KODAK MOMENT of the Day

I was wandering through my mother-in-law's garden to see the beautiful, yellow sunflowers, when I was struck by the sight of this red sunflower, as I had never seen one before.

This is my best friend's daughter, Valerie. She is adoreable and my star model for taking photos (when she cooperates -- you know how kids are). She is only 4 years old and what a personality. The day I took this picture she was playing out in the playhouse, and when she saw me, she stopped for a few minutes to pose. She is a princess.

Flamingos are one of the most interesting and colorful birds to watch and photograph.

On a recent trip around the British Isles we discovered this beautiful scene. At low tide one can walk through a causeway to the castle from shore. When the tide is in, water taxis (seen in foreground) are used to ferry people back and forth.

This is BullDozer (Dozer for short). He is our 8 month old English Bulldog. He loves just lounging around as you can tell. He really thinks he is the king and he is but we don't tell him.

All aboard -- the Union Pacific Railroad's CHALLENGER -- the largest wheeled machine on earth. This photograph was taken at a service stop in Gorham, IL.

This picture was taken in New Jersey in June 2004.

This is a beautiful place close to where I live. When I'm here, I have the feeling of travelling back in time.

I used the Kodak DCX 6490 and a Mini-MagLite to backlight the subject, turned down all the lights and set the camera to black & white using the highest shutter speed I could get in the manual mode. The photos was of a bouquet of flowers sent from my son's friends for the death of his grandmother. A copy of the photo was printed on the EasyShare printer dock and sent with a thank you card.

This photo was taken during the August 'monsoon' season in NW New Mexico. I was standing on my driveway down by the street. Most of the lightning strikes had died down and I was ready to pack up and go inside but I decided to stay for 'one more shot'. I'm glad I did! This bolt hit extremely close! The tree you see in the photo was directly across the street in someones yard. Needless to say, I went inside as soon as the shot was taken. The photo is special to me because it got me started on photographing lightning regularly, and I have captured many wonderful shots since then -- none however, as powerfull as this one.

Memorial to the Trade Center

For the last twenty years or so, the lives of more than 20 million people have changed. All those people once lived peacefully, and then came the hurricane of war and total madness. Now, when things seem to be settled down, due to NATO presence, the Eternal Flame is still on, symbolizing unity and brotherhood and the good old days of my happy childhood. Photo was taken in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. For me, the fact that I tried to freeze the fire symbolizes my tries to keep and remember pictures of childhood forever.

I found this inchworm at one of my favorite climbing spots. One of my hobbies is entomology and I often combine that with my love of photography. The idea came to me to shoot it inching along on the pages of my Bible. How small it looks in relation to the words on the page -- portrays how small I myself feel in the grand scheme of things.

This is a composite of two photographs. One of my daughter, Mackenzie, and another of her artwork.

I happened to look into my kitchen and liked the lines formed by the blinds and the chair. I thought it needed a little something else, though, so I put a kitty treat on the chair and voila-- it added the contrasting form I needed.

This is a picture of my three month old son. I took the picture when he was having his bath. It looks like he's still in the womb.

Thrillseekers ride the coaster at Lake Zurich's Alpine Fest.

I took this picture of me and my friends feet with an underwater camera. I think the design that the sun makes in the water is spectacular.

It sometimes fun to find the "bigger" picture within the "big" picture. I was sitting under a very large beach umbrella when I looked up and saw all of the patterns, shapes and colors that it made -- and just had to snap away.

This picture was taken in Guimarães - Portugal.

This picture was taken on the Snake River in Wyoming, very early in the morning. I love the transparency of the shallow river. Some of the pebbles I could touch as they where half out the water. It was a perfect mirror to the colorful Cotton Woods.

While driving through the Indian desert state of Rajasthan, we suddenly saw these women in their colourful attire and brand new earthern pots on their heads going to visit a newly wed bride in a nearby village. The sheer contrast of such vibrant colours with women cheering and singing against the backdrop of a dusty desertscape at 115F just changed the rest of our otherwise boring journey.

I caught "the boys" (aka, Buster & Finnigan) hiding from the heat of the day in the barn. It sums up their personalities to perfection -- they are like 2 boys with a fort to play in, and no girls allowed!

Photographed in Albuquerque, New Mexico using Kodak T-Max 100, 120 film.

This picture of a wedding couple in Montreal, was taken with a DCS 760. The picture shows how happy they were with the photographers.

I took this picture against the sun. In the original photo the leaves look transparent. I converted the colors with the help of several Photoshop filters.

I took this picture during my last travel to Puerto Rico. I really liked the whole scene, very typical of Old San Juan.

While on vacation, I visited a fascinating ethnic park in Beijing. I saw these cute little ducklings, and took several shots -- luckily I was able to get this one. I used the portrait and macro mode setting from my camera, and zoomed in just to fill the frame of four ducklings. I put more emphasis on the center duck, which happend to have the best pose among them.

Taken at the Angkor Wat ruins in Cambodia. His friend beside him was talking and laughing with some other people -- but this monk kept looking ahead, intently and stoicly.

This baboon was so sinister looking just laying there waiting for who knows what? Those eyes... The picture was taken during a trip with my daughter, Amy, in June 2004.

The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA is remarkable! There are so many beautiful views from all angles. This picture was taken at sunset. I could just spend days there.

This picture captures the very essence of my dog Marty. He's named after the Buffalo Sabres goal tender, Martin Biron.

I just love the contrast between the bright, sunlit foreground -- and the ominous, dark and foreboding stormclouds in the distance. I took this picture in October, on my drive to work near Keeler Township, MI.

I snuck up behind my sister in law just as her husband stole a kiss. The picture was taken while we were riding on the Ferry to Block Island, RI.

This picture was taken/made last summer.

Pictured here, a friend's child, peeking at me during a summer barbecue in Cortlandt Manor, New York.

The Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The fall colours began to appear here this year long before either the weather or the calendar said that fall was here. I shot this pretty autumn coloured leaf after a brief shower in late August.

This picture of my 22 month old granddaughter Jayde was taken in September. Jayde was diagnosed with Leukemia in April 2004 -- and the scare that we went through makes every picture of her is special to us. This one however, was taken at the right moment where she seems deep in thought and when the sun was setting, giving this awesome glow over her. It was as though it were her own personal "sunset."

I love this photo because it's a brief moment when all five of my Jack Russell puppies are actually still: they were just waking up from a nap. They're usually boundless bundles of energy. I took the photo in my backyard on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2004.

I rarely see these schooners anymore. But last week, upon arriving at Lighthouse Point one hot summer evening in CT, one sailed by! They make me think of how it must have been sailing in the "Old World".

These cows look mad, but they are very gentle. Perhaps its the pictures perspective that gives them that look. The picture was taken on a farm in upstate New York (Monticello) this summer 2004.

You can tell the season by the flowers that are in bloom. It's autumn again!

Beauty in nature is everywhere. This little guy had strayed onto a sidewalk. I got down to its level and started snapping pictures when it sensed my presence and looked right at the camera. I thought this photo depicted the snail in an unusual moment of communication. The photo was taken on August 30, 2004, in Oregon.

I was able to watch and listen to this incredible 91-year young blues man perform at a recent music fest.

While on vacation in Ireland, I took this picture cycling along the back roads of rural County Mayo. There were so many breathtaking views of lush green rolling hills, but this particular scene revealed the isolation and tranquility I enjoyed most. The picture was taken with Kodak APS400 film.

A special point of view -- of an ordinary photographed subject.

This picture is special because it was one of my first! I am an amateur trying to develop "the eye." It was taken on June 25, 2004 in Milford, New Hampshire

This photo was taken this past summer at Summer Camp, where many new friends were made.

The setting sun reflects on a collection of pumpkins getting ready for Halloween.

This picture was taken in Bowling Green, Kentucky at an International Heritage Festival. In my mind it captures the creativity of a musician that is playing a melody in his mind rather than to the outside world.

Water has a unique place for all of us as an essential of life. From our earliest times, mankind has held water dear, and invested it with special and sometimes mystical powers. Our whole cultural, literary and artistic heritage is steeped in references to water. It is a very precious resource, but today we often fail to recognise its value.

This is the picture we see from our window. Taken October 13, 2004.

This flower, just like one of thousands in my garden -- but this one just stood out against the clear blue sky.

I was setting up my camera and tripod to photograph the father of these two kids. I looked over my shoulder and was surprised to see these youngsters wrestling for position on a rock so they could see what I was doing. This image was captured on August 8, 2004. At nearly 14,000 feet elevation, it was a beautiful day on Mt. Evans in Colorado. The mountain goats are very gentle creatures.

This is a beautiful picture of my four girls taken in our backyard after swimming. Claire, age 3 1/2, and her identical triplet sisters, Mary Jane, Campbell and Grace, ages 2 1/2. They love freezer pops and Mom doesn't let them eat them inside (very often).

Everyone loves a Slinky! This is one of my favorite subjects to photograph as a slight change in angle or camera position can produce very interesting abstract shapes.

It's fall in Minnesota, and this is the river we live on. I LOVE the colors of this time of year!

Boo-ooo!

My daughter's surprised face, taken at an outside birthday party.