Looking to take your photography to a whole new direction? Capturing a single color as an element or subject for your image is the way to go! We get how it can be challenging to explore and play with such a vibrant shade as violet, especially when you’re pressed for time and resources. But you’ll find that violet exists in so many organic aspects of nature and everyday life—from lavender flowers to purple sky during twilight. To inspire you, we gathered these vivid violet-soaked photos to prove that you can pull this color off—from landscapes to portraits to still life. Scroll down, and get excited to try these ideas in your next shoot.

A Bouchet of Flowers by Brian Wilson on 500px

Violet crystals by Brian Wilson on 500px

Photo by Brian Wilson on 500px

Callicarpa bodinieri Profusion by Brian Wilson on 500px

Step one by Brian Wilson on 500px

Hope dies painless by Brian Wilson on 500px

Pasque Flower by Brian Wilson on 500px

... by Brian Wilson on 500px

Callicarpa bodinieri by Brian Wilson on 500px

Lavender. by Brian Wilson on 500px

Lavender by Brian Wilson on 500px

purple feathers by Brian Wilson on 500px

Blue Blossoms by Brian Wilson on 500px

Purple Feathers by Brian Wilson on 500px

Lavender flowers blooming field, lonely trees uphi by Brian Wilson on 500px

Slide into Lower Antelope Canyon by Brian Wilson on 500px

Lavender sunset by Brian Wilson on 500px

Romantic sunrise in a Dutch nature moorland by Brian Wilson on 500px

purple sunset by Brian Wilson on 500px

Nature beauty by Brian Wilson on 500px

Stone Cloud Sky Cloud by Brian Wilson on 500px

Killarney Lake Twilight After the Storm by Brian Wilson on 500px

Exotic by Brian Wilson on 500px

Violet Force by Brian Wilson on 500px

Blue and violet water surface. by Brian Wilson on 500px

|| In Good Time || by Brian Wilson on 500px

Updraft Lightning by Brian Wilson on 500px

Midnight Wonders by Brian Wilson on 500px

Iris by Brian Wilson on 500px

purple lightning by Brian Wilson on 500px