Galina Tarantul Photography Blog http://galinatarantul.com/blog Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:48:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 CHICAGO CHILDREN PHOTOGRAPHER| Gorgeous First Year Birthday Party! http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:48:56 +0000 Galina http://galinatarantul.com/blog/?p=680 I had a chance to take photos of this cutest little pumpkin’s first birthday party! It was just GORGEOUS! The whole atmosphere was amazing! Her mom thought out everything about the party to the littlest detail. The birthday girl had so much fun and so did all of the guests. I felt honored to be there taking photos for her first birthday knowing that one day she will grow up and look at them and remember how much she is loved and cherished.

]]> http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com/feed 0 CHICAGO CHILDREN PHOTOGRAPHER| ELIE http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:49:01 +0000 Galina http://galinatarantul.com/blog/?p=656 My love, my life, my everything!:)

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chicago children photographer, chicago kids, chicago baby photographer, photo session 2012, baby girl

]]> http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com/feed 0 CHICAGO CHILDREN PHOTOGRAPHER| BERNIE SALAZAR NEW BALANCE NORTH SHORE http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:30:22 +0000 Galina http://galinatarantul.com/blog/?p=602 On Saturday, March 24th, New Balance North Shore (Highland park, IL) was hosting a special appearance and presentation by Bernie Salazar and I was so lucky to be a part of this awesome event. Bernie is one of the most well-known and celebrated Chicago-area contestants from the popular reality TV show “The Biggest Loser.” Bernie was the at-home winner from season five, when he lost an astounding 130 lbs. He shared his incredible story on how his life changed for the better since he transformed his body and lifestyle. He is now dedicated to sharing his perspectives on wellness with others so  “we can all get healthy together”, and he has just written a new book for kids who are struggling with obesity.
Bernie was meeting customers at New Balance North Shore with his open heart, they talked and shared their stories..Then, Bernie gave a beautiful inspiring speech where he once more shared his own story and his goals and motivations with others.
That day nobody left the store without a positive healthy outlook and a special bag of gifts from the store!!
I myself had a great talk with Bernie and  I must say that he was a real pleasure to talk to and is one of the most inspirational people I have ever met.

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On Saturday, March 24th, New Balance North Shore was hosting a special appearance and presentation by Bernie Salazar and I was so lucky to be a part of this awesome event. Bernie is one of the most well-known and celebrated Chicago-area contestants from the popular reality TV show “The Biggest Loser.” Bernie was the at-home winner from season five, when he lost an astounding 130 lbs. He shared his incredible story on how his life changed for the better since he transformed his body and lifestyle. He is now dedicated to sharing his perspectives on wellness with others so  “we can all get healthy together”, and he has just written a new book for kids who are struggling with obesity.
Bernie was meeting customers at New Balance North Shore with his open heart, they talked and shared their stories..Then, Bernie gave a beautiful inspiring speech where he once more shared his own story and his goals and motivations with others.
That day nobody left the store without a positive healthy outlook and a special bag of gifts from the store!!
I myself had a great talk with Bernie and I must say that he was a real pleasure to talk to and is one of the most inspirational people I have ever met.
]]> http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com/feed 0 Happy Easter!! http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:34:03 +0000 Galina http://galinatarantul.com/blog/?p=582 I hope you all had a wonderful Easter this year. Ours was just perfect! Elie had so much fun decorating eggs, and was very excited about egg hunt and more excited about eating her chocolate candies and eggs :) ))

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]]> http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com/feed 0 CHICAGO CHILDREN PHOTOGRAPHER| CHICAGO KIDS http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:12:41 +0000 Galina http://galinatarantul.com/blog/?p=529 I love working on promotions. So here is one of them!

It’s always a lot of fun meeting so many kids and their parents. This year was incredible and I got so many great shots, but unfortunately I can’t post them all. I am afraid my blog won’t be able to handle it:))

]]> http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com/feed 0 Chicago Children Photographer | The most adorable birthday girl EVER! http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:39:09 +0000 Galina http://galinatarantul.com/blog/?p=502 I had a chance to capture the birthday party of this sweet little girl Karina. The party was great! Her mom organized every little detail. From the birthday dresses that Karina changed during her birthday to the totally awesome cake. Kids were having so much fun, they loved having their faces painted and playing with their new balloon animals. And the sweetest birthday girl Karina was so unbelievably happy during the whole party!:-)

]]> http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com/feed 0 One of my summer sessions.. http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:35:49 +0000 Galina http://galinatarantul.com/blog/?p=485 This summer I had a blast and so many sessions to share! So here is one of them. I always love to take this little girl’s pictures, she is such a happy child and her outfits are always so amazingly cute!!

]]> http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com/feed 0 Beautiful Victoria http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:21:21 +0000 Galina http://galinatarantul.com/blog/?p=416 Finally I am back on track again, editing and blogging! I am so thankful to my husband Alex who did our grocerry shopping yesterday, made dinner including Elie’s favorite muffins and even put her to bed:) I love this man more and more each day!
So, one of my recent sessions is here.  Perfect baby girl Victoria. She slept peacefully for her entire session and let me do a lot of set up with her. Isn’t she adorable! I just love this baby girl! She is so perfect!!

]]> http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com/feed 0 The cutest baby boy in the world! http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:53:45 +0000 Galina http://galinatarantul.com/blog/?p=353 I know I’ve been bad bad bad again..and didn’t post as often as I promised:( But it’s time to get back on track and here I am posting some images from one of my summer outdoor sessions..

Here are just a few photos of the cutest little guy ever!  He just turned one! What a handsome little man he is already can you imagine what kind of a heartbreaker he’ll be when he grows up:-)

]]> http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com/feed 0 What a doll! http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com http://galinatarantul.com/blog/http:/galinatarantul.com#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:14:39 +0000 Galina http://galinatarantul.com/blog/?p=337 I just have to share this session. This beautiful baby girl has been causing my heart to melt during the whole session. We had a blast and ended up with lots of awesome shots!! Can’t wait to see this little cutie again!

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