The Wonder Stuff with The Wedding Present and The Lottery Winners at O2 Academy Bristol - 17/03/16

March 21, 2016 by Julian Baird in Uncategorized

My 2nd visit to Bristol last week was a bit of a special one. It was a three band extravaganza at the O2 Academy Bristol featuring newcomers The Lottery Winners, indie rock band The Wedding Present, and The Wonder Stuff who were on their 30th anniversary tour.

The venue was packed out and the crowd were treated to a night of quality music. Here are some of my images from the night:

The Lottery Winners

The Wedding Present

The Wonder Stuff

It was an epic night of music and with some quality bands. They all had lots of energy and bags of stage presence making my job a whole lot easier!

I'm having a break for a few weeks but I'll be back in April with some more quality images from my recent gigs. In the meantime remember to check out my social pages:

See you next time on The Unplugged Blog.

My Top 10 Images of 2015

December 31, 2015 by Julian Baird in Uncategorized

As the end of 2015 approaches I like to take some time to look at all the images I took over the year. Looking at my 2015 collection I realise that I've had a very productive year. At the end of 2014 I wrote about my Favourite Images of 2014, a collection of my 5 personal favourites. I soon came to the conclusion that narrowing 2015 down to 5 images would be impossible.

So to celebrate 2015 I've selected 10 of my personal favourites. This gallery of images are the photographs that I'm either very pleased with (artistically speaking) or strike some sort of personal chord. An image should spark an emotional response and for me these images do just that.

I really hope you enjoyed my selection but if you want to know what my favourite bands were, please check out My Top 5 Bands of 2015 blog post.

See you all in 2016!

The Fratellis

November 18, 2015 by Julian Baird in Uncategorized

"Duh-da-da, duh-da-da" was the song being sung in the car last Sunday on the long drive back from the O2 Academy in Bristol. Joining me in the car was Steve from MusicMuso and of course we had just been to see The Fratellis and that well known track, Chelsea Dagger, was well and truly stuck in our heads!

Not that it should come as any great surprise to anyone but it was a great gig to shoot with two high energy bands putting on a great show. I also like shooting the O2 Academy Bristol with its fixed and large pit area. Plenty of room to move about in and follow the action.

The first band up were The Crookes and you can see them here:

The Fratellis were up next and they put on a great show and I really had to work hard to keep up and get these great images:

Getting your photographic mojo going on a Sunday evening can be a challenge, but with some great bands and great venues my job can be a real pleasure.

If you want read more about the gig itself and how the bands performed, check out MusicMuso where a review of the gig will be posted up there really soon.

In the meantime, keep an eye out for my latest posts on The Unplugged Blog and for images posted live from gigs over on Twitter.

See you next time on The Unplugged Blog!

The Bluetones

September 28, 2015 by Julian Baird in Uncategorized

It's always harder to get motivated for a Sunday night gig, particularly when you need to drive to Bristol. But when it's the The Bluetones at the Bristol O2 Academy motivation is not an issue that is for sure! Particularly when MusicMuso is driving (thanks Steve!).

So while Steve is busy writing up the review for MusicMuso , let me share some of my favorite images from the gig, which by the way, was brilliant! My job as photographer is always easier when you have an experienced band who knows how to work the stage.

But lets start things off with Cornish band The Velvet Hands:

Next up were the very entertaining The Standard Lamps:

And of course filling the Bristol O2 Academy were the very cool The Bluetones:

That's about all I've got for now. I've got a busy run up to the end of the year so if you want to see what I've got coming up please check out the My Set List page. And if you want to see the latest images remember to check out my Twitter feed and of course right here on The Unplugged Blog.

See you next time on The Unplugged Blog.