Closet ©2012 Bo Mackison
Shower ©2012 Bo Mackison
Towels ©2012 Bo Mackison
Metal and Paper ©2012 Bo Mackison
Getting Comfortable ©2012 Bo Mackison
Pillows ©2012 Bo Mackison
Curtains ©2012 Bo Mackison
Chair ©2012 Bo Mackison
Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.
Doors on Pontiac Building ©2012 Bo Mackison
It feels appropriate that while I am at a photographers convention in downtown Chicago, my hotel and many of the buildings within sight of my destination are part of the Printing House Row Historic District. It isn’t that much of a stretch to connect the early days of newspaper and book printing with the printing of photographs.
I’ve taken just a few photographs. All day workshops and lectures in the evening limit my ability to get out there for a long shoot, though I am anticipating some camera time this weekend. I’ve done my homework and know which of the nearby buildings have historical merit. I did a few morning shots just as the sun was peeking over Lake Michigan, and again when the sun lit some of the buildings.
And I’ve discovered a favorite haunting grounds from my college days, just in a new location. I spent more than a few evenings, studying gross anatomy while munching on Gino’s East pizza.
I’ll post about the conference after I’ve had time to pull my notes together into more cohesive ramblings! And check out the building on Printing House Row.
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is attending the Filter Photo Festival in Chicago the week of October 15. My take on this marvelous conference and learning experience coming soon.
Falling Leaves ©2012 Bo Mackison
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering to the ground. ~ Emily Bronte
This has been a wonderfully bright and colorful autumn. The trees held tightly to their leaves longer than usual, giving me plenty of opportunity and time to photograph autumn color before all of the falling leaves left only bare branches.
I have always had a special affinity with autumn, loving the trees and their layers of colors, loving the crisp, cool evenings in fall after a summer of sticky, humid nights, even loving the annual raking event we always had on a weekend in late October.
I celebrated the 5th anniversary of Seeded Earth Studio’s blog a few days ago, and offered a give away, a photograph, to one of my blog visitors who left a comment on the blog birthday post. I said I would pick and announce the winner on my birthday, and so the day has come. There were 20 comments. I used a random number generator from the internet to choose a number.
And that number is: #10.
Counting the comments, the winner is #10 — ta-da — Susan Vial.
Congratulations, Susan. I’ll be contacting you very soon, as soon as I return from my Chicago Adventure! Sweet!
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is attending the Filter Photo Festival in Chicago the week of October 15. Bo will be blogging about her conference experience – workshops, lecture series, gallery walks, portfolio reviews, and much more. 🙂
“Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” ~ George Eliot
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC.
Let’s Take an Autumn Walk ©2012 Bo Mackison
One of the urban parks in Madison, Wisconsin – Owen Conservation Park – has a maze of hiking trails. There are dozens of paths, views of the city, prairie remnants, trails through hardwood forests, and a small pond for water fowl. The park seems specially designed for a colorful hike in autumn.
View Across the Prairie ©2012 Bo Mackison
Prairie view. Most of the golden-rods and asters – the last blooms in autumn – have now gone to seed. The prairie is filled with fluffs of white blowing seeds.
Autumn Colors in the Woods ©2012 Bo Mackison
The forests, though small, have a fine variety of hardwoods. Maples, oaks, hickory are the predominant species, and together produce a fine color mix of yellows, oranges, reds and browns.
Leafy Shadows in Autumn ©2012 Bo Mackison
I love to hike when the sun is still low enough in the morning to cast leafy shadows on the tree trunks in the more open spaces.
Reds and Yellows in Autumn ©2012 Bo Mackison
Sumacs give the park’s open spaces a deep red glow. More whites in the prairie — fluffy seeds. Yellow ashes still have some of their leaves.
Autumn Walk in the Forest ©2012 Bo Mackison
Another path through the woods and I’m back to the parking area.
Owen Park Road ©2012 Bo Mackison
Even while leaving the park, there are so many trees in bright colors. I pulled along the side of the road a half-dozen times for that “one last shot.”
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Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. Thankful for the opportunity for a nature walk today.
She is attending the Filter Festival in Chicago the week of October 15. Workshops, lecture series, gallery walks, portfolio reviews, and much more. But no opportunities for walks in the autumn woods.
