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My grandmother gave me a Brownie camera when I was eight
years old, then proudly showed my photographs of her flowers to her Garden
Society. The joy I felt as a young child while taking photographs for others to
enjoy remains today, and it is this passion that keeps me immersed in
photography.


My husband and I moved to Wisconsin in the mid-1970s and,
on impulse, I borrowed a Pentax K-1000 to take my first photography course. I
later attended the Madison Area Technical College and Edgewood University in Madison
where I took both art and photography classes.


In 2007, I received a digital camera as a gift and the door
to photography opened wider than ever. My world shifted as I saw the
possibilities that could be created using a camera and lenses — infinite possibilities
to document the natural world, architecture, history, seeing everything with a
new perspective.


"Even the smallest of details became intensely
interesting. Maybe that's why I love photography. I try to capture what I see,
my own interpretation, not what someone else might see."


I also became a contributor to WisconsinNative.com, writing
and photographing for both the Wandering Wisconsin and Travel Green
features on the travel website through December, 2008. My photography has also
been published in regional magazines, national travel guides, and in a book on
Functional Architecture which was published in London in 2009.


Though I shoot in many genres, I most love the experience
of photographing the natural world. Nature grounds me. I can be myself  --
in the forest, the mountains, the desert, or the prairie -- in solitude with
nature.


My hobby is now a career, as I write and photograph as a
freelancer as the principal of Seeded Earth Studio, LLC.

 

Bo Mackison

Seeded Earth Studio LLC

Madison, Wisconsin

Monthly Archives: December 2008

The List from the Front of My Journal

12*31*2008 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** life lessons ** macro ** nature ** photography ** wildflowers ** winter

This is the time for New Year’s Resolutions, but I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions. Too many big ideas for big changes, too little follow-through. So I’m not adding anything new to the list I already have written in the front of my journal. But I will do a review as an end of the...

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Preston Surface - You have stated some excellent advice in your journal. I especially liked the one, "Life is the journey, not the destination." Happy New Year to you.12/31/2008 - 9:24 am

Anna Surface - I really like your list. Indeed. Happy New Year, Bo! :)12/31/2008 - 9:32 am

Gandalf - I love the flower. Last year's over and the flower says it all. I will admit that I was surprised that your list made no mention of skiing, coffee or beer. :(/:)12/31/2008 - 9:51 am

suehenryphotography - Yes! A very good list. I especially like "learn something new every day!" Happy New Year!12/31/2008 - 10:05 am

Bo - No, Gandalf, no beer, skiing or coffee. But if I was a betting woman, I'd put fifty bucks down that all three are on your top 10 list. Yes?12/31/2008 - 10:07 am

Gandalf - That's a pretty good guess. You are very shrewd and have great insight. :) Verily you read me like a book.12/31/2008 - 11:36 am

jeanabaena - i love the picture. i think it would look great in sepia12/31/2008 - 1:32 pm

Debi - Love your list. Happy New Year - make it a safe and creative one!12/31/2008 - 1:34 pm

Marcie - I like your list of 'resolutions'. Have decided this year that instead of resolutions and promises to myself..I'm going to create a list of intentions. Breathe. Connect. Create. Wishing you and yours all the best for 2009!!!12/31/2008 - 2:01 pm

Grace - Happy New Year, Bo! I particularly liked your idea to act 'as if'....12/31/2008 - 4:33 pm

quinncreative - Writing every day makes you better at writing every day.01/01/2009 - 10:50 am

ybonesy - Happy new year, Bo. One of the highlights of my 2008 was getting to meet and spend time with you and Mr Bo, live and in person!! The photo, btw, is so wonderful. I love the simplicity of it, which is also what I love about your list. Simple, doable intentions.01/01/2009 - 11:26 am

In the Highest Field

12*29*2008 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** nature ** photography ** quotations ** winter

I think continually of those who were truly great
Who from the womb,
Remembered the soul’s history
Through corridors of light
where the hours are suns,
Endless singing
Whose lovely ambition
Was that their lips
still touched with fire
Should tell the spirit
Clothed from head to foot in song
and who hoarded from the spring branches.
The desires falling
across their bodies like blossoms.
What is precious is...

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Marcie - Wonderful image. Love the poem that accompanies. Perfect!12/29/2008 - 3:19 am

Gandalf - Awesome poem. The letter S did a good job. The flower heads seem to be marching, marching, marching - perhaps to shibboleth (you need to be a Fire Sign Theatre fan). :)12/29/2008 - 8:44 am

Olivier Jules - lovely capture12/29/2008 - 2:18 pm

bookbabie - Beautiful poem, never read it before, thanks for posting it with the lovely pic:)12/30/2008 - 9:17 am

jeanabaena - this might be my favorite winter picture yet :)12/31/2008 - 1:34 pm

Three Leaves

12*27*2008 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** nature ** photography ** winter

Madison has already had 35 inches of snowfall, and until today most of it was on the ground. Then a warm front moved in and a heavy fog settled on everything. Now there are bare patches of muddy earth peeking from the patches of snow.  But it made for a fun afternoon of photography.
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Laurie - Wow! That's a lot of snow. This is really pretty. Well done.12/28/2008 - 9:41 am

Preston Surface - We might get that much snow for the entire season, but gee wizz, what a lot of snow you get.12/28/2008 - 10:03 am

Marcie - we've had the same weather. Last week at this time - it was snowing heavily..and there was close to 2' of the white stuff. Today - it's early spring!!! Lovely image.12/28/2008 - 1:29 pm

RAW-Shooter - great colors on this one and superb DOF! happy new year 2 u!12/29/2008 - 3:39 am

Anna Surface - I love this. Beautiful in its simplicity. :)12/29/2008 - 7:14 am

Gandalf - I find the detail in the leaves amazing. Great shot.12/29/2008 - 8:40 am

lady.percy - I love how this shot is framed and the colors in it.12/29/2008 - 1:12 pm

jeanabaena - it looks like our weather now12/31/2008 - 1:34 pm

Picnic, Anyone?

12*27*2008 Posted in Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** nature ** photography ** winter

This is the very popular picnic area at Devil’s Lake State Park near Baraboo, Wisconsin. Today there are plenty of picnic tables available with a great view of the lake. These tables are usually at a premium. If you want to picnic here in July or August, you must set up your area at dawn.
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Marcie - Bitter cold!!!! The tables remind me of mushrooms popping up out of the snow. Very nice!!!12/27/2008 - 4:40 pm

ybonesy - Ha. Brrr, looks so cold. I need to remember not to feel as cold as I do when it's 15 degrees at night here.12/27/2008 - 10:44 pm

montucky - I take it there will be cold cuts?12/28/2008 - 6:59 pm

Bo - Montucky, of course there will be cold cuts, and iced drinks, too.12/28/2008 - 8:09 pm

Gandalf - Hey look on the positive side - no ants or mosquittos and your beer doesn't get warm.12/29/2008 - 8:39 am

burstmode - My oh my...It is beautiful but I am glad I live in the deep South.12/29/2008 - 9:01 am

lady.percy - Look at all that snow! Too bad most of its melted now. But, still a cool shot.12/29/2008 - 1:20 pm

Mailbox, Suspended in Winter

12*26*2008 Posted in Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** nature ** photography ** winter

This mailbox photo may become one in a series of photographs – the kind of series where one takes the same shot every season of the year.
We were driving home from a nature break at Devil’s Lake State Park near Baraboo, Wisconsin, when I saw the very mailbox I captured this autumn. It was an...

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Ulla Hennig - It really looks as if the mailbox is flying through the air - great picture!12/26/2008 - 5:47 am

Gandalf - Ulla's right. The mailbox looks like its hovering in mid-air. Perhaps it's a haunted mailbox? :)12/26/2008 - 7:32 am

Debi - Ha! I love it!12/26/2008 - 8:43 am

Anna Surface - That is really neat capture! It does look like the mailbox was in mid-flight! Ha-ha! :)12/26/2008 - 9:44 am

Laurie - Excellent shot here. Really well done.12/26/2008 - 10:12 am

Ron in L.A. - This is great Bo, really well done... ;) R(etc... )12/26/2008 - 11:23 am

montucky - That is a great shot! I noticed a story in one of the papers in NW Montana this morning where the county is taking no responsibility for mailbox damage from their snowplows. 'Course the bullet hole...12/26/2008 - 12:14 pm

Marcie - Funny! It really does look like a flying mailbox!!!!12/26/2008 - 12:23 pm

Robin - lol! That was exactly my thought when I saw this! I was ready to shout "Watch out, Bo!" Great shot. :)12/26/2008 - 2:31 pm

Joanna Young - It's wonderful - and a great idea to look at it through the prism of the different seasons.12/27/2008 - 3:12 am

HeyJules - Cool shot!12/27/2008 - 7:56 am

ybonesy - Ha, it really does look like it's suspended. Great capture!12/27/2008 - 9:44 am

jeanabaena - it's a flying mailbox :D12/31/2008 - 1:35 pm

amuirin - lol, that's delightful01/06/2009 - 2:54 pm

Credo at Christmas

12*22*2008 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** photography ** quotations ** winter

“At Christmas time I believe the things that children do:
I believe with English children that holly placed in windows will protect our homes from evil.
I believe with Swiss children that the touch of edelweiss will charm a person with love.
I believe with Italian children that La Befana is not an ugly doll but a good...

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Brad Shorr - Beautiful sentiments. Merry Christmas!12/22/2008 - 6:29 am

Marcie - Amazing how every culture has their own magical christmas belief. Beautiful!!!12/22/2008 - 7:04 am

Gandalf - Great image and a wonderful quote.12/22/2008 - 7:39 am

Pat Denino - Thank you for sharing this!12/22/2008 - 7:52 am

Debi - Lovely, Bo, both shot and sentiments.12/22/2008 - 9:22 am

bookbabie - Neat poem, thanks for sharing it, happy holidays Bo!12/22/2008 - 2:51 pm

Preston Surface - Great night time shot.12/22/2008 - 7:12 pm

suehenryphotography - Here's to the "believe with all children that there will be peace on earth." Merry Christmas to you and yours.12/22/2008 - 7:58 pm

Laurie - Such beautiful sentiments.12/22/2008 - 10:13 pm

Robin - Beautiful. :)12/24/2008 - 1:48 pm

How Did It Get So Late So Soon?

12*20*2008 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E 510 ** Wisconsin ** nature ** photography ** quotations ** winter

This year the Winter Solstice is on Sunday, December 21st. This day has the distinction of being the shortest day of the year and also the longest night of the year. In Wisconsin, once we pass the 21st, we have the pleasure of seeing each day get a bit longer as each night grows a...

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suehenryphotography - I know I'm in the minority, but I would love to have a good snow around here so I would have some beautiful photo opportunities. Beautiful capture.12/20/2008 - 9:23 am

Anna Surface - Oh, how very beautiful! I haven't been out to capture any snow scenes yet even though we have good snow cover and along with it, bitter cold. Yes, I'm all for the gaining of more daylight after the 21st. Solstice, a time of rejuvenation. Enjoyed the Dr. Seuss quote. :)12/20/2008 - 9:47 am

Debi - I, too, wish for some snow as we rarely get snow where I live. Love the quote!12/20/2008 - 10:43 am

montucky - Gorgeous shot! I'm also looking forward to longer days!12/20/2008 - 3:05 pm

Joanna Young - A wonderful photo and lines. I'm looking forward to the days starting to lengthen again here too.12/20/2008 - 4:25 pm

Marcie - Beautiful winter image. Pretty much what things look like around here. Happy solstice! Love the thought that the days are - from here on in - getting longer.12/21/2008 - 4:27 am

Richard Lovison - Beautiful image Bo. Happy winter solstice!12/21/2008 - 5:29 am

Rosemary - Beautiful winter picture12/21/2008 - 10:59 am

Aiyana - Great image and verse. Happy holidays, Aiyana12/21/2008 - 12:23 pm

Gandalf - Ski season is here. My skis are tuned. Now all I need is some time to get out on the slopes.12/22/2008 - 7:38 am

Success

12*19*2008 Posted in Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** life lessons ** photography ** summer

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Success – the ability to spend an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it.
~ Anon

Thinking about relaxing in that hammock last summer, as the snow falls and the city declares a “snow emergency.” Isn’t it funny that I would rather be successfully swinging in the shade by...

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organicsyes - I share your vision...although...the snow is calling me to get out and play...hmmmm...12/19/2008 - 7:25 am

Anna Surface - That is exactly what I need right now... in a hammock relaxing by the riverside. Lovely image! :)12/19/2008 - 8:39 am

Gandalf - Very enticing12/19/2008 - 11:21 am

montucky - Right at the moment, that scene has a lot of appeal!12/19/2008 - 8:04 pm

ybonesy - And here we are in NM, wishing for some of that snow. Just a bit more. (Like Blogavich's hair---is that how you spell his name---why does he have so much and some men so little?) (It's late, I should go to bed as I doubt that makes any sense at all.) 8)12/19/2008 - 11:49 pm

suehenryphotography - Sigh. Nice view and nice peaceful image.12/20/2008 - 2:12 am

Marcie - We too are in the midst of a 'snow emergency'. Lots of beautiful fluffy white stuff...but it does make me miss summer. Thanks for the reminder!!!12/20/2008 - 3:48 am

A Wisconsin Alphabet – The Finale

12*18*2008 Posted in Madison ** Milwaukee WI ** Olympus E 510 ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** macro ** nature ** photography ** poetry ** summer ** wildflowers ** winter

It’s a Wrap on the Alphabet, the End of the Year.
Here’s to a Holiday Season, Filled with Good Cheer.
To You and Yours, the Very Best
Bo

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visuallens - A very nice series of Wisconsin Alphabet photos and they all are beautiful and fantastic. You are always my favourite.12/18/2008 - 7:21 am

Marcie - Such a wonderful contrast between the summer sunflowers and the winter polar bear. Great job..and a wonderful round of applause!!!!12/18/2008 - 10:16 am

bookbabie - I think the last two are my favorites, Happy Holidays!12/18/2008 - 12:56 pm

Gandalf - The polar bear is great. How did you get that shot? I guess this is an example of always having your camera ready because you don't know when a great shot will be there. The alphabet was a great idea and nicely done. Are your going to try it with the Chinese alphabet next? :) Happy Holidays to you, too.12/18/2008 - 1:47 pm

lady.percy - :-] Very cute! Reminds me of Dr. Seuss!12/18/2008 - 3:22 pm

Laurie - Wow! Love the polar bear! Just beautiful. How and where did you manage that shot?12/18/2008 - 3:58 pm

Robin - The very best to you and yours, too, Bo. Happy Holidays. :) This was very well done. I admire your creativity.12/18/2008 - 4:39 pm

Amelia - This is so cool. I love the way the letters go from page to page. The polar bear is soooooooo cute.12/18/2008 - 4:46 pm

montucky - That was a great and enjoyable series, Bo! Happy Holidays!12/18/2008 - 7:03 pm

ceanothe - Soleil et neige, belle rencontre ! Sun and snow, beautiful encounters12/19/2008 - 1:47 am

Debi - You've earned a Gold Star for your efforts! Bravo! Happy Holidays to you and yours, Bo!12/19/2008 - 4:15 pm

Grace - You are so talented! Not only a "Vision"smith, but a wordsmith as well! Happy holidays to you and yours, Bo! Stay warm!12/19/2008 - 5:38 pm

ybonesy - You are indeed talented, Bo. How in the world did you capture such a close-up of the polar bear? This was great. I thoroughly enjoyed it.12/19/2008 - 11:41 pm

A Wisconsin Alphabet – Part VI

12*17*2008 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E 510 ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** nature ** photography ** poetry ** spring ** summer ** wildflowers

For the final installment, see  A Wisconsin Alphabet – The Finale .  Or start at the beginning with A Wisconsin Alphabet – A through D.

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Marcie - Almost there. Love the windvane image. Am looking forward to the final installment. :-)12/17/2008 - 3:16 am

Gandalf - Clever use of the mayapple.12/17/2008 - 8:11 am

montucky - I love the May apples! Wish we had a larger alphabet!12/17/2008 - 10:08 am

Bo - Actually, Montucky, I'm kind of glad we only have 26 letters. I don't think I could have gone on much longer. And it's a good thing I had a stockpile of 10,000 photos from 2008, or I would never have been able to do it. It was a great creative activity though. The rhyme was rather fun to do, but putting it together took a lot of time.12/17/2008 - 2:08 pm

organicsyes - ohhhh....clever you! Love this theme:)12/17/2008 - 3:34 pm

Anna Surface - LOL Very nice! I love the eXercise bike with a view. :)12/17/2008 - 4:36 pm

quinncreative - These are just a perfect combination of clever, delightful, interesting and fun. The contrast of pictures is wonderful, too. And so are the words, which boost the pictures. Yep, tasty joy for sure!12/17/2008 - 5:38 pm

ybonesy - The weiner is such a winner (weiner) and the exercycle---what in the world? Did you just stumble upon that one? What a great use for an old, out-of-date gadget.12/17/2008 - 11:49 pm

organicsyes - When can I get a copy of your A-Z book??? I just had an epiphany!!! These are lovely rhymes and as I read, I pictured the Edward Gorey book! I fell into the rhythm of the rhymes and found my mind wandering to darker images... You are amazing!12/19/2008 - 7:27 am

Debi - I love the way you see your world, Bo. This is so great!12/19/2008 - 4:14 pm