I think of filmmaking as a form of communication. Maybe it's also an art, but that's for somebody else to decide.

I am not a fan of having too much gear.

I thought that was a pretty stupid argument, really, because it's the final product that matters. The look of the film, however it's done, is still the cinematographer's vision in my mind. People said the same when color film came in, didn't they? The world evolves, and image-making evolves.

I don't really believe in the mystery of cinematography - what happens in the camera is what the cinematographers create and all that nonsense.

I am concerned that the subtlety is being lost and every film tends to look very contrasty and saturated.

I do miss the idea of the crew getting together to watch dailies after work. I will usually get selected dailies printed on film especially for the early part of a shoot as HD dailies really don't tell me much photographically.

Your whole life informs your eye.