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FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

This blog has been migrated from another site, and you may find errors in formatting or missing imagery in older posts as a result...

FOR YOUR INFORMATION: This blog has been migrated from another site, and you may find errors in formatting or missing imagery in older posts as a result...

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Why I’ve Been MIA…

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.

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Untether Yourself from the Weather: Finding Photographic Opportunity in "Uninteresting" Light

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.

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Appalachian Dreams: New FREE eBook Released

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.

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Pre-Release of Selected Death Valley Images

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.

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Announcement: Out Of Chicago Live! Event

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.

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Dropped: RIVERSONG eBook

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.

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Musings on Motherland...Appalachia x Ireland x Japan

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.

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