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follow In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade’s no easier to make than an oak. ~ James Russell Lowell

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https://purestpotential.com/dvorfopilwu Bo Mackison is a photographer and the owner of Seeded Earth Studio LLC. She is holding tightly onto new dreams and hopes and goals, while wondering how far she can go…

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  1. https://guelph-real-estate.ca/ig95ka17jz Love this image, Bo. 🙂
    The follow-through, the beginning, always seems to be the hardest (as your quote mentions). Scheduling it is a brilliant idea.

  2. Gorgeous image!!! Love the way you caused the Oak leaves to stand out against the silver background. The image shimmers.
    The conference you went to sounds great. I seldom go to photo conferences because I leave disappointed, not having learned much. But, I like the focus your’s had. Could you tell me what conference it was?
    Good for you in scheduling time to work on what you learned. Hard to do, but so important.

    • Bo Mackison says

      I went to the Filter Photo Festival in Chicago in mid October. It’s an annual conference, workshops all week, evening sessions, portfolio reviews on the weekend. An experience well worth me stepping out of my comfort zone! 🙂

  3. You make a good point with the photo and it’s a beautiful one too!

  4. The quote and photo combination is wonderful. What a thought–creative work is creative work, whether it’s a blade of grass or an oak tree.

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