Magazine Cover Styles

Cover Types

1. Early Magazine Covers - Drawings & simple had moral undertone
2. The Poster Cover - big picture that covers whole thing, small set of words, only focus on that topic, pictures are more appealing, picture covers can be boring, hard to know what the magazine is about.
3. Pictures Married to Type - Complimentary (words & pictures), tells what's going on in the photo & what to expect in the magazine, words don't touch the picture, work together to make an appealing cover, might be boring, bad picture (screwed)
4. In the Forest of Word - lots of words, bold & non bold word, colorful, different fonts & sizes, picture is going to be covered, lots of entry points (lots of ways to tempt to buy magazine) Subject is not the photo, takes away form the photo, too much going on.

Stuff Every Magazine Cover Has

• The title of the Magazine
• Picture or art
• Date

Best Covers

1, Informal
2, Formal
3, Formal
9, Formal
10, Formal
15, Formal
18, Environmental
19, Formal
21, Environmental
22, Formal
23, Formal
24, Environmental
26, Formal
27, Formal
28, Environmental
29 (tie) Playboy, Formal
29 (tie) Fortune, Environmental
31, Environmental
32, Formal
35, Formal
36, Formal
37(tie) Details Formal
37 (tie) National Geographic Environmental
37 (tie) TIME, Informal 
37 (tie) Glamour, Formal

Favorite (:

"This special edition of Fortune, entitled Up from the Ashes, shows a man covered in ashes after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Published less than a month after the attacks, the issue discussed the economic ramifications of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and the world."

The man in picture is covering his face, hiding it from the nasty surroundings, similar to the  rest of the nation. He is isolated and alone, but in an area of great population, showing the state of the nation, how shaken it is. His eyes pointing to the ground, he is struggling to get to where he needs to be.

 

Magazine cover

1. Familiar recognition from issue to issue (that’s the brand)

2. Emotionally irresistible (that’s the image’s appeal)

3. Arousing curiosity (that’s to pull the casual glancer in)

4. Intellectually stimulating, interesting (that’s to promise benefits)

5. Efficient, fast, easy to scan (that’s showing off the service)

6. Worth the investment of money and time (that’s the “What’s in it for me?”)

1. The screen is the wrong size, no matter how big it is. You can’t see it intimately as if it were in your hands.

2. It lacks scale because it is isolated in its own magic electronic world, so you have nothing real to compare it to. You can only guess at type sizes and hope they’re OK.

3. It glows in vivid colors that will inevitably turn disappointingly dull when printed in ink. A hard-copy printout may be closer.

4. Worst of all, it is virtual. It is just an illusory likeness of the physical paper product that your potential buyer will ultimately be holding. If you are producing magazines on paper, think and remain conscious of “paperness” all the time.

Portrait and self-portrait tips and ideas

Candids: Being Unobtrusive (I enjoy catching little details about people)


A self-portrait doesn't have to be of your face—the image of two hands holding a camera says a lot about the photographer who shot his own portrait. You can also aim the camera down your body from eye level. I once took a photo of my own feet in hiking shoes, hanging over the edge of a rocky outcropping in a scenic spot (if you try something like this, just make sure you're in a safe place that you won't fall from). A picture like this will say a lot about your activities and surroundings. 

Be silly, don’t be afraid to over-act. The worst that can happen is that you fill up your memory card with useless photos; but you might also find yourself with a proper gold-nugget of a self portrait. 


 Environmental

This one shows movement, like he's actually playing it.

It's weird. & she's tiny.

 Casual

I like thug life.

I also enjoy the casualness of this.

 Self

The colors are vibrant. & he's awkwardly positioned.

The camouflage background adds to finding the actual face harder. 

 

 

I plan on getting up close and personal with the subjects. Finding things to fill in the empty spaces and playing with the lighting. I would also move around a bit, to fit into the picture or something. I might try one with movement.

2011

Best picture ever.

Everything about this picture is interesting, the blurs provoke the audiences creative side into making them imagine what the actual movement was.

Everyone can relate to this, everyone.

1. What was the best song of 2010?
Home - Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

2. What was the best movie of 2010?
Eclipse

Hah, no.

Black Swan.

3. What was the most important news story of the year?
Bp oil spill, because they suck.

4. Who was the most important person of 2010?
Team Coco. Why not?

5. What was the biggest sports OR entertainment, story OR sports/entertainment person of 2010 (you should google what is appropriate for your choice)
Equality for all, gay marriage approved in DC, yuuuuuuuuuuuuh.

1. Tell me what is the one thing that happened on your holiday that you will remember? It can be a trip, a family visit, a present, something fun.
I gave everyone toys for Christmas, my theme was failed childhoods redeemed.

2. What are your resolutions for the 2011 year?
Do more with less.

3. What are you looking forward to in 2011?
The people & ideas.
College.
Valuable time.