You sort of have to be always aware, even when you're not thinking of shooting. That's when the best stuff happens. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
You can't just turn on when something happens, you have to be turned on all the time. Then things happen. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
You have to let the past successes go, or you'll never be able to see anew. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
All these factors are only valuable if you're curious. But in any case, the more knowledge you have, the more things are… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
One color alone means nothing. I acts as in a vacuum, with no other colors to relate to. It is only when… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
Money and fame that photography can bring you are wonderful, but nothing can compare to the joy of seeing something new. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
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… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
Since the background is as important as the subject, you mustn't let it default by chance. You must control not only vertical… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
Had I not been told to look, I would have quite, ignorant of what was really there, because I had 'made plans'… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
We have always wanted to find the 'it-ness' of anything we shoot. We want to get as deep into the subject as… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
Don't overthink things in front of you. I fit moves you, shoot it. If it's fun, shoot it. If you've never seen… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
You find that you have to do many things, more than just lift up the camera and shoot, and so you get… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
Sometimes as you work, you find that you are learning things about your own perceptions and motivations that are way below you… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
As you see something that yo want to shot and it's bearing down on you, it's important to start framing long before… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
Keep your mind open. You may very well learn something new about yourself and your pictures. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
You have to pick the right tool for the point you're trying to make and there is no one solution. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
Always wait for the trigger. The trigger is the final part of the puzzle, the reason you want to shoot. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
You always end up with too many pictures to edit and too few that you feel 'got it'. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
If you don't have a camera, the best thing you can do is describe how great it looked. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
It's important to realize that the images are everywhere, not just where you want or expect them to be. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
If you want to make more interesting pictures, become a more interesting person. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
It's not just when you shoot, or what you shot, or where you shoot, it's the combination of the three. — Jay Maisel Copy Share
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 Copy Share
Sometimes as you work, you find that you are learning things about your own perceptions and motivations that are way below you consciousness. If… — Jay Maisel Copy Share
I try not to tell students where to shoot, when to shoot, or what to shoot. I feel finding the picture is the most… — Jay Maisel Copy Share
One color alone means nothing. I acts as in a vacuum, with no other colors to relate to. It is only when colors relate… — Jay Maisel Copy Share
You see shape, and how the light hits things, how the color changes from one end of the photo to the other, and how… — Jay Maisel Copy Share
As you see something that yo want to shot and it's bearing down on you, it's important to start framing long before the subject… — Jay Maisel Copy Share
