Quote

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

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
Things
Shooting
Photographer
Photograph
Hearing
Photography
Hear
Happen
Happens

More quotes by Jay Maisel

Image
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
Image
There are rules about perception, but not about photography.
Jay Maisel
Image
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
Image
All these factors are only valuable if you're curious. But in any case, the more knowledge you have, the more things are open and available to you.
Jay Maisel
Image
... there's one of the great lies of all times, that computers save time. They don't. They're time suckers. So, I'm trying not to get involved in the Photoshop.
Jay Maisel
Image
If you're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.
Jay Maisel
Image
Since the background is as important as the subject, you mustn't let it default by chance. You must control not only vertical and horizontal, you must be aware of the depth of field (or lack of it) that you want in the background.
Jay Maisel
Image
There really isn't anything that you could call 'bad' color. It all has to do with the amount of color you use and in what context it appears.
Jay Maisel
Image
Gesture will survive whatever kind of light you have. Gesture can triumph over anything because of its narrative content.
Jay Maisel
Image
Money and fame that photography can bring you are wonderful, but nothing can compare to the joy of seeing something new.
Jay Maisel
Image
Color is seductive. It changes as it interacts with other colors, it changes because of the light falling upon it, and it changes as it becomes larger in size.
Jay Maisel
Image
There is no one solution to all problems. It's the problem itself that can lead to the solution.
Jay Maisel
Image
If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.
Jay Maisel
Image
If you don't have a camera, the best thing you can do is describe how great it looked.
Jay Maisel
Image
Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
Jay Maisel
Image
Forget what it was. Look at what it is.
Jay Maisel
Image
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
Image
You cannot accurately remember color.
Jay Maisel
Image
I don't see light as something that falls, but as a positive force.
Jay Maisel
Image
You always end up with too many pictures to edit and too few that you feel 'got it'.
Jay Maisel