Captured recently in London at the premiere of Be Cool. I'm a film journalist and we can't afford the wires so I'm forced to improvise with my own kit and miraculously allowed to get away with it by the studios who still invite me back. The ceiling of the cinema is dotted with spotlights and I thought they had a particularly starry atmosphere about them. I liked the whole star in the stars idea.

Shot in colour and processed to B+W in Photoshop. Leveled a little, but not too far. I was fortunate that she and the lights were the brightest parts.

I'm still learning, event photography is so fast and where I am in the interview area they're not really expecting photographs. Half of the stuff I come home with is unusable and, I'll tell ya, I have some funny photos of stars not neccesarily at their best. Of course, I'd never release those ones out of respect.

The lovely Uma Thurman, wow. Tall as heck, I'm telling ya! She rushed down the line and of about 20 exposures I got two or three I could really use. This was one of them. Slightly back-focused I think, but I did my best.