worked with and experienced (from other friends' weddings, etc)! I may be biased, but we feel very lucky and fortunate to have her as part of our wedding journey.
As soon as I got engaged, I started browsing photographers so that we could lock one down for our special day. Sarah's photography style immediately drew me in - she makes every photo looks go light, effortless, and beautiful - even though I know how much hard work must go into capturing every little detail. She is also one of the most friendly and easy going people to work with. My fiance and I were super nervous for our engagement shoot because we don't posing for photos doesn't come naturally to us. However Sarah made us immediately comfortable and the time flew by so fast. We LOVED our engagements photos and were 1000% confident our wedding photos would turn out just as well.
For our wedding day, our getting ready location was at the Luma hotel in SF, and Sarah was able to pull strings to ask the manager to allow us to take our first look photos on the rooftop (which was closed during the day). I would never have thought to even ask, but Sarah made it happen. Our bridal party gave us so many complements about her all day - she captured everything that we wanted and more. We've only gotten out sneak peek photos back so far, but i know we are going to love them all.
Sarah really knows how to capture the beauty in everyone, the important moments, and the details in between. You will not regret hiring her for your wedding, or any other special moments in your lift. We can't wait to reach out to Sarah for family photos in the future ;)
My husband and I were lucky enough to work with Sarah on two occasions. We flew to San Francisco to work with her for our beautiful city hall elopement. Her work is impeccable, timeless and romantic. When we received our elopement photos we were breathless.
Sarah is also a dream to work with. She is patient, kind, and her vision is magical.
After working with her for our elopement we had to work with her again for our wedding reception. She kindly traveled to Southern California to capture all the lovely moments we shared with friends and family.
Her style, personality, and eye make her a gem in the field of photography!
Sarah is a very talented photographer and I would have hired her again in a heart beat. She is super accommodating and always so responsive with all my questions. I really enjoyed working with her and look forward to hiring her again for future photography sessions!
Sarah DELIVERS. We hired Sarah for both an engagement session and our city hall wedding. She is professional, punctual, responsive, warm, and extremely talented. She is very experienced at SF City Hall so was helpful in coordinating and organizing as well. She even helped us with our boutonniere and veil when it was go-time:) She made us feel very comfortable during our shoots and made us look and feel beautiful in our photos. The coolest part is we woke up in the morning after our wedding and had a sneak peek gallery already waiting for us our inbox! Impressive and appreciated!! The sneak peek photos are stunning and we cannot wait to see the rest of the gallery. Would 11/10 recommend Sarah for all photography needs.
Sarah is simply amazing! She’s very professional, organized, creative, friendly and hard working. We did our engagement photoshoot and wedding photos with her and we couldn’t be any happier with the photos.
We did our engagement photos in the chilly San Francisco weather, brought way too many things to carry and she helped us carry everything, including our dog while taking our photos! I mean, what an MVP! Plus, you don’t have to know how to pose and model, she knows how to make you feel comfortable and natural.
Unfortunately 2020 happened and forced us to have a few wedding date changes but Sarah was always so flexible and went with the flow. Also, at the very last minute, literally 2 days before my wedding, I changed my mind and wanted 2 photographers and she made it happen!
It’s so important to get along with your vendors because you spend so much time working with them and Sarah is one of the nicest people you’ll meet. She went above and beyond her photographer duties and we are so grateful for her. You will not be disappointed if you choose her to be your photographer.
Oh and the photos are amazing! She really knows how to capture those special moments.
Sarah was so great! She arrived on time, went with the flow of my itinerary, took Covid precautions seriously, provided the photos in a timely manner, had great ideas for poses, etc. We couldn’t have been more happy with how everything turned out! Thanks again :)
Sarah is an amazing photographer. She has the unique ability to capture the natural and beautiful moments in life-the intimate, the sweet, the funny, the loving, the silly without making her presence known. Sarah is punctual, warm and very friendly. She instantly makes you feel comfortable. Sarah immediately sent a highlight reel the next day of my beautiful wedding pictures and I was blown away by all the beautiful moments that were captured. She has a natural talent- she balance lights with the environment, she has a clear sense of spatial awareness and is able to capture beautiful landscape images, or can zoom in and capture natural facial expressions and details from the dress, to the ring, to the flowers. She is also able to capture the romance of a wedding, not the obvious ones, but the one's that aren't the typical photos of the bride and groom, but the intimate moments-a shared look, a smile. I love Sarah and will reserve her in the future for all photography sessions.
Sarah was absolutely amazing in every way. My husband and I are from Florida and we eloped to San Francisco to get married in the City Hall. I had no contacts or referrals. I was so nervous planning everything miles away not knowing what to expect when my trip were to arrive. I found Sarah on Instagram and I fell in love with her work. I contacted her and she made everything so easy and reassured me that everything was going to come out perfect. Well, sure enough. We got to the city hall and she was waiting for us there already. She was patient and kind. She was humble and funny. She made the awesome nerve wrecking experience one to never forget. I was able to pose and enjoy my whole day without feeling rushed and you can see it in her photos. She knows what she is doing, TRUST ME. Till this day, I still post my wedding pictures from that day and show all my friends. I have my favorites hung in my house and it’s always the main attraction everyone seems to point out. The pictures and my day was perfect thanks to Sarah.
I absolutely cannot say enough great things about Sarah! Hiring her as our photographer for my elopement was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made! My original destination wedding was canceled and we decided to have an elopement last minute (literally!) I reached out to Sarah on a Monday and wasn’t even sure what I was doing for my elopement yet. She was beyond helpful, supportive and responsive the entire time while I was going back and forth on ideas. I finally found the PERFECT venue and got married that Sunday. The second I met her, she was so warm and friendly - I just felt completely at ease with her like she was just one of my friends at the wedding. Since it was an elopement but I was still keeping majority of the traditional aspects of a wedding, we were in a time crunch and Sarah did an amazing job of being calm and collected and guiding us for the most stunning pictures. She’s a natural photographer with a gifted eye and killer editing skills. We’ve only received sneak peak photos and we have been in complete awe of the way she was able to capture us, the venue and our elopement. The photographs she captured of us honestly look like a piece of artwork! I have found our permanent family photographer and I wish I could come up with another excuse to hire her sooner! Haha. Sarah is an incredibly talented photographer and I can’t recommend her enough!
She was amazing! Our photos are beautiful. She did such a beautiful job of capturing the important moments (without distracting from those moments!). She was really subtle and made us feel very comfortable. We had some family illness that we knew were going to make these photos extra precious and she handled the whole situation with so much sensitivity and compassion. She was a total joy to work with and we're so grateful for the wonderful photos.
Sarah is the full package. From the moment we started working together through delivering our wedding photos, Sarah was attentive, flexible and professional, and made us feel like we were the most special people in the world. She struck a perfect balance between giving us the reins to achieve our vision and offering her own expert vision and guidance -- which was always spot on. Not only is Sarah an extremely talented photographer, she is an amazing human being. She's warm and friendly and makes you feel instantly comfortable in front of the camera. We felt like we were in the best, most capable hands throughout the entire process. And she isn't satisfied until she gets THE shot! I couldn't be happier with our wedding photos. Not only does Sarah have an artist's eye, but the level of time and care she put into editing our photos was next-level. We got married at City Hall and there were dozens of people in the background of our photos, all of whom she edited out in the final versions. They turned out beautifully. 15/10 would recommend Sarah to photograph your wedding!!
Sarah is the absolute BEST photographer. She captured the emotion and all the feels of our special day so perfectly! She is so incredibly talented and ontop of that, she is so awesome, calm and kind and it is SO comforting to have that kind of presence around you on your wedding day! My husband and I loved spending time with her! We love our photos! She is an amazing photographer and you should absolutely hire her ❤️❤️❤️❤️
If you are in the Bay Area and need a photographer, Sarah Rubin Greene is who you need to choose. Sarah is such a genuinely warm, friendly, and talented person! She did an engagement shoot for us, as well as our wedding photos and communication with her was very easy and smooth throughout the whole process. Sarah is so fun and easy going - my then fiance and I were both a bit nervous, and she made us laugh and feel so at ease during our engagement session and actual wedding day. And then there are the pictures...my oh my, they are GORGEOUS. Sarah has an ability to capture not only beautiful shots, but an entire moment. The pictures she took captured all of the warm and loving feelings from our wedding day and I still tear up looking through them all. She truly has such a great eye for great shots. We cannot recommend Sarah highly enough - she is an incredible photographer!
I'm so glad we found Sarah for our engagement photos and wedding day! She was recommended to us by a good friend who has used her for their family portraits for years. I honestly didn't know where to begin when it came time to find a photographer and I felt like everyone just seemed so overpriced and "corporate". When we met Sarah for coffee to discuss our wedding day I immediately knew she was the right fit for us! She was laid back, organized, professional and made us feel comfortable in what can sometimes be a very awkward setting with posing for "romantic" pictures. I notoriously hate how I look in pictures and was so pleasantly surprised when I got our photo galleries back from Sarah - I honestly loved every single photo. Her attention to detail and ability to capture us in a natural, un-posed way was incredible. I have received SO many compliments on our wedding photos and plan to keep Sarah in the family now for all future photography needs. I can't recommend her enough!
Since the first time I saw Sarah’s work I fell in love and I knew I wanted her to take my engagement and ceremony pictures. She would always respond very quickly and always worried with what would be the best for me. During the photo shoot she was so helpful with the poses and made everything a lot easier and fun. The best part is she gave me peaks very quickly and that made me very happy. She’s just the sweetest and you can tell she doesn’t do it for the money but for the passion, she really loves what she does and you can see it through her pictures. Now I keep trying to find an excuse to her more pictures taken 😊
From the very beginning, Sarah was warm and inviting, assuaging our stress about decision making immediately. By the 3 minute mark of our first meeting at a local coffee shop, we knew she would be the perfect photographer for our special day. From start to finish the experience was amazing. I always hated getting my picture taken and tend to be awkward and uncomfortable with it, but with Sarah I felt not only comfortable, but free to be myself, as did my husband. We absolutely fell in love with our photos and the entire experience, and would recommend her to anyone who needs a great photographer in the bay area!!
Sarah is the BEST – beyond being an incredibly talented photographer, she is totally dependable and became our friend throughout the process! My husband and I eloped in California, so the photos were super important to us to take back for our families – she sent us a sneak peak of photos THE NIGHT OF and she even signed our wedding license! We can't say enough good things about her and our experience with her as a vendor!
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