Photo Retouching and Enhancement

• Portrait enhancement
• Blemishes, scars, lighten under eyes
• Wrinkles
• Slim down body shape (not shown here out of respect to my clients)

Image Corrections

A before and after sequence to illustrate removing “objects,” in this case seaweed and footprints

Removing people from the background of the photo

Another example of having a few too many people in the background

Face Changes from another image (same pose)

Before and after: removing braces on teeth

Image Enhancements

• Selective color on B&W
• Vignettes – white or black
• Conversions to B&W, Sepia,  Blue tone, Antique
• Digitally *Painted Images
• Heavy Oil Painted painted prints
• Hand-tinting:  adding color on B&W or sepia prints
• Image borders & text

Examples of Selective color:

Susan Clemence, CPP

Covering a wedding on Nauset Beach in 2013

There is no substitute for experience!
Susan is the owner and primary photographer at Monomoy Photography.

As a trained and certified Professional Photographer, Susan is proficient in the use of natural light, off-camera lighting techniques, and posing styles that produce professional and authentic images.  She strives to make portraits and capture candid images that relate the Cape’s relaxed and casual atmosphere keeping the posing fun and easy, respecting the time and dignity of her subjects. With over 20 years of experience covering weddings and events she has the confidence and professionalism that people look for.

Susan is an accomplished artist, with 30+ years of experience in the craft of retouching, digital image body sculpting, and photo restoration,  portrait enhancement & painted effects.

As a wife and mother, Susan works well with families, students and young children, and has personal experience with special needs children and dogs!

In 2020 Susan has maintained her Certified status since 2012 with continuing education credits.

Professional Biography

• Kelsey Airviews                                                                                                                                                                                          Customer Service; B&W film Development & Print making; Phot Restoration; Mounting & Framing; Studio Manager-  Chatham, Massachusetts  1977 – 1985
• Colby Photo Supply                                                                                                                                                                                         Customer Service; Print Retouching; Photo restoration; Camera sales –  Hyannis, Massachusetts  1987 – 1991
• Established Clemence Photography                                                                                                                                                                                 Studio owner/Photographer , specializing in Weddings, portraits and Photo restoration- East Harwich, Massachusetts 1989 – 2013
• earned designation: Certified Professional Photographer in 2012 in Atlanta, Georgia. Re-certified in 2017.
• Rebranded the company as Monomoy Photography  June 2013 to present.

Susan has photographed over 600 weddings, hundreds of family portraits and high school seniors,  School Pictures at The  Harwich Middle School in 2005, annual School Pictures at Rocking Unicorn Preschool in Chatham, and stays current in this evolving industry through courses offered by the New England Institute of Professional Photography and the national and regional professional associations, and by partnering with professional color labs and album companies. The designation of Certified Professional Photographer in 2012 is determined by experience, exam and image submission by the Professional Photographic Certification Commission and through Professional Photographers of America in Atlanta, GA. The certification was renewed in January 2017 through continuing education credits.

Susan at Forest Beach, South Chatham, 2009

Susan Clemence
2023 Newport, NH

December 2016

Monomoy Photography in Harwich is currently CLOSED.

Monomoy Photography Studio

Address:   17 Charlene Lane

East Harwich, MA    02645

Studio phone:  (508)432-9799

Please visit by appointment only.  Thank you!

The studio consists of a client reception area and viewing gallery, office and work space, and a camera room. (sorry, no public bathroom, but in a pinch my home is close by)

We are located in East Harwich just one mile from Rt 6, Exit 85 (fka Exit 11), and central to many beautiful Cape Cod beaches

The studio is close to some of the worlds most beautiful seascape scenery.

Directions from Rt 6:
Rt 6 to Exit 85
Left (South)on Rt 137
1^st (immediate) Left on Pleasant Bay Rd.
8/10 mile to Charlene Lane on left
#17 is 2^nd on right.

Directions from Rt 28 or Rt 6A:

Turn onto Rt 137
Follow to Pleasant Bay Rd.
(just South of the highway ramp at Exit 85)
8/10 mile to Charlene Lane on left
#17 on right

Handicap accessible

Use Google Maps to get directions from your location.

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Viewing Gallery

Custom Stained glass panel by Taqwa Glass, Provincetown

Viewing Gallery

Camera Room

Painted image, Canvas mounted & Framed, captured here with intentional light glare to show canvas texture.

What a Difference a Frame Makes!

All prints are lacquer surfaced making glass optional. Frame backs are finished with paper, and are wired ready to hang

Go to our large selection of frame moldings.

Painted Image; Giclee Print with linen texture; (24×30″ Studio Sample)

Storyboard Framing – combining several images under one mat in a frame.

Composite Image Framing– Digitally create an image with several poses and a matted “effect”. One large print is framed.

Deluxe framing including mat and glass

Classic and contemporary frame styles are available, and add only 2 days to delivery time.

Our Photographic and Giclee prints are guaranteed for 25 years when we handle the framing for you!

Custom Frame Services

Reclaimed Barnwood frames are a favorite for Cape Beach Portraits!

Available in Whitewashed or Natural Weathered Gray:

11×14″ Whitewashed Reclaimed Barnwood Frame on a Sepia toned print.

Standard:  frame only

Deluxe: with double mat and glass or acrylic

Linen Liners

Dress it up by adding a Linen Liner

Up to 16×20 – $65

Storyboard Framing with 5×7’s and one 8×10 print, matted with glass.

20×24 and larger-  $95 white or beige

Chromalux Acrylic Frames

prints are embedded into an indestructible acrylic

w/ easel back or wall plaque

5×7- $36      8×10- $54   (print cost included)

Story Board Framing

Multiple mat openings with Glass

Requires estimate    starting @ $180

Chromaluxe Table Frames – Color Prints embedded into acrylic

16×20″ Reclaimed Whitewashed Barnwood, and Reclaimed Natural Barnwood below.

Susan’s photos used on magazine covers

Monomoy Photography

(508)308-1051- Susan’s Cellular phone (accepts text messages!)

formerly known as Clemence Photography

Providing Cape Cod with photography services since 1989, we specialize in Beach Portrait photography, families on location and studio portraits, retouching, selective color, digital painting, framing and photo restoration services.

The studio was established in 1989 as Clemence Photography.  In 2012 Susan hired a staff of lighting assistants and second shooters, became certified as a professional portrait photographer in Atlanta, GA through PPA,  and renamed the studio to Monomoy Photography as part of a rebranding process. The East Harwich Studio is no longer open to the public and all work is done on location. Please call or email for information!

Susan Clemence, Photographer 

Wedding Photography

After 600+ weddings photographed on the Cape and Islands in 30 years, I have retired from the wedding industry covering my last event in September, 2019. I will miss the beauty and romance of a Cape Cod wedding, but it’s a younger woman’s game!

Our Community Service

We take pride and pleasure in helping our Cape Cod community by regularly donating time and products, usually a gift certificate for a complete Family Portrait package to events funding causes we believe in. If you are interested in receiving a donation please contact Susan by email at scrowley97@comcast.net.

Annually, for many years we photographed children with Santa during the Harwichport Holiday Stroll for the Harwich Chamber of Commerce, and have often donated to the Monomoy School District, Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts, Brewster Baptist Church and other local organizations with photography for families, students, theatre productions, directories and publicity. I offer my time and talent at no charge to support our community programs and non-profit organizations.

Harwich High School Jazz Band Spring, 2012

Harwichport Christmas Stroll 2012

Military Discounts

To show our support to the men and women of our Armed Forces, we offer a 5% discount on any family portrait sitting when there is a family member who is currently serving in any branch of the U.S. Military or has been deployed within the last 5 years.

Thank You for your service!

Professional Associations

We continue learning in this continuously evolving industry and maintain certification credentials by attending educational seminars and courses offered by the local, regional, state and national professional photographers associations and the New England Institute of Professional Photography.

We partner with professional Print Labs for the highest quality printed products and albums.

Our Name Sake…

Monomoy Island is an 8 mile (13 km) long spit of sand extending southwest from Chatham, Cape Cod off the Massachusetts mainland. A stretch of uninhabited sand bar which extends off of North Beach, the barrier beach of Chatham at the “elbow” of Cape Cod.

Having lived in Chatham and spending years of my childhood boating in Pleasant Bay and the Nantucket Sound waters around Monomoy Point with my father and brothers, the pristine island beach holds special significance to me.  I enjoyed exploring the natural environment and spent long summer afternoons hiking the dunes with my dog looking for beach glass, seashells and observing the wild life, especially fascinated by the skates and sand sharks trapped in the tidal pools after a high tide.

The name has grown common on the lower Cape. The public school districts of Chatham (where I graduated high school) and Harwich (where my children have all attended) in 2014 merged into what is now the Monomoy School district. The Monomoy River runs from Muddy Creek in little Pleasant Bay winding inland through the conservation lands and into marshland.  I kayak there often and used to hike in the Monomoy River Conservation lands almost daily with my 2 border collies.

Monomoy Island

A little History:

It was taken over by the US government just before World War II. The island was home to the Monomoy Island Gunnery Range until 1944 when the Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge was established.

Despite its remoteness Monomoy was home to its own community as early as 1710. A tavern for sailors was opened up in the location of today’s Hospital Pond, known then as Wreck Cove.

During the early 19th century a deep natural harbor at Monomoy’s inner shore, known as the Powder Hole, attracted a sizeable fishing settlement. In its prime Whitewash Village housed about 200 residents, a tavern inn called Monomoit House, and Public School #13, which at one time boasted 16 students. Cod and mackerel brought in to the Monomoy port were dried and packed for markets in Boston and New York. Lobsters were also plentiful, providing both food and income for the villagers, who peddled them to mainlanders at about two cents apiece.

The village was abandoned after its harbor was washed away by a hurricane around 1860. A storm in the spring of 1958 carved a wide shallow channel between Morris Island and Monomoy, separating it from the mainland. The Blizzard of 1978 further divided the island into North Monomoy and South Monomoy. A storm during the winter of 2006-2007 once again reconnected South Monomoy to the mainland, although North Monomoy remains an island. The island was designated in 1970 a Federal Wildlife Refuge, serving as an important stop on the migratory routes of 285 species of birds. Since gaining Federal protection in 1972, Gray seals have become a common sight on Monomoy and nearby Chatham’s South Beach island.

Monomoy has no human residents, no electricity, no paved roads; today, in fact, the only reminder of Monomoy’s habitation is the Monomoy Point Light, which guided ships from 1828 to 1923. The wooden lightkeeper’s quarters, the cast iron light tower, and the brick generator house are alone on the desolate point of the South Island.

Recently, Atlantic Great White Sharks were spotted and tagged by the crew of the F/V Ezyduzit. The sharks have been spotted as far north as North Truro, Massachusetts. These sharks have known to grow up to 25 feet and eat black seals near the beach shore.