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Visited the Old City Cemetery recently for a photoshoot.

The Sacramento City Cemetery was established in 1849 after a donation of 10 acres by Captain John Sutter (who was later buried there himself). The cemetery follows the Victorian Garden style, popular throughout the mid and late 1800’s. It is perhaps no wonder that this cemetery provides some wonderful photographic opportunities.

The gardens are maintained by volunteers and the 150 year old place is kept in immaculate shape. It has character, in so far a cemetery can have character. It is a place for reflection, remembering lost friends and family and sadness, yet it is beautiful and makes for a great place to go for a quiet walk, with or without camera.

The shot below was taken in November, towards the end of fall color, but the way the sun hit this tree caused every last bit of remaining color to blaze out in all its glory. Published here as an HDR.

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The Towe Auto Museum is located in Sacramento and a great place for car nuts, or for photo opportunities. I went there the other day and had a lot of fun. Here’s one taken with the Canon EF 17-40 mm f/4 L lens.

This next one is taken with the 24-105mm f/4 L

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I am always on the look out for “lines” and interesting textures. Wandering around town had me stumble upon this scene in a mall. Just goes to show there are interesting shots to be found everywhere.

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A glorious day in California (are there any other kinds?), but this day had fluffy clouds. That sounds weird, but only too often do we get clear blue skies and, while that is great for normal people, us photographers like to see some white up there. Makes for a much more interesting sky. So this is the Capitol Building, where Arnie rules these days. It’s very cool inside and I don’t mean temperature-wise. I’ll post some more in due course.

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Walking around Sacramento one night with members of the Sacramento Photography Meetup. The goal was to shoot neon signs. It soon began to rain and we all got excited because the wet ground made for some cool reflections. Funny people us photographers.

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