Give a gift!

I’m so touched by Christmas spirit that, I’ve got a plan. I want to give something back. I want to give the gift of a free portrait photography session. You can help me to give it to someone you know.
Leave a comment here, under this post, nominating someone you know. It can be a friend,sister, brother, your parents,your babysitter, your hairdresser or neighbor. Just leave a comment here with their name. You can send a link to your friends, they can select you. There are no limits on how many people you can nominate. On January 1st, I’ll select one winner from all the comments that will appear under this post using a Random Number Generator.
The only rules are:
- you can’t nominate yourself
- you have to post a comment before December 31, 11.59pm (San-Francisco time)
- person that you are nominating has to reside in San-Francisco Bay Area
Merry Christmas everyone!!
and Good Luck!















27 Comments
If I am not too late, I would like to nominate MY son Aaron Couts, I would love to see pictures of his “happy smile”.
Oh i might be too late, but i would like to nominate my friends cutest little thing Remi! Too adorable!!!!
24. I would like to nomitate my sons: Haziel & Nathaniel. Kisses for your beauty dugther.
23. I’d like to nominate a beautiful baby Remi .
22. I love pictures of Remi and I would like to nominate him !
What`s so nice! You are so sweet!
Here are some people on my list:
20. -my 3 sons :)+my husband
21. -Tatiana Paley (my kids godmother)
19. Michelle, Dave and Dylan West
18. Would love to see a session go to Hollie, Josh and there little 6 month old Madisen who all live in the city. Such a gorgeous family! lol
17. I’d like to nominate my son Remi!!!!! Halina your amazing work provided us with most adorable pictures of Remi.
P.S
Those blue eyes must win! :)
16. I’d like to nominate my good friend Katerina D., who lives and models in SF and has a little girl, my goddaughter Sophia :)
15. Good friend of my friends lives in SF area so I’d like to nominate him :)
14. I’m nominating my godgrandson REMI for beatiful pictures by very talented and creative photografer.
Thanx a lot!
13. I would like to nominate Aaron Madero. Brenna’s handsome boyfriend who can name all the Thomas trains and loves to entertain Nastia. : ) Brenna I am sure would love those pictures. Shhh don’t tell her I did it. I am sure his mom would love it too.
12. I’d like to nominate my friend Sima.
11. I’d like to nominate my best friend’s grandson– Remi Koch(Remchik). He is very cute and I love his first pictures.
10. I’d like to nominate adorable baby Remi Koch. He is 6 months now, but I can imagine these blue eyes at 16 years! Ladies, beware!
9. Halina, you’re an amazing photographer and I’d like to nominate cute and lovely Remi Koch for posing you for an awesome set of pictures.
Go Remi Go! You’re the winner in my heart!
8. I would like to nominate my friend’s son Remi Koch. He is super cute and I loved his first set of pictures :)
7. Remi! Remi! Remi! Ok, I am done :) Galina, we LOVED your work in July. We are definitely hoping that the Random Number Generator likes babies! :)
6. I would like to nominate my best friends CUTE son Remi…:) His first round of pictures were AMAZING!
5. I would like to nominate my grandson Remi. Great pictures – first in his life! Thank you!
4. Dear Halina,
Thanks so much for this opportunity to enter your gift lottery! I would like to nominate daughter Maya for a photo session. She is about to turn seventeen, and we are having a special Native American coming of age ceremony for her. She is beautiful and strong young girl, about to make the passage to womanhood, and I would use the portrait as a gift to our community in the traditional giveaway at the end of her ceremony.
Happy New Year,
Juana Alicia Montoya
3. I’d like to nominate my parents, they got poisoned with wild mushrooms the day before christmas, so magic holiday – magic photography to remember this moment by :)
My nephew lives in Italy. Is it possibly to participate in this session?
Talyana
Are they are planning to visit San-Francisco soon? if so, than you can nominate them! :)
2. I’d like to nominate the family of my friends – The Verniks. They have a 3.5-year old boy Mark and twins on the way (to be born early February). They live in Santa Clara and all of them are incredibly photogenic.
1. I would like to nominate my friend, Iryna Rybenko. They have two adorable children. Thank you!