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You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes.

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Jay Maisel
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: January 18
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Brooklyn
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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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You must be open to what otherwise may seem to be a detriment to your 'plans'.
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Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
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When we are given gifts, we must be quick and able to accept them.
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If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.
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I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.
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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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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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Gesture will survive whatever kind of light you have. Gesture can triumph over anything because of its narrative content.
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I don't see light as something that falls, but as a positive force.
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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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Gesture is not always action.
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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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Forget what it was. Look at what it is.
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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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The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.
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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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Failing is not a problem. Not trying is a problem.
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If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.
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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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