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

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
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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.
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You sort of have to be always aware, even when you're not thinking of shooting. That's when the best stuff happens.
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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.
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When you shoot, that is opportunity number one to make a statement. When you edit, you have opportunity number two to make your statement. It could be an affirmation of your first choice or could go off in another direction.
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I take pictures, and they are there for the taking. I'll tell you a quote that I have always thought about. Arthur Miller said, I try to create the poem from the evidence.
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Money and fame that photography can bring you are wonderful, but nothing can compare to the joy of seeing something new.
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Gesture is not always action.
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There is no one solution to all problems. It's the problem itself that can lead to the solution.
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Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.
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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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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.
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Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
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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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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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It's not just when you shoot, or what you shot, or where you shoot, it's the combination of the three.
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There are rules about perception, but not about photography.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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The best camera is the one you have with you.
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If you don't have a camera, the best thing you can do is describe how great it looked.
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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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