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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

Category Archives: Olympus E-P1

Cactus Pottery

03*09*2010 Posted in Memoir Project ** Olympus E-P1 ** Southwest ** photography ** travel

Here is another photograph of pottery to announce another article on collecting memories and assembling them into a multimedia memoir.
The second article is on Memoir Space at the Calm Space website, and it tells you how to find your personal writing muse using your favorite search engine. Really! It works. Grab on to those memories...

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Anna Surface - Love that photo! Simply lovely and great composition. I've clicked over and looked over the article at Memoir Space. I'm interested in something like this. I bookmarked this and will read more tomorrow morning when I am rested.03/09/2010 - 6:37 pm

Montucky - I love that photo too! The cactus pottery with its bright colors goes beautifully withe the rough textured wall. So typical of Arizona!03/09/2010 - 9:00 pm

Gandalf - The look through hole is a great visual.03/10/2010 - 7:35 am

Molly - Haha, love this. Makes me smile for some reason. :)03/10/2010 - 10:07 am

Robin - I love this one, Bo. It's my new favorite. :) I enjoyed the article, too.03/11/2010 - 7:11 am

Debi - I loved that photo immediately and didn't see the tree in the background until I read your post. Way cool, dear. Love it!03/11/2010 - 3:21 pm

Hot Stuff

03*01*2010 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-P1 ** Wisconsin ** macro ** photography

Pick your pepper.
We were near a local hangout that offers a Tex-Mex weekend brunch, so we headed to Texx Tubb’s Taco Palace on Atwood Avenue after an early morning photo shoot. The food was fine, a Mexican omelette filled with cheese and peppers, but I was more interested in photographing the place. After the manager...

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Molly - Decisions, decisions, right? LOL03/01/2010 - 1:24 pm

Anna - An omelet with cheese and peppers with a good dash of hot sauce would taste very good! I like photographing bottles... with stuff or not. Nice hot stuff shot. :)03/01/2010 - 4:46 pm

Montucky - An omelette sounds good, and of course plenty of the good stuff to put on it. That looks just a little like one of the shelves in our kitchen.03/01/2010 - 9:27 pm

Gandalf - great photo. Love the hot sauce.03/02/2010 - 10:48 am

Debi - This makes me hungry. Everything tastes better with hot sauce on it, and I'm crazy about Mexican omelets with hot sauce. Tabasco is KING in my world but I'm up to trying them all! Next time I visit Wisconsin I so need to try this place - I'm salivating!03/03/2010 - 2:34 pm

Turquoise Watering Can

02*27*2010 Posted in Olympus E-P1 ** Southwest ** architecture ** photography ** travel

Office window, downtown Tucson. Lots of plants in a sunny window, and a turquoise watering can.

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Gandalf - I love how the pitcher stands out.02/27/2010 - 7:13 am

QuinnCreative - Beautiful coloring. I love the ocotillo outside and the watering can inside. Great composition.02/27/2010 - 11:03 am

Montucky - The can is nice and colorful. I also like the contrast of the indoor and outdoor plants.02/27/2010 - 7:55 pm

Anna Surface - Hey, that is a really greet shot! I like the white tones, contrast with that splashy turquoise watering can and the squares. Very inviting photo.02/27/2010 - 8:39 pm

Preston - Looks like modern art. There are many lines, reflections, and shadows, but the pot boldly stands out. I like this.02/28/2010 - 6:08 am

Aiyana - Hope you enjoyed your trip to AZ! Aiyana02/28/2010 - 2:57 pm

Marcie - Wonderful soft colors here. Great eye!!!03/01/2010 - 6:19 am

Molly - This photos are my favorites. It reminds me of the "Even in the times of sadness or darkness, there is a spot of color to brighten the world around you." If that makes sense. Love this.03/01/2010 - 1:18 pm

Susan - hauntingly lovely...03/01/2010 - 4:36 pm

ybonesy - I really love this photo. The tonal quality. Perfect!03/02/2010 - 9:13 am

Debi - Turquoise and Arizona....how perfect is THAT? Love this shot and artistic creation, Bo. Really, really nice.03/03/2010 - 2:31 pm

Sue - I admire how you composed this to make such a artistic image from a watering can in a window! Nicely done!03/07/2010 - 12:32 pm

Daydreaming in The Garden Room

02*24*2010 Posted in Olympus E-P1 ** Southwest ** architecture ** photography ** travel

I would like to be relaxing in this room – right this very moment! Maybe with a book in hand, or a notebook filled with words that flowed easily from mind to paper, and so now my writing project is neatly done.
Maybe I’m drinking an iced tea, or even better, indulging in a fudge brownie...

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Debi - Hey...how'd you get inside my house? JK! LOL! I mean, wow. Is this house fantastic? Mr. Wright was a genius. This is stunning. Thank you so much for sharing your photos and experience with us.02/24/2010 - 3:33 pm

Montucky - That sure does look relaxing and comfortable. I'm not sure how efficient all that glass would be as far as air conditioning is concerned. I wonder what the school is doing now to increase heating and cooling efficiency.02/24/2010 - 5:23 pm

Anna Surface - Awesome you got to tour inside the house! I love the wide open space and windows. I would have more live plants and built in fish aquariums with weather tempered glass, of course, and riotous gardens outside.... if this were my house.... Seeing this makes me dream.... Love Frank Lloyd Wright.02/25/2010 - 12:51 pm

Susan - I have gotta say...the red painted (and chipped)stairs leading to the door...is my favorite part of these images:) Looks like home...02/26/2010 - 7:11 am

Gandalf - I love the lines in his designs, but i'm not sure I favor his taste in furniture. One heck of a day dream, though.02/26/2010 - 8:18 am

Molly - I wouldn't mind taking a book into that room there and have a little reading session. :)03/01/2010 - 1:04 pm

ybonesy - What a brilliant man to have created such inviting space. I love how functional and gorgeous it is both.03/02/2010 - 9:15 am

Announcing the Memoir Space

02*22*2010 Posted in Memoir Project ** Olympus E-P1 ** Southwest ** photography ** poetry ** travel ** wabi-sabi

I am excited to announce that I’ve just launched a new monthly feature called Memoir Space. It is published at The Calm Space, an online magazine which, according to founder and editor Karen Wallace, “is an online magazine published weekly with a monthly theme – written by a team of amazing, real-life women who are...

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Molly - Love that blue color, it's gorgeous!02/22/2010 - 3:41 pm

Anna Surface - Memoir Space sounds wonderful! That is something I might like to do but for now my time is limited. I'd love to pick up writing again and what a great way to do so. Love those deep blue containers. By the way, we've moved to our own website and have a new photoblog. Thanks for answering my questions after you opened here. :)02/22/2010 - 4:08 pm

Bo Mackison - Thanks Anna. It does sound like a big commitment, doesnt it? Just so you know, a lot of these projects can be done in 15-30 minutes, once a month, no special skills or equipment - except maybe a computer and some sort of camera. The neat part about the project is that, with a little time, it will accumulate over the months. When the time is right for you, it will happen!02/22/2010 - 4:22 pm

Gandalf - I love the blue pots and cast shadows.02/23/2010 - 7:23 am

Sue - Congratulations on being part of the team at The Calm Space! Now I see just why you made such a lovely self-portrait! :) I'm afraid that I nearly forgot to comment here on Seeded Earth because I spent so much time at The Calm Space. I have subscribed to The Calm Space newsletter and will certainly try to follow your work there as well as here, my talented friend!!!02/23/2010 - 11:51 am

QuinnCreative - What a great shot to announce your memoir space. All those pots of memory to fill. It's a deep and wonderful photograph.02/27/2010 - 11:02 am

Bo Mackison - Quinn, I think you are the only one who noticed the metaphorical aspect to the photo. Yes, filling all those pots with memories--what a collection one could have!02/27/2010 - 11:38 am

Reflecting on Tucson

02*20*2010 Posted in Olympus E-P1 ** Southwest ** architecture ** photography ** travel

The first time we wandered around downtown Tucson we were caught in the middle of a cloudburst. It was one of the two cloudy days we saw in Arizona. Two out of ten – not too bad!
We went back the morning we were flying back to Wisconsin. Sunday in downtown Tucson is, well, very quiet....

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Debi - I LOVE this shot, Bo. The way the building across the street, obviously lit by the sun, reflects in stairstep manner up the left side of the shaded building. Yeah, the palm trees rock this shot, like exclamation points!!!! I'm crazy about this image.02/20/2010 - 8:36 am

sherri - Beautiful reflections here. I was surprised by the Palm trees. I've only been to Arizona once and it was when I was a kid.02/20/2010 - 11:06 pm

Montucky - That is a very pretty shot, Bo. Despite the big building, those tall palms give it a relaxed feeling for me.02/21/2010 - 9:40 am

Marcie - Exquisite..extraordinary reflections. Love the waviness!!!02/21/2010 - 12:16 pm

Gandalf - I love the positions of the palm trees. Fun photo.02/23/2010 - 7:21 am

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

Simply Seen

02*18*2010 Posted in Olympus E-P1 ** Southwest ** life lessons ** photography ** travel

I’ve been told I take photographs of odd things. That’s true. While I was enthusiastically photographing this light, quite thrilled with the two color tones of wall behind it, the graceful curve of the wrought iron, the textures – metal, fluted glass, adobe, wood – I had three different people approach with cameras in their...

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Anna - LOL You see where other photographers do not. This is a wonderful capture of "simply seen" of the light contrasted by the colorful, textured walls. I really, really like this image!02/18/2010 - 11:40 am

Robin - I get it. :) And like it very much.02/18/2010 - 12:41 pm

Molly - It's a very "One man's junk, another man's treasure" sort of story, only switched a bit. Sometimes we take for granted simple little pleasures, like an awesome lamp for instance. Takes a good eye to noticed the little things. :)02/18/2010 - 9:39 pm

Marcie - Not 'odd' at all. Simply perfect!!!02/19/2010 - 7:11 am

Sue - Love this! The contrast of the colors and the curve of the light makes for a bold, geometric image. Simple but GREAT.02/20/2010 - 5:58 am

Debi - Most people can see, but not everyone has vision. This is a wonderfully artistic image, Bo.02/20/2010 - 8:38 am

Gandalf - simplicity personified.02/26/2010 - 8:27 am

Wendee - Oh, no worries; *I* get it. What lovely details, and how wonderful that you took the time to see and capture it as you imagined, as well!03/09/2010 - 10:15 am

Desert Sun

02*17*2010 Posted in National Parks ** Olympus E-P1 ** Southwest ** nature ** photography ** poetry ** travel

Staring into the burning desert sun. Desert heat
rises, sears my soul, the searching soul, seeking light.
I sink into the sand-earth, the desiccated cactus roots cannot support me.
Be not distraught. Reach out. Stand upright.
The sun drops off the edge of the world, night slips in quietly, settles,
A star shimmers and
another.
I have journeyed long,
watched sunrises and sunsets,...

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Molly - This would have been breathtaking to see in real life, such a great moment captured. Sunsets are always some that captivate my attention, love this.02/17/2010 - 7:55 pm

Montucky - Magnificent photo, Bo! That scene just naturally leads to good poetry.02/17/2010 - 10:19 pm

Abbey of the Arts - Bo, what a beautiful photo and your poem is such a deep invitation to be present to the rhythms of sky and earth.02/17/2010 - 10:30 pm

Joanna Young - Oh Bo, I just love the last few lines of this. These words in particular "a multitude of stars alight the heavens, milky streams of light,"... are deeply soothing.02/18/2010 - 2:33 am

Marcie - Such a gorgeous..warm desert image. And the accompanying words are perfect!!! So very creative!!!02/18/2010 - 7:34 am

Gandalf - captivating02/18/2010 - 7:45 am

Anna - What a beautiful desert sun and silhouette cactus scene! I love that poem... stirs deep. The part that touches: "I have journeyed long, watched sunrises and sunsets, and the ascents and descents of many moons.02/18/2010 - 11:15 am

Robin - This is beautiful. All of it.02/18/2010 - 12:40 pm

sherri - This is stunning.02/19/2010 - 9:29 am

Sue - Beautiful.02/20/2010 - 6:00 am

Debi - This is a favorite, both photo and poem. You've a gift, my dear.02/20/2010 - 8:40 am

Ed Vatza - I was scanning through you Southwest images Bo and this one just stopped me in my tracks. Stunning. Beautiful. WOW!02/26/2010 - 6:11 am

Plump Saguaro

02*17*2010 Posted in National Parks ** Olympus E-P1 ** Southwest ** nature ** photography ** travel

This saguaro cactus is nearly bulging at its seams. The Sonoran Desert region in this part of Saguaro National Park has had a rainy period and the saguaros were able to soak up the rain water and store it in its ribs. As the weather becomes hotter and drier, the saguaro will use the stored...

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Sue - Black and white is a great choice on this; helps to emphasize the repetition of the lines and shadows.02/17/2010 - 7:39 am

Gandalf - I agree with Sue, the B&W creates a wonderful view.02/17/2010 - 11:25 am

Molly - I like this photo, it does give an very different perception on the cactus using the black and white. Very artistic.02/17/2010 - 7:51 pm

Montucky - That Saguaro is in very prime condition! I love to see them like that!02/17/2010 - 10:15 pm