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

• We have always wanted to find the 'it-ness' of anything we shoot. We want to get as deep into the subject as we can.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Want, Photographer

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.3, New Riders

• What you're shooting at doesn't matter, the real question is: 'Does it give you joy?'

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Real, Giving

• I love when pictures ask questions or make others ask questions.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Photographer, Asks

  Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.46, New Riders

• You have to pick the right tool for the point you're trying to make and there is no one solution.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Trying, Tools

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

• 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.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Color, Photographer

• 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.

  Jay Maisel

  Photography, Opportunity, Two

• 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

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