‘Fanfare’ Blanket Flower

'Fanfare' Blanket Flower

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https://geneticsandfertility.com/services/sperm-testing/ 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.

source link 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.

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Buy Online Soma 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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Summer Color

Summer Color

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go to link Wisconsin went from damp, gray spring to sunny and in the nineties in ten days. The temperature outside feels just as hot and steamy as the flower looks — as if the heat is rising from its inner surface.

https://drbatayneh.com/clinic-services/ Sure, it’s an out of focus trick of the camera, an extremely shallow depth of field, but this photograph seemed to sum up this steamy, summery day better than the other, perfectly focused photographs.

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57th Street Art Fair and Feelin’ Sunny!

Greening Days

Greening Days © 2011 Bo Mackison

https://www.wjsmithconstruction.com/general-contractors-grimesland-nc/ Seeded Earth Photography heads to the Chicago area for the second weekend in a row and I’m hoping for a reprieve from the stormy weather. I’m feelin’ sunny — I want to SEE the sunshine, too! Weather predictions are for warm, summery temperatures and the cool breezes from nearby Lake Michigan will be a perfect antidote. And perfect weather for strolling a great art show.

We’ll be at the 57th Street Art Fair in Hyde Park this weekend. Seeded Earth’s booth is in the Ray Schoolyard, near the corner of 56th and Kimbark. https://gritandgracefamilyfarm.com/the-doghouse/ Booth #302.

The shows’ hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 4 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 5.

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Hope to see you there!

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Bo is looking forward to her trip to Hyde Park this weekend — she loves the art and architecture in that area of Chicago!

A Dose of Sunshine

Desert Marigold at Tohono Chul Park in Tucson Arizona

Desert Marigold II © 2011 Bo Mackison

Sometimes it is the simplest of things that brings on a smile. This yellowest of flower reminds me of sunshine.

There are days when all of us can use an extra dose of sunshine. So here’s a helping of sunny wishes, sent your way, available whenever you need a little sunshine to brighten your day.

Smile. And pass it on!

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.

Passages

Garden Passage at Tohono Chul Park in Tucson Arizona

Garden Passage @ 2011 Bo Mackison

A year ago I did my first art fair, a small arts and crafts affair in a park-like setting run by a volunteer group. The setting couldn’t have been more lovely. Booths lined a wide sidewalk that meandered around tall, shade trees at an area college campus. There was plenty of parking, plenty of enthusiasm, even plenty of sunny weather. But the one thing that there wasn’t much of was fine art.

I learned quickly that there are different types of art fairs and it is imperative that an artist matches their art to the correct type of show. There are arts and crafts shows, with a mix of booths. There are many outstanding crafters showing their handwork, there are others with hand crafted items that appeal to the younger crowd, and there are sometimes vendors who have a booth full of inexpensive, but eye-catching imported goods (usually called buy/sell or B/S by art festival participants).

It took me ony a few minutes to see that I was in the wrong type of show. Everyone else was in their element. I was way out of mine. I had lookers who tsked about the prices – which were neither outrageously high nor discount bargain bin low. I had several photographers approach me with questions on how to do an art fair. (I wasn’t much help.) And I had one customer, an enthusiastic collector, who took a glance at my booth and exclaimed, “You art doesn’t belong here. You belong in the big shows in Chicago.”

When she told me that, I shook my head in wonder. I was barely able to stay in my booth and talk to the customers who came in for a look. I desperately wanted to show my photography, but actually setting up a booth and being there was a real stretch for me.

I knew she was wrong; I would never be able to do a big, Chicago show. Never in a million years.

Well, a year has passed, and what do you know? That wonderful, enthusiastic woman was correct. It took me another six months of doing small shows to build my confidence while I worked on my photo portfolio, added a Southwest collection to my Midwest botanical photographs, and continued to modify my art booth. Last winter I applied to dozens of wonderful fine art shows in the Midwest. I got my share of “not-inviteds” — everyone does — but I also got my share of “we would love to have you” invites – enough to fill up my summer, from Memorial Day to mid-September.

I had my first Chicago area show last weekend. Yes, festival and foul weather collided, and the weather won.

But even though we ran into bad weather, I still felt upbeat about the show. All of the artists were top-notch, the layout was well-planned, the show was run by  professionals who knew how to manage whatever came up, and even though the weather played havoc with our sales, most everyone remained positive and optimistic, and focused on the summer shows still to come.

And the best thing?  I felt like I belonged. What a wonderful experience!

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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is happy the summer art festivals are here and is keeping her fingers crossed that sunshine will smile on Chicago next weekend.