KODAK MOMENT of the Day

A New Year Hyacinth.

I shot this photo in November 2004, when we had our honey moon in Hoi An, Viet nam. This old woman was so happy after I had bought her some bananas. I love her very much, she reminds me of my grandmother!

Here is a picture from the Fiesta Ware series I shot in December. An excercise in color, lighting, form, and composition.

A family friend and a handsome young man.

These are some rusty old disc blades off a plow in the iron pile! They caught my attention with the colors and designs they formed. It always amazes me how much beauty can be found through the camera lens!

Taken in August 2004, this is our Puppy Bella on her first trip to the local Fire house In Oaklyn, New Jersey. God Bless the USA.

I came across this guy in a fishing port in southern Puerto Rico in March 2004. He seemed to be a character and let me take his photo. To obtain this effect I oversharpened it and then applied a diffuse filter to it -- and really like the way his face and beard looked like a painting.

Its a bit more crunchier than I remember as a kid. Just having some fun with these beads.

I have loved this image from the moment I snapped the shutter. It's simplicity and vibrant colors facinate me. It was taken in a wildlife refuge near New Orleans while on a photography trip with my brother whom I rarly see. It depicts a wild frog in it's natural habitat.

...chaotic office. This is my father, Dr. Goong Chen, a professor at Texas A&M University. Ironically, he always insisted that I keep my room clean when I was younger!

This is one of the first pictures I took with my DX6490. I was experimenting with my new camera and new puppy. She was sleeping until the Red Eye flash went off -- she opened her eyes just in time for the photo.

This is my favorite image of my children. They were dancing on a sand dune at Jockeys Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Even though it was taken this summer, it still warms us up every time we look at it.

My plea for the well being of the victims of the tsunamis ...

Taken at a car show. I liked the texture and contrast of the wood and metal.

Although they live in separate villages in Ukraine, these sisters remain close.

I believe this picture shows the beauty of a Norwegian winter. The picture is shot outside the city Bodø, in the northern part of Norway during the last sunrays of the season. After this, we don't see the sun for months. This picture relate to the theme "nature" because it shows how beautiful nature can be, even with human interference.

I like the Black & White effect as well as the contrast. The picture was taken during a Safari in Israel.

This picture was taken at the annual NCAA training for new football officials at Ohio State University Stadium in August of 2004 - with a Kodak DX6490.

I was taking a series of pictures of our dog's paw just for fun when my son reached his hand into the photo. I love this picture! Details:macro setting on lens; under shade of bright day; flash used.

My 3 year old daughter just began ballet lessons. She wants to wear her dance clothes everyday. I took the opportunity one day as she was dressing herself to capture this.

The picture was taken using my Kodak LS443 in Jan 2004, during the Chinese New Year at the Tien Hou Temple in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I like the colour of this photo.

I really like this image because it's a drama about a small tree. What usually lives on a mountain, lives here between two buildings. Only the painted wall gives the tree its everyday needs. Yellow is the light, blue is the water, and the grey of the sidewalk is the soil. Cruel isn't it?

Taken at a Civil War reenactment at Hammonsasett State Park, Madison, Connecticut.

I caught this picture while my kids were feeding the swans at Round Pond, August 2004. The pond is in front of Kensington Palace in London. Their necks formed a perfect heart for Valentine's day. I couldn't believe I caught them at just the perfect moment.

A canoeist leting off steam just after the winter holidays at a white water center here in Wales.

Taken in July 2003, Nockberge National Park, Austria. Shows the free summer life of the cow in the "great wide open" of the alpine pastures.

A beautiful afternoon playing with my daughter... I took this picture impulsively when the light was shining through the living room window.

This is the south branch of the Moose River, in NY's Adirondack Park near Old Forge, New York. The photo was taken in August 2004, but because it was shot in infrared, the leaves appear white like snow.

I liked the strong colors of these Fire Station doors in red. Taken in Yonkers, New York, January 2005 -- my first photo taken in the New Year.

I took this picture in the summer of 2002 while snorkling in Cancun, Mexico. The turtle got so close and stayed around me for a long time -- at one point I thought he was going to swim into me. I love the way the fish are catching a ride, and in return are cleaning the algae off the turtles shell.

This picture is special to me because it reminds me of the trip my wife and I took to NYC for Christmas 2002. It also reminds me of the freedoms I am granted and the rights I have as a citizen of the United States of America.

I was thinking of doing a photo for a backlighting photo project and this is one of the images I came up with. The photo was taken in November 2004.

I took this picture on a construction site near where I am living in China. I walk past this person everyday, and since I'm a foreigner they all stare at me. One day I took my camera and they were really amused. I like taking photos of the people on the streets -- and think I captured a good expression on this photo.

Big horn rams on a mountain near Empire, Colorado posed for a portrait. I had to scramble up a mountainside to get close enough. They were calm and curious as long as I stayed below their position. This image was captured in May 2004. These animals love the mountain slopes of Colorado.

This was a picture I took for a photography course at Bowling Green State University in Ohio -- it was a reflection assignment. To create the reflection, I held a Hollywood poster below her face to get the reflection in the glasses. Then I did a few touch ups with Photoshop and some cropping. I won an award for my class with this picture. Hope you enjoy!

A closeup of the burners in my furnace. I thought they looked like a jet fighter or some kind of sci-fi hardware with the blue flames shooting out of the ends. I used my digital camera to capture the picture, and used NeatImage and lots of spot editting to clean up hot pixels and the noisy areas. Curve and Level adjustments brought additional details out of the shadows.

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Something about the smile ...

I love nature, there's nothing more relaxing than being out in a rainforest, or somewhere similar, and listening to the wildlife. I took this picture in the Eungella State Forest in Central Queensland, Australia The Orange Eyed Tree Frog is quite common in these parts, I love the sometimes comical look you can capture on their faces and in their body language

Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina is a city of modern buildings. They combine to form many interesting shapes and reflections.

Pale Male is a city dwelling Red Tailed Hawk. He is seen here with one of his chicks watching as his mate, Lola, returns to the Park Avenue nest he has occupied since 1991. This family of Red Tails have happily adapted to city life and are the darlings of a large following of non-feathered New York City residents.

This was taken with a Kodak One-Time-Use Underwater camera. I was so impressed with how well the picture came out!

I loved the way the lighthouse looked against the dramatic sky during my visit to Cozumel, Mexico.

This picture was taken at a local cemetary in Pinellas County, Florida.

I have taken many pictures of this tree in all seasons -- but on this day in January 2005, everything seemed right.

This little girl was returning home after a visit to a local mission in Uganda, Africa. Her parents wanted to give her to the church to care for, because they didn't have the resources to do so. I will never forget her little eyes -- I just wanted to bring her home to my family. I will always remember that day, and her eyes.

Just one of the first photos of our cat. =^..^=

Mike lives in the streets of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I met him while volunteering at a local community mealsite where I am a volunteer. Mike is a talented charcoal artist and we connectted as two folks who love art. He has captured my likeness in charcoal and with his permission, I have captured his likeness on film. I feel privleged to know this person.

Taken in our back yard early one cold February morning. The colurs seemed especially attractive to me.

This is a photo of my adopted son, taken in our driveway. He loves posing for the camera.

This picture captures the moment before capture and shows nature's food chain in action. It was taken in a field west of Montreal, Canada, on a Saturday morning.

This was taken in the Bottanical Gardens. Brisbane, Australia. The combination of lines and silhouette grabbed my attention.

On their first winter visit to Maine, our children Rebecca, Kylie and Connor enjoyed a day of fun on a frozen lake. This is a picture of Kylie trying to stay warm.