Notebook
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Please excuse formatting errors and missing images whilst I work on completing the migration :)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Please excuse formatting errors and missing images whilst I work on completing the migration :)
Many Moons: How I Shot the Series
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.
New Interview on Artemis Speaks Podcast
Michele Sons and Sam Krisch are interviewed by Jeri Rogers on Artemis Speaks Podcast
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.
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.
New Article : Elements Magazine
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.
Bird & Wildlife Photography: Getting Creative in Wakodahatchee Wetland
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.
Riversong Readings: Juxtaposition
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…
Riversong Readings: Shinrin-Yoku
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…
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.
Update: The Riversong Project
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.
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.
Announcement: The Riversong Project
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.
Beach Break: Photography at Assateague Island National Seashore
Images made at Assateague Island National Seashore, including breaking waves and wildlife with a brief discussion of technique.
Collaboration with Roanoke Arts Commission: Self Portrait Project Update
Michele Sons partners with Roanoke Arts Commission for WE ARE ART: The Roanoke Self-Portrait Project
Collaboration with Roanoke Arts Commission: Self Portrait
Michele Sons partners with Roanoke Arts Commission for WE ARE ART: The Roanoke Self-Portrait Project
New River Gorge Photography: Narrow Passage and the Poetry of Place
Michele Sons, a fine art landscape photographer from Virginia, documents her experience of a winter residency spent photographing New River Gorge National Park.
Meditations on Place: Collab with Meadowlark
Art sale and event coming to Meadowlark in Wilmington, NC April 7/8/9 2022.
Greenland: Kingdom of Ice
A summary of my two trips to Greenland as a landscape photographer.