I’m back from a third year serving on the media team as a photographer at Wildfires Festival. Despite the odd challenge in taking a five-month-old camping, it was terrific fun! Once again, it was a delight to sample all aspects of the festival, from foraging around the campsite to get shots of people setting up, eating and hanging out, to getting on stage to capture the bands and speakers in the Big Top. It was also another learning curve. I still feel very much in my infancy when it comes to festival photography, and whilst there are some aspects I am especially comfortable with, like portraits, there are others where I’m really stretching myself as I try new things, like getting the all-action shots as the worship cranks up a notch. That’s one of the reasons I love helping at Wildfires, because my team leader, David, is amazing at encouraging his photographers and videographers to give new stuff a go and not be afraid of messing up. In fact, as I again discovered this year, it’s usually by getting it wrong that you realise what’s the right way. And thankfully, the team is big and talented enough to make up for my hiccups! Here’s a bitesized selection of what I took, taken with either the Fujifilm x100f or Fujifilm x-T5…
