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The best camera is the one you have with you.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
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The awareness of the quality of space in out photos is akin to our awareness of the very air in our photos, the atmosphere that pervades every square inch of our image and yet is often invisible to the photographer.
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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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Every picture should have a place you can go, a home, a climax.
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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.
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You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes.
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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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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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When we are given gifts, we must be quick and able to accept them.
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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.
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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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We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts.
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Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.
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If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.
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If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.
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Forget what it was. Look at what it is.
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The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.
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Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
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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.
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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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