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, [...]

Let the Sun Shine In

Let the Sun Shine In © 2012 Bo Mackison

Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sunshine in Let the sunshine Let the sunshine in The sun shine in…

~ lyrics from the 5th Dimension’s song [...]

Pottery at Tumacacori

Pottery in Tumacacori Granary © 2012 Bo Mackison

Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.

The soul that knows it not, Knows no release from little things: Knows not the livid loneliness of fear, Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear the sound of wings.

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 [...]