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.
Visited Saguaro National Park at sunset. The low sunlight gave the cacti a glowing cast and contrasted with the purple mountains of Tucson in the background.
Polperro House is one of six house that are on the interpretative tour at Pendarvis Historical Site in Mineral Point Wisconsin. I love the exterior architectural details on this 150 year old house. Quarried limestone blocks on the first floor, chinked wood on the second and third floors, and quite intricate doors and windows pieced...
Pendarvis and Trelawny Houses are two of the six featured buildings at the Pendarvis Historical Site in Mineral Point Wisconsin. These homes, originally built in the 1840s, were restored in the 1940s and are furnished with period pieces. Interpreters offer insights as to how the Cornish miners and their families lived and worked when mining...
Marcie - Love these simply styled old homes. Beautifully captured!!!02/06/2010 - 7:11 am
Sue - Ooo I would imagine it would be even better to photograph while it is closed for the winter -- no people to clutter the image. Nicely captured!02/06/2010 - 9:06 am
Montucky - I wish I could have watched as these were being built. Those were stone masons who knew their business. Nearly two centuries and they still look great. Excellent photo!02/06/2010 - 11:45 am
Anna - What a lovely shot! I just love the old limestone buildings and houses.02/06/2010 - 3:25 pm
Molly - Definitely a pretty shot.02/07/2010 - 9:16 am
Debi - Stunning, stunning, stunning.02/12/2010 - 7:13 am
Paused to do a bit of window shopping on Michigan Avenue, and take a few photographs, too. This store is across the street from the Art Institute of Chicago.
Marcie - Such a wonderful collection of musical instruments. Almost as if they're playing to us on the other side of the glass.02/05/2010 - 7:12 am
@Bosque_Bill - That's an attractive photo, though I'm not totally sure why. Obviously, interesting window contents "artfully" arranged. Having the window reflection seems to enhance it somehow, perhaps its the extra texture or since the subjects are partially obscured there is a bit of mystery thrown in.02/05/2010 - 12:38 pm
Sue - I live the composition of the story display, but I think it's the reflections in the window that makes this image interesting. It's one of those images that "the more I look, the more I see."02/06/2010 - 9:11 am
Molly - This one is really neat, reminds me of an old shop or something to that effect.02/07/2010 - 9:15 am
Though I don’t have the urban backbone to live in Chicago – I lived on the near North Side for three years in the late 70s and know that as a true fact – I love visiting the city a few times each year, preferably once each season. On our winter visit, we explored Michigan...
Gandalf - They missed an opportunity. The building could have been blue. :) Too bad.02/03/2010 - 5:15 pm
Montucky - That is an interesting building and a great shot! I didn't know there was a Smurfit Stone building. Smurfit is in bankruptcy now and perhaps the diamond will change hands.02/03/2010 - 7:41 pm
Sue - I like how you composed your image. And I LOVE the Chicago Art Institute! I need to go back for a visit. *sigh*02/04/2010 - 6:43 am
Marcie - Nice composition. It really does look like a diamond in that sky. I've never been to Chicago. Thanks for the tour!!!02/04/2010 - 7:20 am
Molly - Love this scene02/04/2010 - 10:28 am
Ed Vatza - Back some years now, i worked for a large ad agency. My office was in Philly but HQ was in Chicago. I did a lot of traveling but always felt Chicago was one of the nicest cities I visited. Good work on this one, Bo.
How you likin' that E-P1?02/04/2010 - 10:43 am
Bo Mackison - I totally agree, Ed. Chicago is a great city.02/04/2010 - 1:03 pm
Montucky - There's a lot of history symbolized there!02/01/2010 - 5:42 pm
Debi - BO! I'm unable to "follow" you for some reason and have to remember to check in here daily. That's tough when I leave for spells so forgive me!!!! I'll get around to commenting on everything soon but please know how much I love visiting, love your photography and am astounded by the simple details of photos such as this very one! Love it!!!!!02/01/2010 - 8:08 pm
Marcie - Wonderful detail..and I love your accompanying quote. Perfect!!02/02/2010 - 7:13 am
Yvonne - Great image, the lighting was selected well to bring out the texture in the wood! Nicely done.02/02/2010 - 7:47 am
Gandalf - What great visual texture. I love this photo.02/02/2010 - 9:07 am
Molly - I love how clearly defind the shadow in this one, pretty awesome. Enjoyed the quote too. :)02/02/2010 - 10:05 am
We visited one of my favorite towns in southwestern Wisconsin this weekend – Mineral Point. As one of the oldest settlements in Wisconsin, this is a town filled with much history, and also with many, many old buildings. The photograph is of one of the original cabins in Mineral Point, built about 1828.
See the little...
Michael Smith - Welcome to my neck of the woods. Most long time residents of Mineral Point seem to take the history and the old buildings for granted. Seeing how other people photograph and appreciate the buildings I drive past every day is always an inspiration to me.01/31/2010 - 4:42 pm
Montucky - Looks like they have kept that cabin in good shape! Just looking at that door makes me want to go inside and back into history.01/31/2010 - 8:03 pm
Gandalf - Very nice historical note. The town sounds fascinating. Do you have any close ups for those quintessential Bo texture photos? I always love the way you capture the texture of older objects.02/01/2010 - 8:21 am
Molly - I love that elf too! Haha.02/02/2010 - 10:03 am
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It’s been nearly a month since the turn of the New Year, and I just realized I had never processed a series of photos I took at Stone’s Throw Winery in Door County, Wisconsin during their New Year’s Eve Party. So before January turns to February and thoughts of Spring begin to take hold, I’ll...
Montucky - I think they should use your photos on their web site, Bo!01/28/2010 - 11:35 pm
Marcie - What gorgeous rich..warm colors and tones. Looks like a wonderful place!!!01/29/2010 - 7:06 am
Gandalf - Wonderfully warm colors. I'd like to go there right now. :)01/29/2010 - 8:02 am
Anna - Wonderful warm and nicely lit photos, and the top photo is beautifully composed. Nice.01/29/2010 - 12:51 pm
Molly - The top photograph could be a painting; I thought it was at first glance. Such a truly artistic quality to that photo. I like the second one a lot too, especially the title - it's romantic sounding. Haha perhaps that is irrelevant? :)01/30/2010 - 4:28 pm
Bo Mackison - Romantic is good, Molly...especially after 34 years.01/30/2010 - 4:31 pm
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The color of springtime is in the flowers, the color of winter is in the imagination. ~Ward Elliot Hour
This quotation is so true. When I look out from my window, I mostly see my neighborhood dressed in winter’s white, and rather a worn white it is this far into the season. I find I turn...
Marcie - Love the colors in this..the horizontal layers. Wonderful composition!!!01/26/2010 - 1:38 pm
Gandalf - I love the lines in your photo. You also found some nice colors.01/26/2010 - 3:56 pm
Montucky - I like the photo, especially the lines and bright colors of the fence. On the mountains passes here we have huge snow fences to keep the snow from drifting over the highways. Is this for the same purpose?01/26/2010 - 4:41 pm
Bo Mackison - Yep, the wind blows off Lake Michigan, can cause huge drifts that interfere with local roads a hundred feet inland.01/26/2010 - 5:00 pm
Joanna Young - Wonderful quote! And photo, of course ;-)01/27/2010 - 2:03 am
Molly - This shot is amazing! That color is simply spectacular, it would be quite a sight to see.01/25/2010 - 1:38 am
Tom Whelan - Excellent image - the composition is really good, the moon is in a great spot in the frame, the vignetting looks good as well.01/25/2010 - 7:56 pm
Gandalf - Wonderful composition and a beautiful, peaceful photo.01/26/2010 - 3:55 pm
Anna - That is out-of-this-world gorgeous! Wow! Excellent in everything and I love the blue!02/02/2010 - 6:17 pm
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