It's Not About the F-Stop

by Maisel, Jay

• ISBN13: 9780321987129
• ISBN10: 0321987128
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-03-25
• Publisher: New Riders

Summary

Jay Maisel has been hailed as one of the most brilliant and gifted photographers of all time. But he is also much more than that–he is a mentor, teacher, and trailblazer to many photographers, and a hero to those who feel Jay’s teaching has changed the way they see and create their own photography. He is a living legend whose work is studied around the world, and whose teaching style and presentation garner standing ovations and critical acclaim every time he takes the stage.

In his first educational book, Light, Gesture, and Color, Jay put his amazing insights and learning moments from a lifetime behind the lens into a book that communicated the three most important aspects of street photography: light, gesture, and color. Here, in It’s Not About the F-Stop, Jay builds on that success to take you beyond the buttons and dials on your camera to continue to teach you how to “see” like a photographer, and how to capture the world around you in a way that delights, intrigues, and challenges the viewer. Each page unveils something new and inspires you to rethink everything you know about the bigger picture of photography. This isn’t a book about f-stops or ISOs. It’s about seeing. And nobody communicates this, visually or through the written word, like Jay Maisel.

Author Biography

Photographer Jay Maisel’s career spans over 60 years. His name has become synonymous with vibrant color photography that uses light and gesture to create countless unforgettable images for advertising, editorial, and corporate communications. Author of the highly anticipated Light, Gesture, and Color, his pictures appear in books and private, corporate, and museum collections. Included among his many awards for excellence are the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame, American Society of Media Photographers’ Photographer of the Year Award, and the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award. Since he stopped taking on commercial work in the late 1990s, Jay has continued to focus on his personal work. A graduate of Cooper Union and Yale University, he continues his education by teaching younger photographers at workshops, seminars, and lectures around the world, and has developed a reputation as a giving and inspiring teacher. He lives in New York City, and can be found online at jaymaisel.com.

Table of Contents

Sample section titles include:
- “Be Aware of the Ordinary”
- “The Gifts Are Always There”
- “Take Notice”
- “Multiplicity”
- “You Get Two Chances”
- “Sometimes You Must Improvise”
- “Unique Gesture”
- “The Trigger”