by mj on 11/5/2008 8:08:41 AM
 The red roan stallion, Blaze, runs freely in the badlands
This morning I am feeling stressed out and most of my stress
can be related to promoting a business where creative expression is the
product. Now creative expression
is a very personal and diverse element, so everyone sees it differently. Is it stressful to have a different
point of view? Being an artist
(photography?) I often wrestle
with a perspective that is unattainable, the light is not right, the hill is
unclimbable, or the background is not suitable. If I were a painter, I could have more control over these
elements of my images. So the
photographic challenge lies in processing the image so the bad elements are
minimized and improving the composition to match what I felt when I snapped the
image. This whole image of a wild
stallion was not exactly what I felt, so after cropping to the face only and
blurring the background, lightening the wild mane blowing in the wind, now I feel
that it exhibits the wildness that I felt when I captured his image. I feel that artistry is producing a 2
dimensional image that represents a feeling and with that definition,
photography is also art.
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by MJ on 11/2/2008 6:45:58 PM

The badlands of North Dakota are dotted with outcroppings of red stone that is locally called scoria. Scoria point is a very large deposit in the south unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Layers of clay adjacent to coal layers are potential for a burning coal vein. When a coal layer is ignited, it bakes the clay into a flower pot type rock that clinks when it is dropped, hence another nickname for the red rock, clinker. When the sun sets, the orange light reflecting off Scoria point seems as tho the red rock glows from within. Well my dog is barking at me, need to run
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