go boldly

I kept gazing at it, like some mirage off in the distance. After our picnic lunch, we took off on a walk so we could get closer. Up near the dunes, where the river meets the sea, there was a dry storage of sorts. She sat up on blocks with a for sale sign taped to the stern. The colors are what grabbed my attention, and yes, how she sat there proudly as if to sail off into the air.

But oh, those colors!

We all gravitate towards favorites. And this color combination tugs at my heart the most. The boldness it invokes in me and my photography is perhaps why I find myself shooting similiar tones again and again. Can colors make you stronger, more submissive, more aggresive, more melancholy? I allow myself to be more vibrant when shooting colors like this while behind the lens. I don't question this, I simply acknowledge it and gather these strong colors around me like a boisterous tribe of friends.

Photography allows us to go boldly in any direction of the color wheel that we desire. What do you see through your lens? Show us some of your favorite colors today.

Comments

[Marcie]

Color and words:
http://www.marciescudderphotography.com/home/2012/4/16/there-is-love.html

[Caryn]

I'm endlessly fascinated by nature and so green is a color that appears repeatedly in my photos: http://instamaticgratification.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/101366/

[Gabriela]

I gravitate towards black&white and more subtle colors, but when we drove past this hotel sign, I asked my husband to turn around and brought out my iPhone, DSLR, and SLR to compare. Here's the DSLR version:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gamaraca/7080553937/in/photostream/

I love how Maine is framed in the picture!

[pam]

Flowers in my blue ball jar. I pretty much love any color against that perfect blue.

http://www.sidewalkshoes.com/2012/04/garden-tuesday-first-peony.html

[Jill F]

http://fingerontheshutter.com/2012/04/16/hyacinth-2/

The perfect purple

[Kathleen O.]

New yellow house, pretty yellow flowers are blooming all around...happy am I.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ko2008/7063058495/in/photostream

[ELK]

GREAT post!!

I have so many favorites!! here are a few all in one space :

http://www.redorgray.com/2012/04/from-fence-in-quite-meadow-we-dance.html

[Linda]

I can't get enough of these bluebonnets! And they are almost finished for another year!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mainmim/7017899345/in/photostream

[Gotta Run]

oh, color! you hit a mark with me on that one - I like to go bold, fer sure!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gottarun2009/5689257072/in/set-72157627535058945/

[Heather]

Gloves I was making for my daughter against a bright throw pillow in the living room. I love using bright colors in my knit/crochet & in my home. http://www.flickr.com/photos/heather-cox/6912601111/in/photostream/

[tamara]

i'm a new instagram-er and one thing i've been blown away with is all the color i see! it's been a constant source of inspiration. {in addition to lots of other inspiration...sort of overwhelming!} with this in mind i went to our embarcadero last weekend. this is a a small square of coolest house there. i've always loved the bright colors that it proudly displays....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/59203832@N07/7087438833/in/photostream

[Sandee]

I just love the greens and blues of this time of year...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/34977978@N05/6937787174/

[santali]

Again and again it is orange
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64775761@N02/7087811445/in/photostream/lightbox/

[rakusribut]

what a great story!
i had a similar experience when i was captivated by the colors in this painting, stuck between two lazy chairs in the window of an auction-house....

http://kiekjevandedag.blogspot.com/2012/04/ingelijst.html

[kate sutterfield]

http://polkadotrunner.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/941/
some of my favorite colors are ones I find on accident...

[Kaytee @ Little Red]

i love the colors in San Francisco

http://missredphotos.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-in-city.html

[UpGemini]

favorite color lately, red... like lobsters!
http://upgemini.blogspot.com/2012/04/lobster-day.html

[Gabrielle]

Muted colors always feel soothing to me.

[Anna]

Love the contra colour of the flower and the leaves.

http://silentchatterz.blogspot.com/2012/03/5-waiting.html

[Gabrielle]

Muted colors always feel soothing to me.

[Nikki]

For me it's blues:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/logosknitter/5925209442/in/photostream