A young friend of mine expressed some interest in learning photography recently. I was going to take her to my backyard and teach her some basics about her camera. But, instead, another random opportunity presented itself. Mike’s Camera Shop in downtown Sacramento hosted a free photography meetup at the Sacramento Train Museum. I couldn’t think of a less interesting place to take a 12 year old girl so we headed out with promises that it would be a great place to practice her skills. It turned out we both had a blast taking photos of “creepy manikins”, welds, train wheels, cattle guards, old luggage, and to be honest things I don’t even know the name of. I considered it a success because my young friend took hundreds of photos and never got tired of looking at the details of cool old trains. She left boasting terms like depth of field, manual focus, and shutter speed. A highlight for me was watching her lay on the floor in order to get a cool shot with a “fuzzy background” as she called it. (Good photographers always get on the ground in my book!) We rewarded ourselves with an ice cream cone and a walk through Old Sacramento!
Train nerds rejoice. (You know who you are.) I took far more photos of train details than I care to admit. I hope you enjoy!
I consider this to be an “odd” subject to photograph so I am happy to submit the post to Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge!
Bulldog Travels / Photos By Jenny 
Cool trains. If you both visit New York one day another great train museum is the New York City Transit Museum located in Brooklyn, NY. My brother Stephen and I went there during the Christmas Holidays. You may find our Subway photos on http://www.roamingurbangypsy.com
Here is a link for the MTA — Transit Museum: http://web.mta.info/mta/museum/programs/
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Cool. Thanks! It was a fun subject to photograph for sure.
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Good train detail pictures, My grandson would love it there – and so would I.
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Thanks! There were lots of little kids there which was nice to see. I remember riding the train through Old Sacramento as a kid thinking it was pretty darn cool.
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This is indeed “odd” but superb also in such an imaginative way, a real treat for train and photography lovers
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Thank you kindly! Glad you enjoyed.
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I’m with you on the laying on the ground. Some of the best and most interesting views down there. How fun to experience it with a keen 12 year old. A wonderful and creative gallery.
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Thank you!
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Odd and interesting indeed, thank You for sharing!
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All A-BOOOOOOOOOOARD!
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Trains are not really my thing but these photos are really good…I loved looking at them.
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Thank you! I know how you feel. They aren’t my favorite topic either but I knew it would be fun to photograph the details. It became apparent quite fast there is a contingent of people out there that are VERY in to trains.
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Great pix.
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I love train museums! Pretty cool photos too! 🙂
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Awesome, thank you! Glad you enjoyed.
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Thank you very much! I super appreciate it!
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Your photos are all stunning! Great perspectives and close-ups. Also, I completely agree that photographers worth their salt will find themselves on the ground, crawling under fences and skidding down slopes and climbing and contorting at some point or another. It simply must be done. I hope you have a photo of your friend getting her shots, so you can cherish them. What a service you have done for the imagination and confidence of another. I am just grinning. 🙂
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I sure do. I have a picture of my young friend completely laying on the ground taking a picture straight up. It’s probably one of my favorite pictures. I showed it to her and we had a good laugh. Mental note. Where comfy clothes and comfy shoes. Ha ha.
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