Clean Camera Club sponsors Community Blues Night with The Kelli Baker Band
- Melonie Marie McEver
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
Happy New Year! Are you ready for a year of Momentum & Results?
Clean Camera is excited to launch a new monthly Clean Camera Club outreach for the community and camera enthusiasts—bringing people together to learn, connect, and grow. With over 50 years of combined experience, Mel and Tim will host monthly networking socials, beginner-friendly workshops, and Media Days featuring hands-on demos and portfolio building. Each month we'll partner with local brands, venues, and creatives for our meetings to encourage community collaboration and build meaningful connections.
Join us as we build momentum, capture progress, and make this a year of real results behind the lens! For the month of January we are excited to annouce a FREE ticket to a Night of Blues with the Kelli Baker Band featuring Guitar Virtuosos, Noé Socha. Bring your camera for some creative content at Cafe Nola in Defuniak Springs on January 17th, 2026.
Clean Camera Club proudly presents an unforgettable Community Blues Night featuring the Kelli Baker Band with special guest Noé Socha on guitar and harmonica — an evening of raw blues power, soulful vocals, and hometown vibes at Cafe’ Nola and the Bourbon Street Lounge.
Settle in for a night that celebrates music, community, and local flavor. This sponsored event brings top-tier blues to the Emerald Coast with an energetic headliner and a virtuoso accompanist. Expect blistering guitar licks, stirring harmonica passages, and Kelli Baker’s commanding voice delivering a mix of gritty blues-rock originals and riveting covers. As the Live Sponsor, Clean Camera Club invites photographers, fans, and local businesses to capture the magic during our Media Day portion of the evening.
Featured Blues Artists Spotlight sponsored by Clean Camera Club | January 2026 Networking & Media Day
Kelli Baker: The Phoenix of Modern Blues
Kelli Baker’s rise has been swift and spectacular. Now signed to Gulf Coast Records through blues legend Mike Zito, she’s been turning heads across the scene with a voice that’s both fierce and emotionally precise. Her record “Granite” earned a spot on Joe Bonamassa’s “Cutting Edge Blues” playlist, and Baker’s live performances have taken her from festival stages to supporting dates with artists like Christone “Kingfish” Ingram and Samantha Fish. After claiming the top prize at the 2024 615 Blues Revival Competition in Nashville — judged by icons including Kenny Wayne Shepherd — Kelli has continued to light up venues nationwide. Her blend of rock grit, blues soul, and compelling storytelling makes every set feel urgent and cathartic.
Noé Socha
Noé Socha brings international flair and deep stylistic range to the band. Hailing from Carpi, Italy, and now a fixture in Brooklyn’s scene, Noé fuses folk sensibilities, Delta blues roots, and Hendrix-style color to create a distinct harmonic voice on both guitar and harmonica. Since joining the Kelli Baker Band in early 2024, he’s contributed to the group’s dynamic live energy and studio work, and he continues to teach and perform widely in New York. Noé’s resume includes collaborations and appearances with notable artists and projects, and his endorsements from leading guitar and gear makers reflect a musician equally respected for tone and technique. Clean Camera Club members and guests will have a prime opportunity to photograph the interplay between vocalist and multi-instrumentalist up close during the set and Media Day.
Performance Clips
For a preview of what’s in store, check the band’s highlight reels and full-set footage:
The Event Location: January 2026 Clean Camera Club Media Day
Cafe’ Nola and the adjacent Bourbon Street Lounge deliver an immersive evening atmosphere that channels Caribbean warmth and New Orleans nightlife. With a menu of craft drinks and a lively lounge setting, the venue pairs perfectly with the smoky, vibrant sounds of the blues — think Rick’s Café-style charm meets Emerald Coast hospitality.
Join us for a night of great music, striking photographs, and community spirit. Clean Camera Club looks forward to seeing local artists, business partners, and fans come together to celebrate the blues and support hometown culture.
Ticket options: FREE (6-9pm Music Event ONLY) $29pp (5-9pm Music & Networking plus (1) Drink Ticket)
+$129pp (10pm-midnight Boudior Workshop)
AFTER DARK WORKSHOP AT HOTEL DEFUNIAK (after the Blues Music Event)
After Dark Photography Workshop sponsored by Clean Camera Club — Boudoir Posing at Hotel DeFuniak, Jan 17, 10:00 PM–Midnight offers an intimate, professional crash course in boudoir posing and low-light portraiture. Over two hours you’ll practice posing techniques that flatter different body types, learn how to give clear, confident prompts that put subjects at ease, and explore creative uses of soft light, shutter speed and ISO strategies for clean low-light captures, and quick in-camera composition checks so you leave with usable frames from the session.
This workshop emphasizes comfort, consent, and professionalism: all participants and models must be 18+, consent protocols and model releases will be handled before shooting, and chaperones or assistants are welcome. Bring your camera with a fast prime if possible, fully charged batteries, spare memory cards, and a modesty/wardrobe kit (robes, slips, simple accessories) for styling practicehow Expect hands-on demonstrations, paired shooting exercises, and real-time feedback so you gain practical posing language, lighting tricks, and the interpersonal skills needed to run respectful, empowering boudoir sessions.
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