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We don't experience light, color, and gesture in a vacuum. We experience it in contexts.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
Photographer
Brooklyn
New York
Experience
Contexts
Light
Vacuums
Vacuum
Gesture
Gestures
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Photography
Color

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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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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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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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... 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.
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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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There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.
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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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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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You must be open to what otherwise may seem to be a detriment to your 'plans'.
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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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You can't just turn on when something happens, you have to be turned on all the time. Then things happen.
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There are rules about perception, but not about photography.
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Each picture you take has power as long as it brings experience to the person who’s looking at it.
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Sometimes as you work, you find that you are learning things about your own perceptions and motivations that are way below you consciousness. If you get lucky, you recognize what you are doing, but all too often we don't find the connection between our work and our own motivations.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.
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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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