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Clare JoAnna Photography

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Hi, I’m Clare

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

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How to Tether Sony A7iii to Lightroom

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Clare Joanna 12/23/24 Clare Joanna 12/23/24

Stop Motion Video Reel - Clare JoAnna Photography 2024

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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.

Clare Joanna 3/30/23 Clare Joanna 3/30/23

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.

Clare Joanna 3/21/23 Clare Joanna 3/21/23

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.

Clare Joanna 7/4/22 Clare Joanna 7/4/22

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.

Clare Joanna 5/21/22 Clare Joanna 5/21/22

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.

Clare Joanna 1/27/22 Clare Joanna 1/27/22

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.

Clare Joanna 8/4/21 Clare Joanna 8/4/21

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.

Clare Joanna 4/18/21 Clare Joanna 4/18/21

Welcome To My Channel : Let's Connect On YouTube!

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Editing Session : Quick Stop Motion Edit in Photoshop

Follow along as I go through the steps of editing my final photos into an animated stop motion. I'll be using Adobe Lightroom Classic to quickly batch edit my images before opening them as layers in Photoshop.