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Clare JoAnna Photography
Hi, I’m Clare
Here we discuss topics like photography, entrepreneurship, travel, creativity, and everything else I’m inspired to share.
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.
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.
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.
My Photography Tethering Setup: Gear & Equipment List
A look inside my professional photography tethering setup, including the laptop table, rolling stand, tethering cables, and cable management gear I use for product, food, and commercial photography shoots.
How to Make Money from Stock Photography
Stock photography is a business that involves selling photographs to businesses and individuals who need them for a variety of purposes. Photographers can make money by uploading their photos to stock websites, which then sell the photos to clients.
A Photographer's Review of the Wacom Intuos Pro Tablet
If you're thinking about investing in a Wacom tablet to level up your editing flow, I highly suggest you go for it. I can't image doing the editing I do without my Wacom tablet.
Using Photoshop Ai Generative Fill Tool to Level Up This Self-Portrait
Photoshop's new beta AI and generative fill tool are game-changers for photographers, digital artists, and designers alike. With the power of artificial intelligence, this innovative tool takes image editing to a whole new level.
Ethical and Sustainable Elephant Sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand
If you're looking for an ethical and sustainable way to see elephants while traveling through Thailand, then consider this eco-tourism project: Elephant Jungle Sanctuary in Chiang Mai
Gear to Make Life Easier On Those On Location Shoots
Do you have all the gear you need to pack up your photography kit and go?
This blog post is all about the best photography gear to help make life easier on those on location shoot days.
Backgrounds For Product Photography
I’ve compiled a list of my favorite product photography backgrounds along with the pros and cons to all of them. Hopefully this blog will help you figure out which backgrounds will be the right fit for you.
Sirui HA-77 Horizontal Arm
One of my most used and cherished pieces of photography gear: the Sirui Horizontal Arm. If you happen to shoot product photography or stop motions, this horizontal arm could be your new best friend.
Exploring the Pacific Northwest via Rental Van with Outdoorsy
Have you ever thought about renting a van and exploring the open road?
How it was Made : Coconut Secret Stop Motion
In this blog I'll be breaking down my creative photography process into four separate steps: Idea Conception & Design, Pre-production, Production, and Post-Production.
Travel Photography Destination : The Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a photographer's dream; there's so many different landscapes and diverse environments which provide infinite ideas and inspiration.
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.
Editing Session : Psychedelic Grapes
Let's make some psychedelic grapes! Follow along through the editing process to learn how to create this colorful animation using Adobe Photoshop.
Stop Motion Animation : behind the scenes with 73 blueberries
73 blueberries, 73 photos. Take a peak behind the scenes of how this blueberry stop motion animation was created.
How to Clean Sony Mirrorless Cameras + Lenses
When's the last time you showed your camera gear some love?