Chasing Light.

Capturing Moments.

Landscape & Nature Photography

by Stephanie Sheffield

Photography:

the art of painting with light, the passion of capturing a single moment in time, and the joy of sharing it with others.

Stephanie Sheffield

Award-winning natural light photographer & workshop leader.
Join me on my journey as I chase the light and capture the beauty in the world around us!

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Follow my most recent adventures on Instagram…

“Blooms with a View”
📍Grandfather Mountain, NC
✨Sunrise at the Swinging Bridge event✨

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1/4 sec. f/8 ISO 640

#grandfathermtn #ncweekend #ourstatemag #grandfathermountain #visitnc

“ AWAKENING APPALACHIA “
1st place 🥇- Professional Photographer category
WNC Magazine - 2026 Images of WNC

Some photographs become special for reasons that have nothing to do with awards.🌟

Awakening Appalachia was captured during the

Waiting for the Light🌟

Sometimes the most beautiful part of sunrise isn’t the moment the sun appears. It’s the quiet anticipation… standing still, watching the sky change, and finding beauty reflected in the simplest places.

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Waterfall Wednesday 💦

📍Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia • 2024

The last time I stood here, the sound of rushing water drowned out everything else. Waterfalls have always been one of my favorite subjects to photograph. Their power,

Epworth by the Sea • St Simons Island, Georgia

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the ra

“Wildflower Morning”

One of the things I love most about photography is that the same place never tells the same story twice.

I’d been hoping to experience sunrise at Doughton Park for a long time, and it was worth the wait. This

🌳✨ Tree Tuesday

“Worth the Wait”

For nearly a year, this image existed only in my imagination.

Last July, while scouting along the Blue Ridge Parkway, I visited Doughton park and loved these two trees standing among the boulders. I i

Reach for the Stars 🌟

Thought I’d sneak in a #milkywaymonday shot before the day is completely over! Sure did have fun trying to capture this shot as the purple blazing stars danced in the wind. It was a challenge to capture it all in one