For the past several years I’ve photographed all the trees in our shows and every year, as I compose each shot, I get this deja vu because, well, I have done this before. I look through the viewfinder at the tree I’m about to photograph and see an image that I’ve seen before, but it’s slightly different. Something has changed; sometimes it’s slight, and sometimes it’s dramatic. Looking through this year’s gallery I saw many trees that have been shown repeatedly over the years and going back and finding those trees again illustrates how much they change. I thought I’d put together a little collection of photos from our galleries showing how these trees have progressed. In some cases, all I have are two photos, but even these tell the story of many months and years of hard work from one photo to the other.

An Oak by Tim Kong in 2003 and again in 2006

Californica Juniper by Jay McDonald in 2003, 2004, and again in 2006

The BSSF Logo tree in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006

A Green Cedar Grove by Steve Jang in 2003, 2004, and 2006

A juniper by Mike Page in 2004 and again in 2006

A Liquid Amber by John Edwards in 2005 and 2006

A Silverberry by Mike Page in 2004 and again in 2006

A Mission Fig by Jay McDonald in 2003, 2004, 2005, the Fall of 2005, and 2006

A Tim Kong Redwood in 2004, 2005, and 2006

Bunjin by John Boyce 2004 and 2005

A Black Pine by Jay McDonald in 2004, 2005, the fall of 2005, and 2006

Japanese Maple by Eric Schrader 2003, 2004 and 2005

Update: I’ve added another collection of retrospectives for my own trees.

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