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

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

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Want, Photographer

• 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

• 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

• There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Light, Up To You

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

• 'Color' is quite different from 'colors.' In an image with many colors, we find that all the colors compete with each other rather than interacting with each other. The results" colors.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Color, Different

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.6, New Riders

• It's a lot easier to take pictures if you always have the camera with you.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Cameras, Photographer

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.56, New Riders

• Remember that most people (those who are not photographers) don't even see the things that you missed. Many don't even look. Ergo, you are way ahead of the game.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Games, People

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.84, New Riders

• 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.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Important, Trying

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

• You can't just turn on when something happens, you have to be turned on all the time. Then things happen.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer, Turns

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.240, New Riders

• 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.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Drama, Dark

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

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