Magazine Cover Final

Captions Review

1. Making yet another fashion statement, Lady Gaga rides into the AMA's on a mechanical horse last Saturday night. Moments later, the horse had multiple malfunctions and Gaga was immediately removed from it.

2. Last night at the Johnsonville Golfing Tournament, pro golfer John Brown anxiously waits to see where his ball from the most important shot of the night, will go. Soon after, Brown celebrated as the ball made its way straight into the hole.

Magazines Part 2

1. Early covers were usually modeled after books and did not have a full on, true cover, like modern magazines. They had no descriptive words and every once in a while had a picture. Sometimes the opening page was plainly just a title and table of contents. Other types just had an image that described the magazine and told a story in of itself.
2. The poster cover used mainly just a picture that took up most of the cover. The covers were to be made to look like they could be normally hung on your wall like any other picture. It contained a cover line and title with small amounts of information around the main aspect, the picture.
3. This relied heavily on cover lines to draw in people passing by. They started putting carrying dialogue over the picture. They're is a relationship between both the picture and the text and they coincide with each other to form a bond. The text tends to overlap the picture.
4. These have really taken over making words larger than the pictures at times. The cover lines were new, loud, and almost shocking to readers. At times the cover lines were even larger then the actual title of the magazine.

My Favorite Cover

W Magazine, March 2012: "Kate Moss"

I really enjoyed the way she was posed. She's also in her element, modeling. I loved the lighting and they way the lighting was placed to contour her face. The look and how it was arranged is so simple, yet so powerful. I think that the background goes well with the portrait and her outfit and makes her stand out from the rest. If I were to walk by this magazine in a stack of many, it would definitely stand out to me. The writing and the color helps to frame her face and also help make it stand out. The way that the cover is laid out helps it pop. Kate is obviously the main aspect with all other small aspects surrounding her. It draws in my curiosity to have the smaller stories titles and subjects in white, contrasting with the description in red. Although you can't read the red writing too well, the white helps make you wonder to what they'd be about and want to buy the copy, and read it. 

Best Magazine Covers 2013

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Magazine Tips

1. How well does your magazine stand out when placed with others?
2. Is your image appealing to others?
3. Is your story interesting enough to pull curiosity of bystanders?
4. How accessible is your magazine to buyers?
5. Don't rely on the electronic copy, wait till you see your final product to make judgements. It won't be the exact same.

Manual Shoot

Electric 

Purple 

Cold

Building

Self Portraits

• Looking within the frame – alternatively you could have your subject looking at something (or someone) within the frame. A child looking at a ball, a woman looking at her new baby, a man looking hungrily at a big plate of pasta…. When you give your subject something to look at that is inside the frame you create a second point of interest and a relationship between it and your primary subject. It also helps create ‘story’ within the image.
• Photograph your subject at work, with family or doing something that they love. This will put them more at ease and you can end up getting some special shots with them reacting naturally to the situation that they are in. You might even want to grab a longer zoom lens to take you out of their immediate zone and get really paparazzi with them.

Environmental 

I enjoyed the element the boy was put in. His element. I also like how they played with the lighting. 

I liked the way the picture was laid out. I think its awesome that this was candid since you can't really pose birds like this. 

Photography Self Portrait

I liked how the photo was candid, but also posed. I also enjoyed how the lighting looked. 

I really liked how the picture looks and am very curious to how they captured it. You have to be very talented to capture such a shot. 

Casual Portrait 

I like how candid yet posed