As an underwater, portrait, sports and event photographer serving the San Francisco Bay Area (and the world, YES, I love to travel), I am versatile and love shooting various genres. With portraits, I'm known for helping clients feel relaxed in front of my camera, giving them a little guidance on "things to do", so the images we create look timeless and genuine.
With sports, I am known for capturing unique perspectives, grit, physicality, execution of technique and the personality of the athlete, both on land and underwater!
With sports, I am known for capturing unique perspectives, grit, physicality, execution of technique and the personality of the athlete, both on land and underwater!
Services
For Maternity Shoots, we can shoot in the comfort of your home's private pool or we have arranged access to a private home pool setting. For Competitive Swimmers, I come to your Team Pool or we can confirm pool space at the Pleasant Hill Aquatics Park Pool. If you include a land portrait session as well, then the neighboring area is used.
As I love variety and the unique skillset needed for different types of shoots, I shoot many genres, specifically: Underwater (Maternity, Baby & Me, Swimming and Senior Portraits), Engagements, Proposals, Boudoir, Wedding, Family, Maternity, Newborn, Birth and Delivery, Senior Portraits, Sports, Personal Branding/Headshots, Corporate Holiday Parties and Special Events.
My husband and I don't know where to begin. Everything we experienced with Gloria was above and beyond. From our first meeting with her to the very last meeting, we couldn't have been more thankful for choosing Gloria to capture our entire wedding journey. From our engagement photos to our sunset shoot on our wedding day.
Reviews (10)
Karin OConnell
May 30, 2021
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I contacted Gloria to take underwater photos of my high school senior who is a swimmer. I had seen other photos she had done and wanted to have her do some for my son. Gloria did not disappoint! She spent a full hour IN the water with him and doing so many photos! My son enjoyed the experience much more than he ever did with "traditional" photos. I loved every photo she took and our coffee table book came out AMAZING! I highly recommend Gloria to anyone and everyone who wants to have any photos taken. She is incredible! I can't wait to do photos again with her for our next event!
Ryan Lucas
Jan 15, 2021
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My wife and I knew back in 2018 when Gloria photographed our engagement and wedding that we wanted her to photograph our newborn. Fast forward to this year and Gloria did just that! We were a little nervous to do a photoshoot during a pandemic but we knew Gloria would take all the precautions (and more) and respect our wishes. We felt so comfortable with her coming into our home and being around our baby. Before our shoot, we had a meeting to discuss what our goals were for the shoot, outfits we were hoping to use, and any special items/clothes/pets we wanted to be included. On the photoshoot day
Tammy Sugihara
Jan 12, 2021
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Gloria is an awesome photographer! She was so patient working with my 3 and 6 year old. She even gave them toys after the shoot!
She is super responsive and very good at communicating. Before the shoot took place, she met with us at a separate meeting to make sure she understood what we wanted from the photos and to explain her process and even make suggestions to make the photos better! We had discussed doing an underwater shoot and last minute we decided our 3 year old probably couldn’t do it and she was very understanding about the last minute change.
It was such a pleasure to work with
She is super responsive and very good at communicating. Before the shoot took place, she met with us at a separate meeting to make sure she understood what we wanted from the photos and to explain her process and even make suggestions to make the photos better! We had discussed doing an underwater shoot and last minute we decided our 3 year old probably couldn’t do it and she was very understanding about the last minute change.
It was such a pleasure to work with
Caitlin Barry
Dec 26, 2019
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My husband and I don't know where to begin. Everything we experienced with Gloria was above and beyond. From our first meeting with her to the very last meeting, we couldn't have been more thankful for choosing Gloria to capture our entire wedding journey. From our engagement photos to our sunset shoot on our wedding day.
We didn't use a wedding planner, but when we met Gloria, we realized she was more than just a photographer. She was an intricate part of our wedding day timeline and more. She is extremely organized, thoughtful, and passionate about capturing what we wanted as a couple.
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We didn't use a wedding planner, but when we met Gloria, we realized she was more than just a photographer. She was an intricate part of our wedding day timeline and more. She is extremely organized, thoughtful, and passionate about capturing what we wanted as a couple.
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Fran Pecho
Nov 01, 2019
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Gloria handled our corporate appreciation event at the Renaissance ClubSport. Her professionalism and the ability to capture true artisty during an event is outstanding! Many of our clients who interacted with her were so impressed by her humbleness, kind & loving attitude to deliver the best! I also had her take photos at my daughter's Sweet 16th Birthday after reviewing the photos, she explained the process on how she puts together the album about telling a story! I can't wait to see the album. I HIGHLY recommend Gloria to capture your special moments!!!
Jay Lifson
Jul 15, 2019
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I had the pleasure of working with Gloria last year. I needed some updated head shots and photos I could use for a number of social media sites and publications we prepare at the Lafayette Chamber of Commerce. Working with Gloria, turned out so well I decided to have photos of our entire staff done. We were so pleased with the results. Gloria is professional, organized, timely and a delight to work with. Always nice when you can get serious work done, and laugh all the way through. At the chamber we take hundreds of picture a month. They are fun to share and look at. The work that Gloria does is
Mindy Roberson
Jun 30, 2019
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Gloria did a fabulous job of capturing a precious moment in time with my daughter and her new pet pig. Pets and children grow up so fast that is important to remember them in pictures. Gloria was so gentle and sweet with my daughter and helped her overcome her shyness during the shoot. The pictures are beautiful and you can see both of their personalities in the pictures. Thank you Gloria!
Jeffrey Lucas
Feb 02, 2019
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I've known Gloria for many years and have known her as a very talented business person with exceptional people skills. When I reconnected with her about two years ago to discuss some business opportunities, she let me know she had chosen to pursue her passion - photography. How fortuitous this was for me. My son and his fiancé were in the throws of planning their wedding so I asked her to send some of her work. I was amazed at how professional it was. My son had a photographer and they weren't certain about them yet so I suggested meeting Gloria and see if there was a fit. It was love at first
Cyndee Gutierrez
Oct 26, 2018
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Gloria does such a beautiful job with the photos. She helped me with my make-up since I never wear it. I told her I wanted it light so it looked natural and that is what she did. We had fun with the shoot as she was always encouraging me with the poses, giving me confidence. I never take selfies and don't particularly like myself in pictures, but she helped me feel at ease. We did one picture in the gym where I work and it came out pretty dark, but after Gloria edited it, it came out just the way I wanted with the basketball and hoop showing in the background and my picture nicely colored in the
Katy Jayne
Jan 30, 2017
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We chose Gloria Touche Photography for our son's 6 month photos and we could not have been more pleased. Gloria is delightful to work with, from our first phone conversation to the photo shoot and beyond she has been incredibly professional and accommodating. We had a vision of what we wanted, she listened to us and turned our vision into a reality. Most importantly she captured our precious son's cheery disposition and gave us some absolutely gorgeous photos of him that we now get to share with family and treasure forever. I highly recommend Gloria Touche Photography to anyone looking for a photographer