I really enjoy recording right after a tour. We're tired, but the songs are really lived in by then.
Authentic discovery, when captured on camera, I think, is tremendous acting.
The problem with shooting in Paris is, it's been shot to death. When you're in it, you already think you're in a movie, so how do you get away from that feeling, and give some frisson to the viewer?
It's like you take these great actors and put them in an aquarium of life and just watch them swim. That's what makes editing tough because you get all these beautiful, unplanned moments.
You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens.
I love to photograph people in their own environment. It offers clues to what's important in their lives.
When you're able to shoot in Europe and internationally, those locations don't lie. The feeling doesn't lie, the quality of the light. You can always tell when it's shot in London.
Your aim as a photographer is to get a picture of that person that means something. Portraits aren't fantasies; they need to tell a truth.
