I have been very, very quiet lately, both on social media and on my website/newsletter. The reason for the radio silence is because I’ve been very busy working on a couple of big projects, and that’s what I wanted to share with you today.

I recently made two photography trips that presented me with incredible natural beauty under “uninteresting” light… Both were good examples of the critical importance of being able to adapt to the conditions we are presented with when we show up to make new work. Had I chosen to just not shoot, I would have missed out on these amazing opportunities. Here, I want to share with you the results of my own experiences so you too can see the value of letting nature guide you toward subjects that you may not have initially targeted.

APPALACHIAN DREAMS is a new FREE ebook by landscape and nature photographer Michele Sons. In it, she tells the story of her journey into professional landscape and nature photography, of finding her voice as an artist along with the sense of belonging she had been missing for a lifetime.

Michele Sons, fine art landscape and nature photographer, partners with Great Smoky Mountains Association to raise funds for Great Smoky Mountains National Park 💙

Michele Sons, landscape and nature photographer, discusses her gear and how it serves her in the field.

Michele Sons contributes a feature called Appalachian Dreams to the highly regarded landscape and nature photography magazine ELEMENTS, April 2023 issue.

The official release of the newest image in my Feminine Landscape series, “My Own Desert Place,” made in Death Valley National Park, California recently.

Michele Sons, a landscape and nature photographer based in Appalachia, is interviewed by Matt Payne for the F-Stop Collaborate & Listen podcast.

How I made the Many Moons series using the in-camera multiple exposure technique - multiple full moons float above the stacked ridges of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.

Michele Sons and Sam Krisch are interviewed by Jeri Rogers on Artemis Speaks Podcast

I recently spent 10 days in Death Valley National Park with my guy, and we REALLY made the most of our time there. I can say with confidence that I worked my tail off, trying to maximize my opportunities to make some new work. We hiked a total of 76 miles during our time there! To whet your palate (and mine), I’m pre-releasing a mini-collection of the images I made on the trip, with the rest forthcoming after I transition out of this very busy time.

I’m so excited to share that I will be joining a group of incredible photographers as an instructor at the Out of Chicago, Live! 2023 online conference coming February 3-5.

Michele Sons contributes a feature discussing an image from New River Gorge National Park to the highly regarded landscape and nature photography magazine ELEMENTS, January 2023 issue.

Creative bird and wildlife photography in a constructed wetland in Florida… I use multiple exposures, slow shutter, reflections, and more as alternative, distinctive approaches to capturing the essence of Wakodahatchee Wetlands.

To mark the release of my new ebook, Riversong: Creative, Holistic Approaches to Photographing New River Gorge, I am going to start a series of blog posts featuring excerpts from the book. These will be varied in nature, but today’s excerpt is pulled from the technical discussion on one of the most popular images from the book…

To mark the release of my new ebook, Riversong: Creative, Holistic Approaches to Photographing New River Gorge, I am going to start a series of blog posts featuring excerpts from the book. These will be varied in nature, but today’s excerpt is pulled from the artistic discussion on one of my favorite images from the book…

IT’S HERE. RIVERSONG: Creative, Artistic Approaches to Photographing New River Gorge is my brand new ebook, filled with instruction and inspiration for creating beautiful photographs in New River Gorge, West Virginia, the site of our nation’s newest national park.

For the last couple of months I have been intensely focused on the creation of my newest endeavor, The Riversong Project, and today I’d like to write a little bit about the what, where, why, and how of this exhibit opening and ebook drop.

After years of feeling disconnected from the landscapes of Appalachia, recent discoveries about the connections between this land and the lands of Ireland and Japan helps me open up to feeling more at home here. Exploring these connections visually in a new personal project, Musings on Motherland, is a part of that exploration.

Announcing The Riversong Project by Michele Sons - a solo exhibition of photography of the New River Gorge, accompanied by an ebook, coming in November 2022.