Quote

There are rules about perception, but not about photography.

Jay Maisel

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
Rules
Photography
Photographer
Perception

More quotes by Jay Maisel

Image
You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes.
Jay Maisel
Image
You always end up with too many pictures to edit and too few that you feel 'got it'.
Jay Maisel
Image
Gesture is not always action.
Jay Maisel
Image
Forget what it was. Look at what it is.
Jay Maisel
Image
You cannot accurately remember color.
Jay Maisel
Image
Color really doesn't have interaction if it's full of colors. It's the interaction or relationship among or between colors that makes a color image. This usually happens with a few colors, not a glut of them.
Jay Maisel
Image
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
Image
When we are given gifts, we must be quick and able to accept them.
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
The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.
Jay Maisel
Image
One color alone means nothing. I acts as in a vacuum, with no other colors to relate to. It is only when colors relate to other colors that the fun begins.
Jay Maisel
Image
Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.
Jay Maisel
Image
Each picture you take has power as long as it brings experience to the person who’s looking at it.
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
Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.
Jay Maisel
Image
I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
Jay Maisel
Image
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
Image
You can't just turn on when something happens, you have to be turned on all the time. Then things happen.
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
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