KODAK MOMENT of the Day

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.

Taken October 2004, at the Georgetown (DC) Boat House. I love the vibrant colors, composition, and reminder of vacations taken as a kid.

Taken in September 2004, this is a picture of my 2 1/2 year old daughter Lauren. We were playing at a local park and I was fortunate enough to catch this moment.

A long distance from any ocean, southern Colorado hosts mountain sized sand dunes. This image was captured at Great Sand Dunes National Park, October 2004. A very worthwhile travel destination for anyone. Amazingly beautiful sand dunes rise to rival the mountain peaks.

Will is a regular guest at a soup kitchen where I am a volunteer. He is one of the most kindhearted persons I have ever met, and I wanted to capture that essence on film.

This picture was taken in our garden pond in August 2004. We watched the frogs grow up from tadpoles to the hansome prince and princess of the pond.

This is my favorite photo of a dahlia! I took the photo at a dahlia show this past September with my trusty Kodak DC4800 digital camera.

This "abstractive zebra" was photographed using a Nikon camera with a 70-300 mm lens.

Taken during a performance of a ballet folklorico group as they danced in the fiestas of a community near San Miguel de Allende, in central Mexico. The dancers are high school age, and their costumes are typical of the state of Chihuahua.

This photo is of the World War II Normandy American Cemetery situated on a cliff overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel in Colleville-sur Mer, France. I took the photo while on a 3-week Student Ambassador trip to Europe.

I was pleased with the final result of this picture because of the contrast and glass like water. It was taken on the banks of the Ohio River in Marietta, Ohio early one foggy morning. The boat is the Delta Queen, a leisure boat for vacationing on the Ohio River.

I have to say I am an accomplice to the fly murder. I saw the mantis by my porch light, and I saw the fly cleaning himself -- so I put the mantis closer and it only took a second for him to spot the fly, sneak up to him and snatch him.

This shot was taken in Orlando, Florida, while on a business trip. In the midst of a busy city, these two birds were perched peacefully on a wire. The dusky feel of this shot is really relaxing.

I went apple picking with some friends -- but before we ate them up, I decided to take a photo.

This picture was taken during the opening week of the National American Indian Museum in Washington, D.C. - Sept. 2004. The subject, an American Indian from South Dakota was extremly gracious to all who took his picture. Each time I look at the picture I see a face rich in history and experience, and one that endured the tests of time to get to this historic moment of recognition.

Image of a series or rain drops caught on a single spider web that I took in my front yard. I like it because of its starkness and simplicity. Like many things in nature, I think that the very simplest things often go unnoticed and underappreciated for the beauty that such scenes contribute to our environment. Maybe that's why they are so temporary and quick to disappear.

My precious 2 year old niece, and favorite photo subject, was clowning for the camera during a visit to her grandparent's house in June, 2004. She is a very special young girl who made medical history as the first child in the world to have benefitted from a new medical procedure at New York Medical Center, to prevent an inherited form of cancer (retinoblastoma) that nearly took the life of her older sister, and most of her father's eyesight when he was a child. While she sat on the shaded front porch steps, an unusual lighting came from the sunlight bouncing off the sidewalk in front of her, which I thought enhanced her impish expression.

This picture was taken Nov. 7, 2004, from my driveway. These were the brightest northern lights I have ever seen!

Late fall wildflowers, appropriately called in Spanish mirasol [looks at the sun], turn like colorful little satellite dishes all seeking the same signal as they track the course of the sun during the day on the high plateau of the Sierra Madre near San Miguel de Allende in central Mexico.

No, no. . . not the camera stap! Taking a portrait of a hungry subject can be difficult :-)

While visiting a nearby orchard, I noticed these jars of honey lined up neatly. The light from a window was hitting them just right, reflecting natures bounty.

These are Darryl & Darryl, our pet wild turkeys who were hatched by one of our chickens. I took this early one misty morning -- I thought they looked so "handsome."

Drifting along in silence amongst the peaks of the Colorado Rockies. Fresh snow on the mountains and a clear blue sky provide a great view for the balloonists in the gondola. This image was captured near Breckenridge, Colorado on October 2, 2004. A thrilling ride in one of the most scenic places in the world.

This picture was taken in Callaway Gardens, Georgia, October 2004. It is special to me because it makes me think of my girlfriends.

A bouquet of Zennias.

Who could resist taking this picture. Oh what fun! And, oh what a mess!

The leaf was floating in a bird bath which was sitting under a trellis in my back yard. This created beautiful geometric reflections.

An early winter morning: the moon was slowly setting in front, the sun rising behind my back, temperatures way below zero Celsius -- and getting the converter, long lens and tripod ready almost froze my fingers. Natural beauty can sometimes be very simple. The picture was taken February 2004 near my hometown.

When you have family in other countries, you catch only snippets of their lives during brief visits to distant lands. I last saw Andriyko when he was a few days old. Now he's two. This image of him will be burned into my memory until I have the opportunity to visit Ukraine again someday.

I like the lighting, the architecture of the Abbey and the perspective of this picture. Taken at Buckfast Abbey, Devon, UK in 2003. The Abbey is a favorite tourist attraction.

I took this picture on location in Mysore, Karnataka, India.

This guy couldn't attend the Halloween party at school because he forgot to bring his permission slip. Major bummer.

We were walking quietly, when all of a sudden this engine appeared.

I zoomed in to get this air show team performing in Chicago's Air & Water Show, August 2004.

I took this picture last year, on the last day of Hannukah -- a shining reminder of the past.

Captured here, the movement and excitement of a beautiful piece of music.

They're more fun... because they're purple!

It was the first snow of the season! My front porch was all covered in a blanket of white, and made the perfect backdrop for me to snap a few pictures of one of my favorite subjects -- Chelsea :-) Chelsea was born on September 24th of 2001. She is native to Long Island and was named in honor of New York.

Who knew poison mushrooms could look so pretty? I had to lay in the mud to get this nice tight shot on these beauties.

This was taken after a ride on the London Eye at night. Instead of the typical angles to photograph, I decided to try something different and was impressed with the results.

This is a picture of my house. I was playing around with BULB settings and hand held flash. I set the camera on a tripod by the fire hydrant which is on the corner -- and away I went. The "flames" were created using a flare on a pole with me walking around the porch. Fun to do!

This picture is special to me because it was taken on the last night of Channukah while my mother-in-law and brother-in-law were visiting. I took it in our dining room where we had the Menorah placed, and was leaning out of my chair and looking upwards towards the flames of the candles.

This is a picture of my granddaughter taken last summer.

I took this picture in Chicago the 24th of November 2004. It was snowing and wind was really strong. I love that picture because it still gives me the same shiver I was feeling there in the storm.

This is one of my pet frogs. He is a Fire Belly Toad. Enjoy!

A "macro" shot of our holiday poinsettia. Tis the season!

This picture was taken in Brooklyn Park, MN. Because the children did not want their snowman to melt, I put up the large umbrella. This makes it special because I was preserving, at least for a while, a new pal of my children.

Holiday greetings to all!

Fun in PhotoShop with a photo of a "Slinky". I love those Slinky's, you can get them in all sizes and colors :-)

This is a picture of Jack Norrell, Italian Greyhound, posing for me in a Santa hat in the front of my house.

This is my grandson Braxton who is 7 months old. As you can see, he is in total "AHH" of Christmas. He brings back the true meaning of Christmas just by looking at his face. I think he see's Santa -- what do you think?

This was all an experiment! I had fun composing and creating this digital image in Photo Shop after I took the original picture of the cardstock triangles. Using the flood filter plug-in in Photo Shop, now it's more than just a photo.

This is my first picture in the snow. It was taken in December 2002 -- at Passo Lanciano, on the Maiella mountains in Abruzzo. The theme is "peace and quiet."

What d'ya mean, BIRD house? This guy has moved his whole family into our backyard bird house. Guess nobody told him!

This was an instant while visiting "Caminito" street in the city of Buenos Aires this past November. Even though it was a rainy day, these artists are dancing tango in the street.