Beautiful Days Festival - 18th to 20th August 2017

Beautiful Days 2017

When I covered the Beautiful Days festival last year I thought it was one of the best festivals I'd had the pleasure to photograph.  Naturally when I was invited back to cover the festival in 2017 I jumped at the chance.  Everything that I enjoyed about the festival last year was there in abundance this year.  Great crowds, fantastic lineup, and despite some dubious summer weather, a proper fun festival vibe.

As I did last year this post is going to be a photographic celebration of this brilliant Devon festival.  My friends over at MusicMuso will post a full review soon, but in the meantime please enjoy my gallery of Beautiful Days 2017 images.

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

That's it from me.  I hope you enjoyed my images!  And remember to follow me on Twitter and Instagram to see my images as I post them live from future gigs and festivals!  See you next time on The Unplugged Blog!

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!

Chagstock 2015

It had been a busy week for me and my energy levels were low.  Well, that was until I arrived at Chagstock last Friday evening!  As soon as I picked up my photo pass and got through the gate I could tell it was going to be great weekend full of festival fun.

I spent a lot of time wondering around the site and there was a really positive vibe about the place.   From the young to the old, everyone was just on a mission to have a good time.  Hopefully you can see this from this selection of some of my favourite people and crowd shots:

As with my last festival post I'm going to keep this post light on words and let the pictures do the talking when it comes to the music.  However, expect a full review from my friends over at MusicMuso really soon, so keep an eye out for it.  In the mean time, here are some images of the bands and artists that made it such a great festival:

Chagstock was amazing.  No doubt.  It was hard work (believe it or not), but very satisfying.  A great mix of amazing musicians and festival folk really made it a pleasure to shoot.  I've still got lots more photos to process so keep an eye on my Twitter feed and I'll let you know when I've posted them.

I'm away to catch up on some sleep but see you next time on the Unplugged Blog!