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Forget what it was. Look at what it is.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
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Brooklyn
New York
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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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Every picture should have a place you can go, a home, a climax.
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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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I want to go out as unprepared as possible so I can get filled up with what the world has to offer.
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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.
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Some have said that if you take a great picture in color and take away the color, you'll have a great black-and-white picture. But if you're shooting something about color and you take away the color, you'll have nothing.
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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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You always end up with too many pictures to edit and too few that you feel 'got it'.
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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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Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
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First, perseverance trumps talent. Second, do what you want to do, otherwise why bother? Third, be ethical it might rub off on others. Fourth, don't give up.
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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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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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Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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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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Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!
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