Articles by Bo Mackison

A Pink Poppy Celebration

Pink Poppy

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see url It was a sunny day, hot and windy. Mid-June in central Illinois.

https://www.wjsmithconstruction.com/insurance-claim/ The flowers in the back yard gardens were in high color–roses, gladioli, poppies. The shrubbery was white with tiny flowers–Bridal Wreath bushes. Fitting for the day. A wedding day.

follow url I was the bride. Sherpa was the groom.

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https://anthonynewmancamps.com/lacrosse-camps/ Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Today she is exploring old haunts in Milwaukee and celebrating with Sherpa.

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Composition of Two Columbine

Two Columbine in Composition

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Zolpidem Online Order These sweet columbine were dancing in the wind and paused just long enough to let me take their portrait. We planted these plants the first spring we moved into this home – 25 years ago. Each year they seed and spread a bit more. The columbine is one of my favorite Wisconsin flowers.

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follow Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. I did not schedule an art fair this coming weekend, but I’ll be at the Leeper Park Art Fair in South Bend, Indiana the weekend of June 18-19.

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An Art Fair Experience

Columbine Bell

Columbine Bell © 2011 Bo Mackison

I was at the 57th Street Art Fair in Hyde Park, Chicago last weekend. This weekend I purposely did not schedule an art fair so that Sherpa and I could celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary.

We will be going to the Wright and Like 2011 House Tour on Saturday, and my second favorite thing in the world to photograph, second only to shooting botanicals and nature, is photographing the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and the like-minded architects who were his contemporaries. There will be plenty of opportunities as we tour fifteen buildings in and around Milwaukee (if we have enough stamina!)

Thinking over the events of last weekend, I so enjoyed the art fair. I analyzed (just a bit) what made it a great show for me. Yes, I covered expenses and made a profit at the show, and that is always a great thing, but there is another really wonderful reason that I am an artist on the art fair circuit.  Purchase Hydrocodone Online

https://www.grupoursa.com/brokers/ I love art fairs. https://www.appliquecafeblog.com/raggy/ I always have. And I love being in art fairs and festivals even more.

Sure, art fairs are enjoyable when crowds of eager customers fill the streets, when the weather is sunny, when the entertainment isn’t drowning out conversations in the booth. But that unique combination doesn’t always happen.

Still, I pretty much love any decently organized art fair that has patrons who want to Order Lyrica Online talk art with me — who are genuinely interested in what I do, in my vision, in my photography, in my life as an artist.

There were so many people at the 57th Street Art Fair that wanted to talk art, it was pure pleasure. We discussed why and how I chose to photograph certain subjects, we talked about emotions caused by visualizing oneself in a photograph.

In one example, I shared the background of the relationship of a specific photo and its title with a couple of women. The conversation went like this:

“Why do you call the photograph of that white flower ‘Basho’s Temple Bell'”?
“I was inspired by a haiku by a poet named Basho who lived in the 17th century.”
“Do you know the words?”
“Yes. ‘The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flower.’ ~Basho

They told me how much they loved poetry and how much they loved flowers. They studied the photograph for a few minutes. And one of the women said she would like to get the photograph for her home. She also took home a meaningful art experience and an understanding of the story behind her new photograph.

That is the most beautiful part about being an art fair artist — the connection that can develop between artist and collector.

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The above photograph is a close-up of the intricate beauty of the columbine flower. Photographed in a private garden in Madison, Wisconsin.

Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. No art fair this coming weekend, but I’ll be at the Leeper Park Art Fair in South Bend, Indiana the weekend of June 18-19. (Sherpa is thrilled–he gets to visit his Alma Mater.)

 

 

 

Three Irises

Purple Iris

Sun Drenched Purple Iris © 2011 Bo Mackison

Two irises popped open in my garden yesterday and I took the opportunity to take a few photographs before the weather turned drippy. (That would be drippy as in perspiration dripping from my face, and drenching my cotton shirt, not from rain clouds.)

After an hour in the gardens, I retreated inside to the cool recesses of my studio, and played with the iris photograph using Adobe Lightroom. I’ve experimented with a single photograph using three color levels. Though I typically do not increase the saturation in my photographs, I did increase the clarity and vibrancy in this first photograph to highlight the colors and contrasts.

I love the purple veining on this particular iris and wanted to emphasize it.

Iris in my Garden

Iris in my Garden © 2011 Bo Mackison

As a middle step, I decreased the saturation until there was minimal, but still definite coloring, in the flower. Again, I wanted to maintain the pattern of the veined sepals while lessening the impact of the bright colors.

Iris - Study in Black and White

Iris - Study in Black and White © 2011 Bo Mackison

I find working on black and white photos the most difficult and time-consuming, especially photographs of botanicals. Our minds expect flowers to be colorful and it is startling to see the color stripped away, and only the form of the flower and the light/dark values remaining.

This ended up being one of my favorites. I liked the light toned, complexly shaped iris against the contrast of the darker, vertical leaves.

This is the second set of threes I have done like this. The first set was a branch of dogwood blossoms. I will be showing them in sets of three at my upcoming art fairs. It’s always fun to hear the customer response to my experiments and the best way I know to see if the sets have curb appeal.

That is one of the reasons I love doing art fairs so much–you get immediate feedback on your art. No middle man. No anonymity of the web. Face to face discussions about photography.

I love that!

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. I didn’t schedule any art fairs for the coming weekend. Instead, I planned a special celebration for a personal milestone. More info coming.

 

‘Fanfare’ Blanket Flower

'Fanfare' Blanket Flower

'Fanfare' Blanket Flower © 2011 Bo Mackison

This blanket flower is the ultimate in red-hot summer flowers. The more common sunflower may look more like the sun, but this flower is more symbolic of how the sun actually makes me feel.

This is a ‘Fanfare’ Blanket Flower, a favorite of mine, and an easy flower for me to photograph as I grow it in my backyard perennial garden. Not only is it an easy plant to grow, it apparently is not a favorite of the critters that nightly munch on my garden. For that, it rates high on my list. It is also a long bloomer and will flower from now until the end of August.

I love this information on the flower tag. It reads “best choice for use in hot, dry spots where little else can grow.” Now that is my kind of flower. Hardy and tough. And beautiful, too!

This is a more standard photograph of this beauty. Yesterday’s photo featured the blanket flower depicting more mood than flower detail. This shot taken at ƒ/9.0 has enough depth of field to show the entire flower in focus.

I like both photographs — and each one serves a different purpose. Yesterday’s photo was more evocative, dreamy, an artistic rendering. I wanted to elicit the sensory feelings of a hot, steamy summer’s day. This one is more technical, and a better photograph for identification purposes, though I like its simple composition and mix of warm colors against the cool green foliage.

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She spent the early morning enjoying her gardens – with and without her camera.