Jay Maisel Quotes
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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 always end up with too many pictures to edit and too few that you feel 'got it'.
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You need minimum color for maximum effect.
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As people, we love pattern. But interrupted pattern is more interesting.
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You must be open to what otherwise may seem to be a detriment to your 'plans'.
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You find that you have to do many things, more than just lift up the camera and shoot, and so you get involved in it in a very physical way. You may find that the picture you want to do can only be made from a certain place, and you're not there, so you have to physically go there. And that participation may spur you on to work harder on the thing, . . . because in the physical change of position you start seeing a whole different relationship.
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When finding the right angle for a shot...'Move your ass.'
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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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Sometimes without shooting a picture germinates in your head. Other times, you keep taking pictures of the same thing and watch the images mature and grow.
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Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures.
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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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What you're shooting at doesn't matter, the real question is: 'Does it give you joy?'
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You must not think of yourself as looking at the stage from the audience. You must think of it as theatre in the round and look at it from all sides.
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The more light you have in an image, the less drama you get. The details start taking over; the mystery is all gone.
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Every picture should have a place you can go, a home, a climax.
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Try to go out empty and let your images fill you up.
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You have to let the past successes go, or you'll never be able to see anew.
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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 have to have a lot of 'overage' so that your failures aren't the only thing you come home with. You've got to have a lot of things that were magnificent failures, but you want some magnificent successes.
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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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If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person.
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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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Each picture you take has power as long as it brings experience to the person who’s looking at it.
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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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If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you're not out there, you'll only hear about it.
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Be aware of every square millimeter of your frame.
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Never put lettering in your photos unless you want it read.
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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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You cannot accurately remember color.
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The composition is already there, you just need to crop it
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