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Hi, I’m Clare

Here we discuss topics like photography, entrepreneurship, travel, creativity, and everything else I’m inspired to share. 

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Now Booking Portrait + Event Photography in Central Pennsylvania

I'm officially booking portrait sessions and event photography throughout Central Pennsylvania! From seniors and grads to couples, families, creative portraits, studio sessions, and events — I'm excited to bring my commercial photography experience into photographing more people throughout the place I call home.

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Back Home in Pennsylvania: A Photography + Business Update

A lot has changed around here. After moving back home to Central Pennsylvania, I've found myself exploring new sides of photography — from portraits and street photography to a new personal series, an upcoming print shop, and plenty of commercial work along the way. Here's what I've been up to and what's coming next.

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Places That Feel Like Memories | Logan Valley Mall

An ongoing photography series exploring nostalgia, memory, and the places that somehow feel familiar — even when we can’t quite explain why. Places That Feel Like Memories follows quiet streets, old storefronts, empty malls, glowing lights, and overlooked corners of Central Pennsylvania and beyond.

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Editing Session : Image Compositing and Masking in Photoshop

In this Editing Session video I'll be breaking down the steps of how I edit stop motions using Adobe Lightroom Classic and Adobe Photoshop. I'll demonstrate skills like: how to composite images together, how to clean up images using the patch and spot healing brush tools, and how to use lots (and lots) of layer masks to create a seamlessly clean finished product.

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