I took two pictures trying to make this shot work, and I think I should’ve taken a few more. I never got into the good photographer’s habit of taking a lot of shots to increase the odds of getting one which turns out just right. The other contender has a more interesting background (a car in blurred motion outside the window) but Lumina’s blurrier in it, so you get this one instead.

Originally posted to social media accounts on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2014.

And sometimes you just find random stuff in a trashy grocery store parking lot and made do with what’s available.

I don’t miss the old phone’s shoddy camera one bit, by the way.

Originally posted to social media accounts on October 10th, 2014.

I freely admit that this one’s a bit of a cheat. Lumina is clearly just on the ground, here. But since the fountain is built into the brick surface of the park, and this picture came out so nicely, and I make the rules here anyway, I’m allowing it.

There’s a bit of a Dutch angle thing going on here. I don’t remember why I went with the shot that is so tilted. Sorry about that.

Originally posted to social media accounts on August 18th, 2014.

I think they meant to say, “Automobile and duck traffic only.”

Originally posted to social media accounts on July 30th, 2014.

Portland Oregon’s Union Station isn’t one of the all-time great railroad stations in the country, but it’s not too shabby.

Don’t get me wrong. It’s shabby. Just, not too shabby.

Anyway, it has this great old weigh scale near the gates and I just had to put a duck on it. Note that I took a minute to slightly pixelate the reflection of the train passenger waiting on the bench, no mean feat using the tools available in my phone.

Originally posted to social media accounts on July 16th, 2014.

I simply could not pass up the opportunity to place my battery-powered light-up duck atop a battery-powered small car.

Originally posted to social media accounts on July 7th, 2014.