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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

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Green Places

03*08*2010 Posted in Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** garden ** nature ** photography ** wabi-sabi

The sun is shining, the snow is melting. I always think of mid-March as the teaser. Sunny days, almost touching the 50˚F mark. The a dip back into the teens or 20s and frosty again. There are bits of my yard where there are peeks of grass, though much of the yard is under 6...

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Rosie leaves 'n blooms - Hello there and welcome to Blotanical - I hope you enjoy meeting new gardeners over there - normally I post on blogs and send a message through Blotanical but this week I don't have alot of free time. Pop over to my scottish garden blog sometime. I too am yearning for those spring days - they can't come soon enough03/08/2010 - 2:44 pm

Montucky - Love the green! Here now there are tiny green things emerging from the ground. So welcome!03/08/2010 - 7:45 pm

Marcie - Yes...we're being teased by spring as well. Love the repetition of pattern here. Almost abstract..but not quite.03/09/2010 - 4:24 am

Gandalf - great visual pattern, and alas Spring will come and ski season will be done dancing. :(03/09/2010 - 7:34 am

Molly - Springtime! Gotta love it. This is a simple but very pleasing shot. :)03/09/2010 - 10:43 am

Debi - YAY! for Conservancies! They keep us sane during the winter months!03/11/2010 - 3:22 pm

Trio of Orchids

03*04*2010 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** garden ** macro ** nature ** photography

The sun is shining more, and the snow is melting, though I still have over a foot of snow in my yard. It will be awhile before I see flowers popping out of the ground in my neighborhood.
The next best thing is taking a drive across town to Olbrich Botanical Gardens and spending a couple...

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Karen Wallace - What beautiful blooms Bo! I'm thrilled that even in the snowiest of times you can see a little 'tropicalness'...03/04/2010 - 2:52 am

Marcie - Exquisite detail. WOW!03/04/2010 - 7:40 am

Gandalf - Very lovely. I find orchids to be exquisit flowers.03/04/2010 - 7:54 am

Anna Surface - Bo, you are so fortunate to have Olbrich Botanical Gardens close by. These are exquisite orchids... as others have stated. Lovely close-up, composition and detail bringing the flowers forth in a pop with hello faces. :)03/04/2010 - 8:41 am

debsgarden - You have some beautiful photographs on your blog! This orchid s a wonderful color. I just happened upon your site in a roundabout way through blotanical. I will visit again!03/04/2010 - 9:50 am

Molly - Simply lovely. And they are purple which makes them even prettier!03/04/2010 - 4:58 pm

Montucky - How beautiful! I would love to have a place like that close enough to visit on a cold winter's day.03/04/2010 - 8:03 pm

Debi - Sigh. I'm so ready for spring!03/05/2010 - 12:29 pm

bernie kasper - Beautiful image Bo..I can never photograph Orchids to my liking but you really nailed this one, fine work !!03/05/2010 - 3:57 pm

Sue - Wonderful color and detail. Lovely image.03/07/2010 - 12:38 pm

joey - So lovely and fun to photograph!03/10/2010 - 8:27 am

Fuzzy Ficus

02*28*2010 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** garden ** macro ** nature ** photography ** wabi-sabi

A first glance, it appears that these ficus leaves have encountered a cold weather frost. Not so. This ficus plant grows in the Bolz Conservatory, the glass greenhouse that keeps the tropics alive in a tiny part of wintry Madison. And the white is the fuzziness of its new growth.

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Montucky - That's really pretty! Looks like a furry winter jacket on the leaves.02/28/2010 - 4:08 pm

Marcie - Exquisite detail. That white fuzzy stuff looks so soft...03/01/2010 - 6:18 am

Gandalf - Reminds me of Fuzzy Wuzzy03/01/2010 - 8:04 am

Molly - The detail is incredible in this.03/01/2010 - 1:19 pm

Debi - AH, man...I'm ready to see some new green growth, fuzzy or not! This is choice - thanks for the treat!03/03/2010 - 2:32 pm

Palm Shadows

02*19*2010 Posted in Olympus E-P1 ** Southwest ** garden ** photography ** travel

Missing Tucson’s sunny days, but I have photos enough to keep me busy until the flowers bloom in Madison.

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Marcie - Love the colors. Great eye to have seen and captured these extraordinary shadows!!!02/19/2010 - 7:10 am

Montucky - Beautiful! How nice it must have been to spend some time there this time of year!02/19/2010 - 10:54 am

Sue - Now THAT is a wild image. Great eye to have spotted that one!!!02/20/2010 - 5:55 am

Debi - Very pretty!02/20/2010 - 8:36 am

Molly - Indeed, love the shadows.02/20/2010 - 7:23 pm

Gandalf - Very sharp edges. cool photo.02/23/2010 - 7:19 am

Yearning for Spring

01*30*2010 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-P1 ** Wisconsin ** garden ** macro ** nature ** photography ** wabi-sabi

I’m experimenting with the Lensbaby Composer, a sweet little lens on a ball and socket that allows me to swivel the lens and focus on a focal point – or not! I find that using what some photographers refer to as a “play lens” frees me from the rules and lets me take photographs that...

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Sue - I simply HAVE to get a Lensbaby. I keep talking about it, but I think it's time to do it! Love the effect you achieved in this one.01/30/2010 - 4:22 pm

Robin - This is really beautiful, Bo. I'm yearning for spring as well. I've had enough of this bitter cold.01/30/2010 - 4:56 pm

Gandalf - Well as to Spring the Ground Hog has his say on Tuesday. The abstract feel of your lensbaby is pretty cool.01/30/2010 - 5:38 pm

Montucky - I like the image and color, Bo. For some reason it immediately made me think of pictographs, perhaps Egyptian.01/30/2010 - 7:56 pm

Marcie - Such beautiful greens. Have been wanting to play with a lensbaby myself. What unusual and wonderful 'spring' effects!!!01/31/2010 - 1:13 pm

Molly - Very springtime! Like this one. :)02/02/2010 - 10:01 am

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Moth Orchids

01*23*2010 Posted in Olympus E-P1 ** Wisconsin ** garden ** macro ** nature ** photography ** wabi-sabi

Another visit to my stash of photographs from the Olbrich Botanical Garden. There’s something about this row of orchid flowers that makes me feel like I’m in a flurry of purple moths.

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Molly - Simply beautiful, the purple makes it even lovelier.01/23/2010 - 6:44 pm

Montucky - Very pretty, and I can relate to the feeling. Those do look like beautiful wings.01/23/2010 - 8:51 pm

Marcie - Such simple and exquisite beauty and detail!!!01/24/2010 - 10:18 am

Sue - Absolutely delightful!01/24/2010 - 4:03 pm

Holding Hands – A Self-Portrait

01*18*2010 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-P1 ** Wisconsin ** garden ** life lessons ** macro ** nature ** photography

On the most basic of levels, this is a photograph of overlapping leaves that I took using a Lensbaby Composer. But when I saw the photograph, it seemed to be much more than a few leaves, it seemed to be another one of those self-portraits I occasionally take that aren’t an actual self-portrait, but a...

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Molly - That's incredibly creative, I love it. :D01/18/2010 - 5:46 pm

Joanna Young - Stunning! And a beautiful reminder of just what we're doing when we're outside :-)01/19/2010 - 1:33 am

Anna - That is very interesting! I like this and as a 'self-portrait'. :)01/19/2010 - 8:16 am

Gandalf - Interesting self-portrait, and I appreciate the insights into nature, architecture etc that you provide through your photos and blog.01/19/2010 - 9:33 am

bernie kasper - Beautiful shot Bo, great eye in capturing this, like your symbolic view on this !!01/19/2010 - 12:43 pm

Sue - Beautiful image; interesting analogy. I haven't explored the Lensbaby yet. That might be something I need to add to my bag....01/19/2010 - 7:33 pm

Ed Vatza - Oh wow! Very cool! There is also an embryonic look or even an otherworldly look to this image as well.01/20/2010 - 6:47 pm

ankush vimawala - wow, very original!01/21/2010 - 3:12 pm

Debi - Very nice, Bo. Your philosophy about self and nature is truly revealed in this photo. Love it.01/22/2010 - 11:54 am

ybonesy - Yes, I can see how this is a metaphorical self-portrait. It reminds me of an ultrasound, the image of a babies fingers en utero.01/26/2010 - 9:28 am

Orchids in Pink and White

01*16*2010 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-P1 ** Wisconsin ** garden ** nature ** photography ** winter

This Wisconsin winter hasn’t been all that bad. Really. Even though we’ve had a fair amount of snow and a week or so of frigid weather, we are halfway through January and the days are growing noticeably longer. Today the temps climbed into the 30s. Even so, I was in the mood for a place...

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Montucky - that would certainly do it! That photo shows that you haven't gotten rusty. Beautiful! I'm getting anxious for the first signs of spring.01/16/2010 - 10:46 pm

Sue - Beautiful composition and detail. I find orchids challenging to photograph and think you have handled them quite nicely. :)01/17/2010 - 11:03 am

Marcie - So beautiful!! Each and every one of these buds is more exquisite than the next. So artfully captured!!!01/17/2010 - 6:41 pm

Molly - So so pretty!01/17/2010 - 8:07 pm

Gandalf - Famously beautiful.01/18/2010 - 8:47 am

bernie kasper - Wonderful detail and color Bo, very nicely done !!01/19/2010 - 12:44 pm

Orange Pumpkins, Blue Pumpkin

10*30*2009 Posted in Olympus E-P1 ** Wisconsin ** autumn ** garden ** nature ** photography ** quotations

I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. ~~ Henry David Thoreau
You tell ‘em, Mr. Thoreau. Can I join you if I choose a pumpkin on the other side of the patch?

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Molly - I want a blue pumpkin, next halloween. :D02/18/2010 - 9:43 pm

Hydrangea

07*11*2009 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** garden ** nature ** photography ** summer

I always think of hydrangea as a family flower. My grandmother and great-grandmother both grew hydrangea in their backyards, and the hydrangea kept company with bleeding heart, columbine, and roses. Not tea roses, but the old-fashioned vine roses, or climbing roses, that would cover the trellises with masses of blooms by summer’s end.

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Anna Surface - Great capture in detail. I really like the papery-look-feel of the Hydrangea... and of course, the lovely colors. I haven't grown hydrangea in my yard... yet. :)07/11/2009 - 7:42 am

burstmode - These have been hard to grow this summer. The heat came so early, they never had a chance. I love the delicate shades of blue and purple in this photo.07/11/2009 - 8:59 am

montucky - Nice capture! The blossoms look as though they were freshly washed, starched and pressed just for the photo!07/11/2009 - 10:07 pm

edvatza - Reminds me of childhood when my grandmother had Hydrangeas around the house. Beautiful memories brought on by a beautiful post.07/12/2009 - 7:51 am

bookbabie - My new favorite flower! We planted three limelights in front and three similar to the one you photographed in back. They bloom so long, it's great. I haven't taken pics yet of mine, but I think I will, good shot:)07/12/2009 - 9:33 am

Marcie - Exquisite detail. Love the soft color.07/12/2009 - 10:42 am

Debi - Simply beautiful.07/14/2009 - 10:18 am

iheartfilm - I've always had a thing for hydrangeas. And the best part is, you can change their color by messing with the soil. It's like playing God.07/14/2009 - 11:19 pm

Robin - Beautiful. :) My husband has been trying to grow hydrangeas for years and hasn't had much luck with them.07/16/2009 - 10:35 am