Outside Inspiration: Literally Outside

So I got out – actually drove and hiked through the colors that I have been exploring online. There really is nothing like being immersed in color out in the natural elements from which it came. But since we can’t take it back to the studio in much of a literal fashion, there’s always photography.

I took this picture in the Colorado Rockies in an area known as Squaw Pass last year. (If I have time this coming week, I’ll edit and post some from this week’s adventure.) I have – in the past – mistakenly considered bright saturated colors as unnatural. But as I traveled more and more I came to realize that, no, most of the time those artifically produced colors aren’t living up to what nature has to offer.