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.
suehenryphotography - Strong while maintaining a sense of grace...
Well spotted and captured.03/30/2009 - 2:27 am
Marcie - Wonderful architectural image. Love the repetition of elements. Almost abstract..but not quite.03/30/2009 - 5:46 am
Ron - Very nice Bo, like it a lot...
R(etc... )03/30/2009 - 7:49 am
bookbabie - Love the curve, it makes the shot much more engaging:)03/30/2009 - 9:36 am
Anna Surface - Nice strong lines in an almost abstract. I agree with the four comments above. :) You know, come to think about it, I really like buildings with strong lines and warm, sharp colors.03/30/2009 - 12:27 pm
montucky - Makes a great photo!03/30/2009 - 6:21 pm
witchyborder - Perfect picture.03/31/2009 - 2:55 am
Gandalf - cool shot04/01/2009 - 7:37 am
Debi - Pretty!04/01/2009 - 6:30 pm
Robert Burcul - My first impression looking at that photograph (never seen the place before)was ...high fence ,jail? Inner world vs outer world ...It always amazes me how the same photograph can have different emotional responses in people04/03/2009 - 7:52 pm
While traveling on the High Road from Santa Fe to Taos last October, we stopped at Santuario de Chimayo. It is a popular shrine and well attended by the faithful in the community and surrounding areas.
There are many crosses in the area, both at the small churches in each village and in roadside settings. Some...
Gandalf - Do you have other shots? The crosses in NM are a very interesting part of the culture and tradition. I'd be interested in seeing more.03/25/2009 - 3:48 pm
montucky - I absolutely love the first one! So typical of the southwest!03/25/2009 - 7:04 pm
Marcie - The crosses are - from what I understand - an important part of New Mexico's current culture and past history. Wonderful study!!!03/26/2009 - 9:01 am
robertmillerphotography - excellent, I too like the first one outlined by the sky.03/26/2009 - 11:02 am
jeju - i like the dangly beads03/28/2009 - 11:23 am
ybonesy - Oh, these are so great.
Hey, did you ever do a post on descansos? The question that Gandalf raises reminded me of that. I'd love to see those.04/01/2009 - 3:51 pm
Xtine - I loved all the crosses. Thank you.04/02/2009 - 7:40 pm
I can finally report that Spring is making an appearance in Wisconsin. We had temperatures reach the mid-50s both days this weekend and the earth is thawing. When I walked through the yard this evening to examine the different gardens, I was happy to see the daffodils near the front door showing a bit of...
suehenryphotography - These is nothing like "spring green" poking through.03/23/2009 - 6:05 am
Anna Surface - My daffodils are finally pushing through with some green and other yards around in the neighborhood have daffodils blooming. Always nice to see a bit of green! :)03/23/2009 - 6:43 am
Susan - Oh! Thanks so much for sharing that little peek of green -- it's a salve for the winter-crusted soul, as you know! No, green for us in Maine yet (we actually had a snow shower yesterday afternoon!), but it's coming soon, I know it... Happy spring!03/23/2009 - 11:39 am
ybonesy - Yeah, funny how Spring knows when it's the first official weekend. Even if the following week it retreats for a while, that first weekend is often so springlike.
Coldish here---high 40s---after hitting the low 70s and high 60s on Sat and Sun.03/23/2009 - 2:01 pm
gypsy-heart - Oh how divine..I love this! So much contrast between brown and green. The symbolism is perfect...new life reaching up..from the sleeping earth.
I think your title and comment was great too!
Thank you for sharing your world, Bo. :)03/23/2009 - 2:46 pm
montucky - We are getting those little shoots too, but now the forecast is for more snow.03/23/2009 - 6:58 pm
mon@rch - Those green's are such an amazing color! I can't wait till everything is green again!03/23/2009 - 8:39 pm
ForestWander Flower Nature Photography - Spring is certainly in the air.
Things are popping up all over.
Blooms are starting to come out and it is time to get outside ourselves.
I actually saw some daffodil blooms out this past week.03/24/2009 - 7:47 am
Gandalf - making progress. Ski season is dead. Long live fishing season.03/24/2009 - 4:39 pm
Here’s a sure sign of Spring’s arrival. Lambing is in full swing at the A-Z Farms in Oregon, Wisconsin. Thus far, 167 lambs have been born in the last two weeks. 91 ewes have had their babies; 19 ewes are still waiting as of 8 am on Sunday, March 22.
Scoreboard: 28 single births, 44 sets...
Gandalf - Yum - which one is dinner and which one is lunch?03/22/2009 - 1:46 pm
montucky - Cute! Mama doesn't seem to mind a bit.03/22/2009 - 4:26 pm
suehenryphotography - Cute. Cute. CUTE!!!!03/23/2009 - 6:20 am
Anna Surface - Wow! Lambing sure is in full swing. Cute little lambs. :)03/23/2009 - 6:42 am
visuallens - Cute capture! I wonder why the little lambs have two different color.03/23/2009 - 10:58 am
quinncreative - Sheep, like cats, often have multiple mates, resulting in different colored lambs. I see a black sheep of the family emerging! Love the little guy standing on Mom!03/23/2009 - 1:17 pm
ybonesy - Woah, 44 sets of twins and 17 triplets! Are those lamb breeders using fertility drugs or what?!
The lambs are adorable, Bo.03/23/2009 - 2:03 pm
Bo - Nope, no fertility drugs. This is an organic farm.
It's typical for a mama ewe to have twins, especially if it's not her first pregnancy. Triplets are not unusual, but quadruplets are somewhat rare. This farmer was expecting maybe one or two sets of quads at the most, but so far there have been none born in fours.03/23/2009 - 5:48 pm
morningjoy - The things a mother will put up with!
167 lambs! Now that's production.03/23/2009 - 8:04 pm
The doors of the University of Wisconsin – Madison Arboretum are panels of stained glass deeply tinted in greens and golds. And I love that you can see just the hint of the natural world through this colorful portal. As for the choice of colors . . . green and gold remind anyone of a...
All the world looks like it’s coated with a glaze. I wonder when the oaks will finally give up and drop last year’s leaves.
Soon it will be time to replace the browns in the landscape with greens. I did see quite a bit of the Irish green yesterday, it being St. Paddy’s Day, but that...
aullori - brilliant.. this shot is so great it hurts a bit. just brilliant.03/18/2009 - 12:08 am
uphilldowndale - Just waiting for the rising sap, to push last years faded canopy off the end of the the twig, not long now03/18/2009 - 3:14 am
Marcie - Absolutely gorgeous! Amazing that some leaves survive the entire winter.03/18/2009 - 6:14 am
Bo - Is that what happens? How have I managed not to pick up that tidbit in all my years! Well, the sap is running down my maples, so you are right, it won't be long now.03/18/2009 - 6:42 am
Anna Surface - Beautiful capture. :)03/18/2009 - 8:00 am
suehenryphotography - So neat how you took what some consider a dreary subject (rain and dead oak leaves) and gave it a sparkle and bright outlook.03/18/2009 - 9:22 am
Laurie - Very beautiful. Lovely details.
I'm ready for some green too.03/18/2009 - 11:07 am
burstmode - I hope the real green gets there soon. In the meantime, a beautiful photo.03/18/2009 - 11:39 am
montucky - Beautiful photo! I'm far from being tired of seeing shots like that!03/18/2009 - 3:20 pm
Preston Surface - Those are some very wet looking leaves. Great capture.03/18/2009 - 6:51 pm
solange foix - Magnificent!!! great work...03/19/2009 - 8:41 pm
quinncreative - Wonderful color, wonderful work!03/20/2009 - 12:14 am
Gandalf - Wonderful texture03/20/2009 - 10:06 am
jeju - i like the water dripping off03/21/2009 - 7:43 am
Roseman Bridge was built by Benton Jones across the Middle River several miles southwest of Winterset, Iowa. It remains in its original setting. It is 107 feet in length. The Roseman Bridge was renovated in 1992 at a cost of $152,515. It was chosen as one of the main settings for the movie The Bridges...
Ron - Very nice Bo, love the top image...
R(etc... )03/17/2009 - 10:35 am
burstmode - I never saw the movie but I love the lines on the bridge.03/17/2009 - 11:24 am
montucky - From what I've seen in your photos, those gorgeous bridges are well worth celebrating!03/17/2009 - 6:16 pm
aullori - I really did recognize it.. and then I felt kind of like "hey, Lori your a nerd because you knew what that was.." ahh Oh well. Fabulous book, great movie not your greatest photograph but still very pretty.03/18/2009 - 12:11 am
Bo - I'd rather be shooting nature, too, Lori. But I had these photos from last fall, and wanted the bridges to be documented. So the 5 covered bridges I photographed are all posted now. I'm a bit glad there aren't more.
Though actually there IS one more bridge in Madison County, but we were on our way home after a 2 week road trip, and had neither the time nor inclination to track back and photograph the Cedar Bridge after a morning of shooting. Maybe next time I'm in the area I will complete the set.03/18/2009 - 6:48 am
suehenryphotography - The top image is perhaps my favorite (photographically speaking) of the series you have presented.03/18/2009 - 9:30 am
aullori - I love that you catalogued it Bo. (I can completely relate to that need.... hell, sometimes it's my personal curse.) ;) If I lived where you do I wouldn't pass them up either.03/18/2009 - 11:27 pm
Gandalf - nice series of photos.03/20/2009 - 10:05 am
The Cutler-Donahoe Bridge is the only remaining covered bridge in Madison County, Iowa to have two names. The bridges were usually named after the family that lived the closest, but both the Cutlers and the Donahoes demanded naming rights. Guess they didn’t have bidding wars back then.
This bridge was built in 1870 by Eli Cox....
montucky - That's another beauty! I'm so glad to see they being preserved. I wish I could have been around to help build one!03/14/2009 - 8:42 pm
suehenryphotography - I've so enjoyed the covered bridge series. I looked up the location of Madison County, Iowa to determine if it was close enough to "home" to visit one of these days. Sigh...looks farther than a "day trip."03/15/2009 - 8:43 am
Marcie - Love the first image and how you captured the light filtering thru...the one person walking. Wonderful mood!03/15/2009 - 12:37 pm
Gandalf - love the light play03/20/2009 - 10:02 am
Another covered bridge from Madison County. Now that I have dug into my archives from last October, I am determined to get this series of bridges posted, and then I can cross this off my photo to-do list.
This bridge was built in 1884 by Benton Jones. (Benton appears to have done most of the bridge...
organicsyes - You are awesome:)03/13/2009 - 6:52 pm
uphilldowndale - Glad you explained why they are covered otherwise they would seem somewhat over engineered, in such an open landscape03/14/2009 - 7:00 am
Debi - What great fortune that you get to experience these amazing bridges!03/14/2009 - 3:18 pm
montucky - Their present condition is impressive, given the age of the structures. Well worth the effort to maintain them in my opinion!03/14/2009 - 3:30 pm
jeju - i like seeing the landscape in the distance03/15/2009 - 6:46 am
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