Jay Maisel Quotes About Photography

Quotes about: Photography

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

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Shooting, Hearing

• 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

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

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Trying, Photographer

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

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Cameras, Tough

• Photography is an act of love.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Acts Of Love

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

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Believe, Air

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

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Shooting, Matter

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

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Interesting, Want

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

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Games, Elements

• 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.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Black And White, Color

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

• Had I not been told to look, I would have quite, ignorant of what was really there, because I had 'made plans' and was wearing visual and emotional blinders that limited my perceptions and my vision.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Emotional, Perception

• Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Squares, Photographer

• I don't see light as something that falls, but as a positive force.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Fall, Light

• As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, People, Interesting

• Never put lettering in your photos unless you want it read.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Want, Photographer

• There is no one solution to all problems. It's the problem itself that can lead to the solution.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Problem, Solutions

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.36, New Riders

• Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer

• When finding the right angle for a shot...'Move your ass.'

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Moving, Photographer

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

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Light, Triumph

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

• The more light you have in an image, the less drama you get. The details start taking over; the mystery is all gone.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Drama, Light

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.44, New Riders

• It's my obligation to take out all the 'wrong' pictures.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer, Obligation

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.96, New Riders

• Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Waiting, Finals

• You sort of have to be always aware, even when you're not thinking of shooting. That's when the best stuff happens.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Thinking, Stuff Happens

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.224, New Riders

• We have always wanted to find the 'it-ness' of anything we shoot. We want to get as deep into the subject as we can.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Want, Photographer

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.3, New Riders

• What you're shooting at doesn't matter, the real question is: 'Does it give you joy?'

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Real, Giving

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