Jay Maisel

Jay Maisel (born January 18, 1931, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American photographer. His awards include the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the American Society of Media Photographers, and the Infinity Award of the International Center of Photography. Maisel studied painting and graphic design at Manhattan’s Cooper Union and at Yale University and became a photographer in 1954. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————-…

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I Don’t Care

“I don’t care. I really don’t. At the end of the day, all I want to do is look at great photographs. This isn’t a contest to see who can make it the hardest to get a great shot. The result is what matters. I don’t really care if you use Photoshop or iPhoto or…

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Don’t Try To Stand Out From The Crowd; Avoid Crowds Altogether.

The title of this post is taken from chapter 12 of the book “Ignore Everybody” and 39 other keys to creativity. From Author Hugh Macleod. I like this book because the author is very honest and straight to the point and i agree with almost all his thoughts on creativity. Basically what he says is…

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The Problem With Beautiful Photos

Photography has evolved in Gigante leaps, and i am not talking about cameras, i am talking about the photos, the photos taken in the 40s 70s and even 90s cannot be compared to the photos of today, what is the difference you ask? The difference is that today you can take very beautiful photos with a…

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Know Yourself

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Why is it important to know yourself? because in yourself there’s a treasure only accessible by you, in yourself there is the one characteristic needed to be a great photographer, and that characteristic is your very personal way of looking at the world, at people at everything, so the more you let your inner self come…

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The Devils

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11600″ img_size=”500×300″ add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] I heard some music coming from outside so I looked out the window, I could not believe what i was seeing, there was a bunch of devils dancing it was like a party, they looked like they were having a great time, so I call my wife i yelled…

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Creativity And Photography

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”11417″ img_size=”full” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow_border” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Photography + Creativity = A good Photo On one side of the equation you have photography, in this part you should have mastered  your camera, you should know how to use shutter speed, aperture, and iso , you have taken good bokeh photos already and know when to use…

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The Technical And The Creative Photographer

What you say? Arent they the same creature?  An emphatically big NO is the answer. They are different species of creatures evolved from different evolutionary paths since back millions of years ago when we were all monkeys. The technical fellow is like a robot, he or she can not go out from the established path…

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How To Be Creative In Photography #2

We all do not want to expose our very deep and holy thoughts to the world BUT there is no other way to take unique and one of a kind photos, they have to be an expression of your most inner self, and that is why they’ll be unique because you are the only person in…

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The Photo That Was Never Taken

A friend and i were having a conversation, and we were talking about life and how fast most of our lives have gone by, and that most of our lives were already in the past, and about how some friends have already parted to the other life beyond death and we also were talking about the…

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