In order to shoot great pictures, you ideally need an aesthetic sense, an understanding of light and a visual language of your own. However, a lot of the time getting memorable images is more about having the front to get into the right place than the right time, as my experience photographing Sinéad O’Connor shows.
In March 2012, I was commissioned to shoot portraits of Sinead to accompany an article about her in magazine. That day, she was due to perform at St George’s Hall in Bristol after suffering a breakdown in the preceding months. She was publicising her first new
