{"id":107533,"date":"2022-10-26T03:50:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T09:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=107533"},"modified":"2023-09-09T05:44:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T11:44:44","slug":"before-and-after-bird-photography-took-over-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/10\/26\/before-and-after-bird-photography-took-over-my-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Before and After Bird Photography Took Over My Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-107532 size-full\" title=\"Mia McPherson - Before and After Bird Photography Took Over My Life\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990.jpg\" alt=\"Mia McPherson - Before and After Bird Photography Took Over My Life\" width=\"900\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27799%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20900%20799%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27900%27%20height%3D%27799%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990-200x178.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990-250x222.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990-300x266.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990-400x355.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990-600x533.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990-768x682.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990-800x710.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990.jpg 900w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Before and After Bird Photography Took Over My Life<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not sorry for the changes at all. Loving my wild self and life.<\/p>\n<p>Life <em>is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p><em>Had my Covid booster yesterday and it is kicking my bottom.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before and After Bird Photography Took Over My Life &#8211; Not sorry for the changes at all. Loving my wild self and life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,25,704,2000],"tags":[4021,5132,1476,3997,10282,13410,4017,3996],"class_list":["post-107533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-avian","category-florida","category-fort-de-soto-county-park","category-pinellas-county-florida","tag-bird-photography","tag-coastal","tag-down-and-dirty","tag-lagoon","tag-life","tag-mia-mcpherson","tag-sand","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/before-and-after-8990.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-rYp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":46723,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2017\/05\/12\/peachy-daylily-before-my-bird-photography-obsession-took-hold\/","url_meta":{"origin":107533,"position":0},"title":"Peachy Daylily &#8211; 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