This month’s speaker offers us an inside look at performing musicians. Dan Scenna has been concentrating his efforts in a year-long study of local musicians. He is the “house photographer” at Blue Sky Tavern in New Market, Maryland. Since January, 2014, Dan has photographed the open mic and bands booked at the Blue Sky every single week. His presentation to SSCC is the result of that work.

Dan is an award-winning photographer and educator, based in Frederick, Maryland. His work includes portraiture, abstract, macro/close up photography, still life studies, and fine art. On the education side of his profession, he teaches classes and conducts workshops on a variety of photography subjects. In fact, his workshops on studio and location figure fine art and portraiture have produced many contest winners for his students.

Though skilled in many aspects of the field, Dan’s first photographic love is black and white. The ability to show form and texture, using directional light on the subject, is his favorite method. He enjoys being able to use the same basic techniques across different genres to produce emotional and thought-provoking responses from the viewer, regardless of subject matter.