{"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. 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