Jay Maisel Quotes About Photography

Quotes about: Photography

• 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

  Photography, Shooting, Hearing

• If the light is great in front of you, you should turn around and see what it is doing behind you.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Light, Behind You

• Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Trying, Photographer

• Always carry a camera, it's tough to shoot a picture without one.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Cameras, Tough

• Photography is an act of love.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Acts Of Love

• I'm a New Yorker. I don't believe in air unless I can see it.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Believe, Air

• If you're not shooting in the right direction, it doesn't matter how well you're shooting.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Shooting, Matter

• If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Interesting, Want

• If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Games, Elements

• 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.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Black And White, Color

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.7, New Riders

• 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.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Emotional, Perception

• Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Squares, Photographer

• I don't see light as something that falls, but as a positive force.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Fall, Light

• As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, People, Interesting

• Never put lettering in your photos unless you want it read.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Want, Photographer

• Never say you're going back - SHOOT IT NOW!

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer

• When finding the right angle for a shot...'Move your ass.'

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Moving, Photographer

• There is no one solution to all problems. It's the problem itself that can lead to the solution.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Problem, Solutions

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.36, New Riders

• You will, in time, see and show others not just the superficial, but the details, the meanings, and the implications of all that you look at.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Details, Looks

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.4, New Riders

• Always shoot it now. It won't be the same when you go back.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.16, New Riders

• The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer, Ifs

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.58, New Riders

• The problem suggests the solution.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer, Problem

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.128, New Riders

• Forget what it was. Look at what it is.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Looks, Photographer

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.194, New Riders

• Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Mind, May

• 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

  Photography, Fun, Mean

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.5, New Riders

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