Conor McDonnell

Hola!

So, past month has been an awesome one!

First off, Mr. Danny North ( www.dannynorth.co.uk) asked me to come and assist him at a festival down South called Secret Garden Party.
I remember seeing Dannys photos from last year and they were amazing so I was super excited to be going with him this year. 

Danny was leading the official photography team. There was Danny, Andrew Whitton ( www.andrewwhitton.com) and Dan Dennison ( dnnsn.com). 
It was awesome to meet both Andy and Dan and spend the weekend with all three.

Dream Team!

Photo: Copyright Danny North

My main job the whole weekend was to assist Danny. He was taking all the portraits of the artists backstage. I was lighting them for him, carrying around a light which you can see in the photo below. (I really want one of these!)

Photo: Copyright Andrew Whitton 

The portraits that Danny took are amazing! Here is one below of the Guillemots. I think this is my favourite, simply because I remember laughing so much after this was taken, as the girl actually kicked him in the face. It was awesome. 

Photo: Copyright Danny North

 

The whole weekend was bloody amazing. I loved every minute of it. It was the best weekend I've had in a long long time and it was amazing to spend it with Danny, Andy and Dan. I hope the same happens again in the future. I can't wait till the next time we are all together again.

You can see the whole set of official photos that Danny, Andy and Dan took here - photos.secretgardenparty.com  They are bloody amazing, like RIDICULOUSLY GOOD. Literally!

Even though I was assisting all weekend I managed to get a few photos and I have them in in album here - SECRET GARDEN PARTY PHOTOS

It was such a good weekend and probably the best festival I've ever been too, I had so much fun! Good times!


Next up was the return of YNot Festival, my second year being the official photographer.

PHOTOS - YNOT FESTIVAL 2011

It was another great year, great line up and (mostly) great weather!

Despite having only half a song for Feeder due to security issues in the pit I basically had free roam the whole weekend. In the pit, on stage, backstage, sound desk etc. It was cool!

I managed to catch up with a band I met at Secret Garden Party. A band called Tribes. I met them when I was at SGP and Danny was taking their portrait, we made friends with the drummer Miguel. Who is the best dude ever. It was awesome to catch up with him. They played an amazing set and after it was ace to hang. 

 

Miguel
 

It was another awesome year, met some awesome people and I've got a set of photos I'm happy with. Looking forward to next year!

 

You can see the set of photos from Ynot HERE -  YNOT FESTIVAL 2011