Julian Baird 22/09/2015 Julian Baird 22/09/2015

The Unplugged Blog is One Year Old!

A year ago today I started The Unplugged Blog as a quick way to talk about and share the images I had recently captured. My first blog post shared some images from the Lewis Watson gig at the Exeter Phoenix - you can read it here.

One year and 24 blog posts later I've shared images from The South, The Boomtown Rats, Europe, Grandmaster Flash and UB40! It's been a blast.

For those who read my blog on a regular basis you'll know that I like to share my images as soon as I can. And while I will post images direct and live from a gig on my Twitter feed, you can't beat the quality of a fully processed image from the computer. So when I get back from a gig the first thing I do is catalog and select my best images. I will then normally select one or two of my best images from the shoot to share on my blog. It's important to share some images while the gig is still fresh in everyone's mind!

So to celebrate The Unplugged Blog's first birthday I've collated a selection of some of my favorite images. Not only are there images from previous blog posts but I've included some images from gigs before I'd even started the blog. So have a good look through and you might see some images previously unshared!

I hope you enjoyed this selection of images, I certainly enjoyed taking them. Remember to keep checking my Twitter feed and The Unplugged Blog for all the latest images!

See you next time!

Julian Baird 16/07/2015 Julian Baird 16/07/2015

Brother Strut

With a festival shoot last weekend and another this weekend, spare time to fit in a mid-week gig shoot was looking slim. However, I couldn't resist the chance to nip down to the Exeter Phoenix to shoot the new funk-soul band Brother Strut.

I'm pleased to say that my efforts were well rewarded, both musically and photographically. As usual I'll leave it to my friends over at MusicMuso to wax lyrical about the gig in their upcoming review, and I'll concentrate on the images.

So to kick things off here is Leigh Coleman on stage:

Dfunk then hit the stage with some awesome sounds:

And here we have the funked up Brother Strut:

A relatively short blog post from me. I'm still working my way through all the images from last weekends festival and getting prepared for another this weekend. If you want to see what gigs I'm shooting then check out my set list.

I'll see you here again on the Unplugged Blog really soon!