Julian Baird 16/12/2015 Julian Baird 16/12/2015

The Computers

Having photographed The Computers back in 2013 I was fairly confident that their show at the Exeter Phoenix last Friday night was going to be a good one. I was joined by Steve from MusicMuso and we were not disappointed! Not only did we have The Computers but we had three quality support bands and a very lively crowd. Happy days.

As always, MusicMuso will be putting up a review of the gig really soon and it's my job here to show you a couple of images hot from the editing desk. OK, I'm not so hot with this post due a trip to Glasgow at the weekend, but my main problem was actually selecting which images to include. A tough job given the quality and energy of the bands, so I'm just going to share more than I would do normally. But hey, it's the Xmas period and I'm feeling festive!

First up were The Mocking Birds:

Next up were Black Foxxes and they caused me a bit of headache as it was really difficult to narrow down which images to use!

On next were Then Thickens:

And last, but in no way least were the very talented and energetic The Computers:

So I definitely posted up more images than I normally do but I couldn't do the gig justice with just a couple of photos! I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did capturing them.

I think this will be my last gig of the year but it won't be my last post of the year. I'll be working on my top 10 images of 2015 blog post over the next couple of weeks. It's going to be tough to pick them as its been a bumper year of great images.

However, 2016 is already shaping up to be even better than 2015 with some amazing acts in the pipeline. I can't wait to share some of those images with you!

No matter what you are doing this December, have a great holiday and I'll see you real soon on The Unplugged Blog.

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!