When you shoot, that is opportunity number one to make a statement. When you edit, you have opportunity number two to make… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
Remember that most people (those who are not photographers) don't even see the things that you missed. Many don't even look. Ergo,… — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
You must be open to what otherwise may seem to be a detriment to your 'plans'. — 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
If you don't have a camera, the best thing you can do is describe how great it looked. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
You must not think of yourself as looking at the stage from the audience. You must think of it as theatre in… — 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
It's a lot easier to take pictures if you always have the camera with you. — Jay Maisel Copy Share Image
If you can capture the element of surprise, you're way ahead of the game. — 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
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
The awareness of the quality of space in out photos is akin to our awareness of the very air in our photos,… — 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
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
You have to have a lot of 'overage' so that your failures aren't the only thing you come home with. You've got… — 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
You have to learn not only from your failures. You must also learn from your successes. — 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 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
