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Athena Galgiani Photography

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Go to ********** for contact info! Looking for an experienced photographer who makes you feel comfortable, feel your best and poses you just right? I'm your girl! I take a variety of posed and candid photos from engagements to weddings, family, maternity, and even newborn in-home sessions. I make the experience fun for everyone, or so I've heard! By the end of the session, we'll be lifelong friends. :) I learned portrait and wedding photography from my own wedding photographer and then took online courses to do it professionally. With background from being an elementary school teacher for a few years, I know how to direct people to position well and make children feel comfortable smiling. People are always my focal point. I love to capture the best of you and do it in the most beautiful locations. Whatever requests you have for your photos, I'll try my best to make it happen and add my own artistic touch. My process: 1. Learn your expectations for what you want in your photos and see if we’re the right fit. 2. Determine the location/Price: Local, SF, beach or other nature spots? Your house? You decide. Depending on the location, I may have a travel fee. 3. When? I plan to meet you generally one hour before sunset as that is the best lighting for photography. It is also known as golden hour! 4. Length? A one hour session is generally enough time for portrait photography. I take as many photos as we can with a variety of poses and candid portraits considering your “best features” to have the best collection of photos. You may choose to add on time and have outfit changes if you like as well! 5. What you’ll get: I select the best photos out of the almost five hundred to a thousand I take! In the end I'll edit and deliver at least 65 high resolution edits with timeless, bright and sharp coloring! Delivery: online photo sharing website I email you a link where you can view the photos and download the highest quality edits. These photos can be downloaded from any computer and to google drive or uploaded to your favorite photo printing website. Contact me via **********! :)
Overview

Hired 40 times

Background checked

1 employee

8 years in business

Business hours

SunClosedMon8:00 am - 9:00 pm

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This pro accepts payments via Apple Pay, Cash, Check, Credit card, PayPal, Square cash app, Venmo, and Zelle.

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2021

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2020

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2019

Services offered
Headshot type

Professional / business

Graduation / senior portrait

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Photoshoot location

Photo studio

Outdoors

Office

Home

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Physical proofs and prints

Album or photo book

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Projects and media
Reviews

Customers rated this pro highly for responsiveness, work quality, and professionalism.

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Toral P.

May 26, 2019

Hired on Thumbtack

Athena was amazing! She responded timely and adjusted to our schedule and clicked beautiful photos of our family. Though the setup was very casual, the photos came out just lovely! Thanks Athena for helping us capturing the moments :)

Details: Family or children's portrait • Traditional / classic (looking directly at the camera) • Candid (captured in the moment) • Natural / environmental (photographed in an outdoor setting) • Home • Digital or online download • The portrait photographer travels to me

Portrait Photography
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Hedieh G.

Jun 1, 2026

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We had such a great experience working with Athena for our family photography session. She was communicative from start to finish, always timely, and incredibly professional throughout the process.During the shoot, she was very patient with our family and made everyone feel comfortable, which really helped bring out natural and genuine moments. She took her time to make sure we got a variety of shots from different angles and never rushed anything, which we really appreciated.She also made sure we were happy with all the poses and was open to adjusting things so we could get exactly what we wanted. The final photos turned out beautiful and exceeded our expectations.Highly recommend Athena if you are looking for someone reliable, talented, and great with families.
Athena Galgiani Photography's reply
Thank you so much for your kind words! It was such a pleasure working with your family. I’m so glad everyone felt comfortable during the session and that we were able to capture genuine moments that you’ll treasure for years to come. I truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. It means a lot to me that you felt cared for throughout the process and loved the final images. Thank you for trusting me to document your family, and I hope to photograph you all again in the future!
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Morgan P.

Jan 6, 2020

Hired on Thumbtack

Athena is amazing!! She took photos of my family, 2 dogs included. She was so nice and easy to work with. I was nervous about getting good photos with 2 hyper dogs but she made it happen!! We had so many great photos to choose from and were so happy with the results!

Details: Family or children's portrait • Natural / environmental (photographed in an outdoor setting) • Candid (captured in the moment) • Traditional / classic (looking directly at the camera) • Artistic (focus on composition, lighting) • Outdoors • Flash drive • Digital or online download • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc.

Portrait Photography
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Kiri G.

Mar 18, 2019

Hired on Thumbtack

This was a fantastic experience for me and my family. We were able to take a mix of spontaneous and posed shots for an overall joyful presentation. The weather was not in our favor, but Athena’s professionalism and skill made the experience completely easy despite the rain. Thank you so much! We are incredibly thrilled by the pictures and the editing therein.

Details: Maternity portrait • Natural / environmental (photographed in an outdoor setting) • Artistic (focus on composition, lighting) • Candid (captured in the moment) • Outdoors • As recommended by the professional • Digital or online download • The portrait photographer travels to me

Portrait Photography
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Sophia D.

Aug 12, 2020

Hired on Thumbtack

Athena is truly amazing at what she does. She took amazing photos and you can truly tell that she knows what she’s doing. She was very casual but also very professional. She made me feel so beautiful and confident while getting my pictures. Definitely recommending to others and may be rescheduling in the future ! I was absolutely blown away when I saw my pictures even before editing.

Details: Graduation portrait • Traditional / classic (looking directly at the camera) • Candid (captured in the moment) • Natural / environmental (photographed in an outdoor setting) • Photo studio • Digital or online download • Physical proofs and prints • At the pro’s location

Portrait Photography
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