Jay MaiselPhotography Assignment

Quotes

“If you want to take more interesting pictures then become a more interesting person.”

“If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.”

His early life

Born on Jan 18, 1931. Born in Brooklyn, New York. Studied painting and graphic design

at Manhattan’s Cooper Union and at Yale University.

He became a photographer in 1954.

His work

His most famous image was of Miles Davis, which was on the cover of Davis’ album, Kind of Blue.

He is well known for capturing the light, color, and gesture found in every day life.

He has shot for annual reports, magazine covers, album covers, advertisings and more.

He stopped doing commercial work and has continued to thrive with his personal work.

New York City Aerial

This is a brilliant picture clicked by Jay Maisel.

The top view of the city with the clouds coming in the top too is a brilliant way of making this click look wonderful.

The composition of this picture is also amazing.

Groundskeeper

Jay Maisel is known for his way of showing or observing colors.

In this picture, he ahs used color contrast in the picture’s composition to enhance the picture’s quality.

The greens on the header and the footer and the subject being in the middle gives an artistic touch to this picture.

Statue of Liberty in Mist

The Statue of Liberty from a top angle view looks brilliant in Jay’s perception.

The extreme long shot of the subject, using the thumb’s rule to bring the focus on the subject and the use of the natural light, i.e., the sun light for the background and the shadow of the subject brings a different clarity and sense of naturalness in the picture.

Blue Wall and the Doves

Jay Maisel’s use of colors in his pictures cannot be compared to any other photographer.

The way he has used colors to highlight the window, and therefore bringing focus to the birds sitting on the window is awesome.

City in the Glass

Reflection

Used reflection and law of physics - Explain

Three

Use of colors and background for contrast purposes.

Red Wall and Rope

Use of bright colors, making the picture more EYE – CATCHING !

Red, Green, Yellow

Color Contrast and talk about header, footer and the subject, a perfect composition.

Two Miners

Use of LIGHT, only light and no colors, also a brilliant job.

Don’t Walk and Red

Use of only 2 colors in the pic makes it more commendable

shadows

River

Top view Green background Focus on the subject Subject in contrast to the

background

Man and the Orange Wall

Used the color to make the pic look beautiful

The Golden Eye

Hot Cabbie

Blue Sky, Yellow Field

Bird in Iran

Thank You

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