Hanging Around

Hanging Around © 2012 Bo Mackison

Sometimes it is the simplest things that can bring joy. I was watching several acacia seedpods dangling from a young tree at the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum a few days ago.  My camera, set on a tripod, was set up next to me. Two boys, maybe [...]

Nature's Abstract

Nature's Abstract © 2012 Bo Mackison

A photographer sees the world through a filter. Not the interchangeable filters for lenses, but the filter in the photographer’s mind through which an unfolding scene is seen as a photograph. ~ Bo Mackison

Pincushion cacti are rather small cacti. Globular, lots of protruding, [...]

Ocotillo Sunset

Ocotillo Sunset © 2012 Bo Mackison

“Something has happened To my understanding of existence That now makes my heart always full of wonder…”

~ Hafiz, The Gift

I have desert dreams. They are not as tidy as I would like, but perhaps they are tidier than one would imagine. [...]

The Adventure Begins

Aloe Abstract © 2012 Bo Mackison

Today I leave on my newest explore, my goal to see that which I haven’t seen before.

I will share that vision in words and photos, As once again, “Bo goes solo.”

With deep gratitude to those who help make this possible.

Next stop [...]

Digital Dahlia

Digital Dahlia © 2012 Bo Mackison

Art washes away from the soul the dust of every day life. ~ Picasso

I took a break from packing and organizing to use Nik Pro Efex and transform a photo of a dahlia I took two springs ago into a softer, more subtle [...]

Beginnings

Beginning of a Snowstorm © 2012 Bo Mackison

Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully he can learn even more. ~ George Washington Carver

The snow predictions were right on target. Yesterday morning at this time it had just begun to [...]