Tree x Tree = Inspiration

I'd have to say what inspires me most in life, is nature in itself, in all its glory. Its usually my walks through the nearby ravine, forest and parks with my dog that I get some of my most inspirational ideas and concepts for most of my past photography work to date, even the fashion and beauty photography, I draw inspiration from nature.So undoubtedly my short trip last month to Augusta, Western Australia, proved to be so inspirational for me as well. I felt like a child all over again, everything was wanderlust for me, the smells, the scenery, the touch, the texture of my surrounds. And during our road travel, I was particularly obssessed or infatuated, call it what you may, with the trees in Western Australia. There was something about their trees that captivated me like no other trees, not even the ones near where I live, had such power over me.

My hubby pretty much got sick of me always keeping the camera on my lap (my original SLR camera, my little baby Canon 400D) and constantly "oohhhing and ahhing" at the trees we'd swoosh by in the car and I'd try to snap them as we drove past and while we did, I'd think up of stories some of these trees would be a perfect setting for, some scary or macabre, some more joyful and fairytale like.
I thought to myself, even fashion can be inspired by trees, the texture and colour of their barks, the colour and shape of their leaves, the lines traced with their branches, the overall architectural shape and patterns of the trees.
They are just beautiful and to think as we drove past some of the Karri tree forests, some were over 150 years old, some perhaps even very very old and to think they survived longer than a human being, how much change they witnessed over that many years as they stood silently still and watched us.
(The ancient Karri trees above)
It kind of conjured up feelings of protectiveness towards the trees, to think so many are being bulldozed for construction and development, all in the name of "progress". It is such a delicate process to find the balance between progress and preservation. We need to weigh the costs of losing resources that take years and years to nuture and grow and some that can never be rekindled or recreated again. Once they are gone, that's it, there is nooo turning back.I hope some of these photos through the glass of my car window can conjur up a sense of wanderlust within you as well, and hopefully help us all see the beauty that surrounds us every day, on a daily basis. We sometimes forget to open our eyes and instead live with our eyes wide shut!Now I ask you to open your eyes and take in the beauty and inspiration from nature and help defend it when it needs a voice.The End