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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Drama, Dark

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.2, New Riders

• 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.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Color, Use

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.6, New Riders

• It's not just when you shoot, or what you shot, or where you shoot, it's the combination of the three.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Three, Photographer

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.42, New Riders

• Gesture is not always action.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Gestures, Action

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.90, New Riders

• You need minimum color for maximum effect.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Color, Needs

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.182, New Riders

• 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.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer, Curious

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.214, New Riders

• Money and fame that photography can bring you are wonderful, but nothing can compare to the joy of seeing something new.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Joy, Photographer

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.242, New Riders

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