Jay Maisel Quotes

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• If the light is great in front of you, you should turn around and see what it is doing behind you.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Light, Behind You

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• If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.

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  Photography, Shooting, Hearing

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• Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.

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  Photography, Trying, Photographer

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• If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.

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  Photography, Interesting, Want

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• Always carry a camera, it's tough to shoot a picture without one.

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  Photography, Cameras, Tough

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• The drama of light exists not only in what is in the light, but also in what is left dark. If the light is everywhere, the drama is gone.

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  Photography, Drama, Dark

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.2, New Riders

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• Light gesture and color of the key compliments of any photograph. Light and color are obvious, but it is just her that is the most important. There is gesture in everything. It's up to you to find a gesture that is most telling.

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  Keys, Light, Color

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• Always shoot it now. It won't be the same when you go back.

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  Photography, Photographer

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.16, New Riders

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• Photography is an act of love.

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  Photography, Acts Of Love

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• You are responsible for every part of your image, even the parts you’re not interested in.

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  Photography, Photographer, Responsible

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• The best camera is the one you have with you.

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  Inspiring, Cameras

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• First, perseverance trumps talent. Second, do what you want to do, otherwise why bother? Third, be ethical; it might rub off on others. Fourth, don't give up.

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  Perseverance, Giving Up, Don't Give Up

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• Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.

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  Trying, Problem, Failing

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• Some have said that if you take a great picture in color and take away the color, you'll have a great black-and-white picture. But if you're shooting something about color and you take away the color, you'll have nothing.

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  Photography, Black And White, Color

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.7, New Riders

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• It's always around. You just don't see it.

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  Photography, Photographer

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• Don't overthink things in front of you. I fit moves you, shoot it. If it's fun, shoot it. If you've never seen it before, shoot it.

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  Photography, Fun, Moving

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• I try not to tell students where to shoot, when to shoot, or what to shoot. I feel finding the picture is the most important part of being a photographer. The actual shooting is of lesser importance.

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  Photography, Important, Trying

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.168, New Riders

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• If you're not your own severest critic, you are your own worst enemy.

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  Photography, Worst Enemy, Photographer

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.1, New Riders

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• If you're just going to meet consumer or clients' demands, you might as well be a plumber - the work will be more frequently available.

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  Demand, Might, Clients

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• Gesture will survive whatever kind of light you have. Gesture can triumph over anything because of its narrative content.

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  Photography, Light, Triumph

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.2, New Riders

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• If you're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.

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  Photography, Shooting, Matter

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• I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.

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  Photography, Believe, Air

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• If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.

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  Photography, Games, Elements

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• You find that you have to do many things, more than just lift up the camera and shoot, and so you get involved in it in a very physical way. You may find that the picture you want to do can only be made from a certain place, and you're not there, so you have to physically go there. And that participation may spur you on to work harder on the thing, . . . because in the physical change of position you start seeing a whole different relationship.

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  Photography, Hard Work, May

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• You always end up with too many pictures to edit and too few that you feel 'got it'.

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  Photography, Photographer, Ends

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