Capitol cities tend to be in thankless positions as destination cities unless they are already an established metropolis like Boston or an established vacation destination like Honolulu. When political legislation is your city's mission, it's hard also to develop an interesting tourist destination.
Sacramento is like this. I had never been there, but I found myself going to a concert there with a friend, so I decided to spend an extra day taking photographs. I will probably never be back, which is not a statement made with negativity, just practicality.
Walking twelve miles with my camera on Day Two, I found plenty of interesting pockets in Sacramento and came home with a surprising plethora of shots to save. Other than the Capitol (which is beautiful), Old Sacramento is probably the next-most popular tourist destination, with its many restored buildings, train museum, and architectural details, as seen in this photo.
My background is in the field of architectural design, but just taking a technically perfect shot of a building is often not interesting. Most proficient with a camera can do it. My pursuit is of the neglected perspective; in this case, what's interesting about the building here is the stair detail. Buildings are sometimes too massive to capture in an interesting way, and over time, I have found success in boldly pursuing the details, which opens a window into the architect's mind and talent.
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