machinery and talking about light
and shadow, shutter speeds, and
apertures. It was fun for me to be
the boss. I’d be grilling him, ‘No,
no that’s not the right aperature’ or
ask ‘Which way do you go in this
exposure?’
We wanted to have a little section in the book with those shots.
Jon gives me a hard time because
his section is kind of small, but
there is a section of personal photos that he’s taken. Some were
taken when we were together and
some when he took a vacation
with his family. There are pictures
of his kids. He keeps his private
life away from the public eye and
to put these shots in a very public
way was very cool. It gives a good
look at his life.
Was there ever a time when you
watched a major event on TV
and said to yourself, ‘I wish I was
there, shooting that?’ Oh God
no! To be honest, this is a gig that
I’ve dreamed about for years. I
feel like my whole career has led
up to this point. I used to tell my
New Jersey Stage
friends that one day I was going to
be traveling the world on a private
jet with a big rock and roll band. I
didn’t know who it was going to
be, but I’d tell that to my friends.
They’d say, ‘Yeah, whatever.’
I’ll never forget the first show. I
started out traveling on my own
to the shows. I was just an independent contractor and then they
put me on a tour bus for a little
while. Then they moved me to
the private jet where I was literally
sitting next to the band every day.
I’ll never forget the first time I got
on the plane and looked around,
and it hit me - I’m actually doing
this! I kind of privately gave myself a little pat on the back, like
this is what you’ve been working
towards.
Now, of course, I have to top it! I
have to come up with my next big
one. I’d love to do another tour,
but there aren’t too many bands
at this level. I just love touring, it
combines all of my loves — journalism, travel, and music. It’s everything I love to do at one time.
November 2014
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