Interview With Optix: “What Bagel Are You?” Filter: Q&A with Dan Schenker
Recently, I spoke with Rochella Providence of Optix, a cool (and free!) AI avatar generator app, about [...]
5 Ways to Harness the Power of Custom TikTok Effects for Your Business or Brand
Friends and colleagues always seem surprised when I tell them that TikTok isn't an app for dancing [...]
I’m retiring as a photographer
Photography was something I fell in love with accidentally. As a 17-year-old, my favorite class in high [...]
RIP Preset Dudes And “Photography” – What’s New At DanSchenker.com October 2022
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Tyler & Andre’s Summer Wedding at Brook Hollow Winery
If there's one thing that I want to highlight when I talk about Tyler and Andre, [...]
“You Be At Peace” AI Art Selected as Finalist at 2022 Janssen Data + Art Festival
The Data + Art Festival is a one-day event to celebrate data as a medium in art, [...]
Dan Schenker in the New Jersey Fan Club Book
I’m in a book! Kerri Sullivan, who you might know as the founder of @jerseycollective, brought together [...]
Creating the Viral “What Bagel Are You” TikTok Filter
Does getting 65 million views and 9.4 million likes in 4 weeks count as going viral? Because if so, I guess I went viral this year by creating the What Bagel Are You filter on TikTok.
A Year In Review: The Year We All Want To Forget
If I say the name of the year, it confirms its existence, so let’s just dive right in.
The photo industry came to a screeching halt in March and rightfully so. I’ll be the first to say it: although I find photography incredibly valuable, it’s absolutely non-essential during a worldwide health crisis. Luckily, I was still able to find some wonderful people to safely work with this year, and I can’t wait for you to see some of the new projects I’ve been cooking up.
I’ve been pretty good about updating my Instagram and Facebook page with photos, but this poor blog needs some love. So here in all its glory are some of my favorites from this unrelenting year.
Lizz and Mark’s Fantasy Wedding in Sparta NJ
Two truly interesting people made the very end of 2019 that much more memorable by getting married at Mohawk House in Sparta, NJ. The bride, Lizz, is a theater nerd (in the absolute best way) and a bona fide world traveler, having lived basically everywhere you can think of. Her now husband, Mark, is an Eagle Scout and, probably just as impressively (maybe), a fan like myself of all-things comic book movies.