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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: wildflowers

The Last of the Asters

11*20*2009 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-P1 ** Wisconsin ** autumn ** nature ** photography ** wildflowers

I was out exploring the local Arboretum, simply to see what I could see. In all the many layers of November browns, there was this bit of color – one last stand of Purple Asters  still sporting a few blossoms of bright purples and yellows.

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Gandalf - Better late than never. I'm glad your exploration turned up a beautiful find.11/20/2009 - 9:45 am

Montucky - Interesting to see them still blooming. They are among the last to bloom here too, but the last ones I saw were over a month ago.11/20/2009 - 8:01 pm

Anna - A wonderful find of the lovely asters!11/21/2009 - 9:24 am

Debi - My New England Asters have been long gone. This is a great find, indeed! Cause for celebration!11/22/2009 - 7:24 am

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Prairie Thistle, Dressed for Autumn

11*02*2009 Posted in Olympus E-P1 ** Wisconsin ** autumn ** macro ** nature ** photography ** wabi-sabi ** wildflowers

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together. For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad. ~~ Edwin Way Teale
Autumn’s light hangs low in the sky for only a few minutes as these days turn into night earlier and earlier. Most of the seed heads have had their seeds...

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Dancing Skirts

06*23*2009 Posted in Door County WI ** Olympus E-3 ** macro ** nature ** photography ** summer ** travel ** wildflowers

More poppies, but taken at a different time of the day. These poppies were photographed in the early morning light, and they took on a shimmering, papery translucency.

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Anna Surface - Beautiful poppy in its 'dancing skirt'. There is something about a bunch of poppies shimmering in the light. One of my favorite flowers. :)06/23/2009 - 3:40 pm

oneshotbeyond - I think early light is better than late light for both flowers and people! This is great. The color has a lot of depth to it for being in th orange family...06/23/2009 - 4:07 pm

Robin - Very pretty and aptly named. :) I don't usually wear skirts (more the jeans & t-shirt type), but I'd gladly wear one that looked as pretty as a poppy.06/23/2009 - 6:34 pm

montucky - Very well done! The light creates gorgeous highlights in the petals.06/24/2009 - 1:05 am

Marcie - They almost look like crepe paper. Such wonderful detail and color.06/24/2009 - 6:28 am

bookbabie - Love flower photos with shallow depth of field, beautiful shot:)06/24/2009 - 3:31 pm

Bo - If only early wasn't so early--especially on the longest day of the year! :-)06/26/2009 - 11:42 am

Bo - I'm in jeans/tees all the time too. Imagine if we both stepped out in orange fluttery skirts!!06/26/2009 - 11:43 am

Robin - It would be a sight to behold, Bo. :D06/26/2009 - 11:45 am

Bo - LOL!06/26/2009 - 11:48 am

suehenryphotography - This image cries to be printed large and on canvas! Give it a try!06/27/2009 - 7:16 am

Bo - Maybe I'll give myself a push, and try it. What do I have to lose...06/27/2009 - 10:01 am

Gandalf - Beautiful flower and enjoyable commentary. If I were to step out in an orange skirt, I'd need to call it a kilt (and that would be one wild kilt).06/29/2009 - 7:00 am

Prairie Trillium

05*26*2009 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** macro ** nature ** photography ** spring ** wildflowers

In all my years of tramping through Wisconsin’s forests, this is the first set of prairie trillium I have seen. I could not find this particular species of trillium in any ID book, except for the local book Spring Woodland Wildflowers of the University of Wisconsin Madison Arboretum by Andrew L. Hipp. A rather thin...

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uphilldowndale - I've never seen anything like that before! not like anything you'd find in the UK05/26/2009 - 9:10 am

oneshotbeyond - beautiful bokeh on that 1st image. Unique color combo too05/26/2009 - 4:45 pm

montucky - What a great find!05/26/2009 - 10:39 pm

ceanothe - Arboretums accommodate the plant trèsors, thank you for your photos05/27/2009 - 12:21 am

suehenryphotography - Your photos make me want to re-check my trillium photos. I guess I need to compare "nodding or not nodding" heads!05/27/2009 - 8:49 am

edvatza - Love Trilliums, Bo. I'm hoping to catch some more when we head to Maine in a week. Very nicely captured!05/27/2009 - 9:06 pm

Gandalf - Beautiful capture. Trillium are among my favorites.05/28/2009 - 9:43 am

Nodding Off

05*20*2009 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** macro ** nature ** photography ** spring ** wabi-sabi ** wildflowers

This showy wildflower is found in woodlands and the fringes of open spaces from late spring to mid-summer. It is pollinated by hummingbirds or moths which can reach deep into the cups of the flower. It is sometimes called a dove plant–when turned upside down some say the flower resembles a flock of doves in...

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oneshotbeyond - fabulous title for this shot. the muted colors are so calming to view.05/20/2009 - 12:52 pm

montucky - I wish we had them here as wildflowers, but my wife raises some gorgeous ones in her greenhouse. Very nice photo!05/20/2009 - 10:53 pm

Marcie - Exquisite detail. Love the soft colors. ..and how the background flowers seem to float and melt away.05/21/2009 - 6:18 am

Gandalf - wonderful background - it makes the focused flower float05/21/2009 - 7:59 am

Kevin Mullins - It's a great shot. You got the focus spot on on the flower head. Really nice capture.05/21/2009 - 1:09 pm

bookbabie - Beautiful macro, the lighting is exquisite!05/21/2009 - 2:10 pm

quinncreative - The whole composition is so calming and soothing--the colors, the lighting, the focus. I could almost feel the flowers. Gorgeous!05/21/2009 - 10:55 pm

edvatza - Very nicely done, Bo. I like the way these flowers hang. I also like how the dof works as you move back from flower to flower to flower. Background looks great too!05/22/2009 - 8:01 pm

Bernie Kasper - Fantastic work Bo, these are one of my favorites and you conveyed their beauty well !!05/25/2009 - 2:48 pm

Jack in the Pulpit

05*15*2009 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** nature ** photography ** spring ** wildflowers

The forest floor was covered with jack in the pulpits and wild geranium, three varieties of violets – yellow, purple and white, quite a few stands of the large white trillium. It’s been a late spring, but the quantity of flowers has been almost worth waiting for.

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montucky - Terrific photo! I'm so envious of you having those in your area!05/15/2009 - 10:49 am

bookbabie - Great macro, they are such cool plants!05/15/2009 - 12:40 pm

Anna Surface - That is a great macro in detail. :)05/15/2009 - 2:46 pm

Deborah - Wonderful photo of a plant I want one of!!! Stopped by to say "Hello!"05/16/2009 - 9:09 am

edvatza - Well worth waiting for! Our Jacks-in-the-Pulpit are now past prime. I bought several for our native plant garden and the darn squirrels mowed them down. I sure hope the roots take hold and I get them back next year. Danged varmints!05/16/2009 - 3:34 pm

suehenryphotography - I feel a little surge of excitement every time I spot one of these little guys! Nice capture.05/18/2009 - 8:20 am

Gandalf - One of my favorite spring flowers. I love the shot.05/20/2009 - 8:08 am

Wild Geranium

05*12*2009 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** nature ** photography ** spring ** wildflowers

The wild geranium marks the boundary betweem spring and summer, so says my reference book, Spring Woodland Flowers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. There is a profusion of purple along the paths of the Noe Woods in the Arboretum. Guess we’re on the boundary, so spring lasted about four weeks this year? Sounds about...

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montucky - That's a beautiful flower and terrific composition! Your flowers are so far ahead of ours!05/12/2009 - 11:19 pm

edvatza - Excellent composition, Bo. The flower and bud combination works great. The repeated oof flower in the background add to the overall feel and the background is super. Great!05/13/2009 - 5:36 am

suehenryphotography - You've certainly elevated the common wildflower to a new level with this excellent composition! Lovely capture.05/13/2009 - 6:03 am

burstmode - Its almost as if a strong breeze will blow the entire scene away...05/13/2009 - 7:24 am

Gandalf - The composition is terrrific. I'd "Ditto-head" the rest of the comments in spite of the source of that term.05/13/2009 - 4:28 pm

Bernie Kasper - Very nice Bo, you did really well with this one, I love your comp in this !!05/14/2009 - 9:53 pm

Bloodroot

05*03*2009 Posted in Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** macro ** nature ** photography ** spring ** wildflowers

My first wildflower of the season. The wildflowers seem late this spring, and during my walk deep in the woods this morning I found only the foliage of the anemone and hepatica. Usually both are blooming by the last two weeks in April. But I did discover a few bloodroot, just beginning to bloom. This...

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suehenryphotography - So fresh and delicate.05/03/2009 - 5:58 pm

montucky - Very pretty and soft looking bud!05/03/2009 - 8:54 pm

oneshotbeyond - I love the muted tones...it makes me feel as though that area was very quiet at the time you took this. Soft and lovely.05/04/2009 - 10:03 am

Marcie - Aaaah...and what a beautiful one it is!! Exquisite color and detail.05/04/2009 - 2:21 pm

edvatza - Beautiful flower. the whites look very good. But isn't that a Bloodroot? I thought the Bloodroot have the leaf wrapped around the stem. Just curious.05/04/2009 - 6:04 pm

Bo - You are so right. I have changed this little flowers ID to the corrected one! Thanks for letting me know.05/04/2009 - 6:35 pm

Bernie Kasper - Beautiful work Bo, I never had much luck with these to my dismay, great shot !!05/04/2009 - 9:14 pm

Gandalf - the leaves look like the flower is applauding the final arrival of Spring.05/05/2009 - 7:02 am

Anna Surface - Lovely capture of your first wildflower this season! :)05/05/2009 - 7:45 am

Bo - The woods were very quiet, very early on that Sunday morning.05/07/2009 - 5:11 am

Bo - We are ALL applauding spring's tardy arrival with great enthusiasm.05/07/2009 - 5:12 am

amuirin - I was... what's the word? ack. It's right there. .... aaaaampr I was anthropomorph.... o...sizing? this before I read what you wrote (giving human characteristics to an inanimate object, although, I'm not sure flowers are really... inanimate. Maybe they're just mellow). Very evocative photo, to make people see something more.05/08/2009 - 3:21 pm

After the Storm

03*10*2009 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E-3 ** Wisconsin ** macro ** nature ** photography ** wabi-sabi ** wildflowers ** winter

Some photographers are sharing their photos of wildflowers in candy-pink and sunny-yellow.
In Wisconsin, the wildflowers are wearing crystals for dressing-up.

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suehenryphotography - The current fashion trend (err, um, season) WILL change; the "crystals" will soon be out of style :) This post made me smile!!!03/10/2009 - 8:40 am

oneshotbeyond - Beautiful!03/10/2009 - 10:56 am

Richard Lovison - Ah, Wisconsin, the magical kingdom. :)03/10/2009 - 11:27 am

Gandalf - Pretty punk flower with spikes and all.03/10/2009 - 1:28 pm

bookbabie - Great macro, yes soon those crystals will be long gone, can't wait:)03/10/2009 - 3:10 pm

montucky - I like the crystals: it will be just a little sad to see them go.03/10/2009 - 7:11 pm

ybonesy - The Wisconsin wildflowers are quite sophisticated in their simplicity.03/11/2009 - 7:55 am

jeju - it's very almost stark03/15/2009 - 6:48 am

aullori - lovely.03/18/2009 - 12:13 am

Bowing to the Sun

02*13*2009 Posted in Madison ** Olympus E 510 ** Wisconsin ** nature ** photography ** summer ** wildflowers

Remembering summer, long walks through the prairie, bathed in soft evening light from the slowly setting sun.

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suehenryphotography - Simply lovely capture. I can feel the wind and smell the freshness. Love the way the flower heads are placed in the image.02/13/2009 - 6:23 am

Gandalf - Looks like summer on my computer, but more like yucky March when i look out my window. Nice shot.02/13/2009 - 8:00 am

uphilldowndale - Bring on the sun.02/13/2009 - 9:26 am

quinncreative - Such great color, make it look so easy!02/13/2009 - 1:45 pm

Bernie Kasper - Now that is what I am waiting for, just beautiful Bo, can't wait till spring !!02/13/2009 - 2:17 pm

montucky - That's another gorgeous shot, Bo!02/13/2009 - 6:40 pm

Robin - So soft and so beautiful. :)02/13/2009 - 6:53 pm

mon@rch - This is stunning and love seeing the yellow of the flower! Bravo!02/13/2009 - 10:58 pm

Marcie - Such happy summer colors. I do remember....02/14/2009 - 3:31 am

gypsy-heart - This is a simple photo..simply beautiful! The composition and the message..spring is coming!! :)02/14/2009 - 6:39 am