Image Based cover magazines are seen most often. They usually consist of few people. Most celebrities are are on the covers smiling at the camera. They are normally the ones who are selling the magazine. Some of these magazines are uniquely displayed. Such as the subject is posing differently, or the cover has landscapes, food, or animals. The main focus of these magazines is the photograph. It is like a background and makes sense with the topic of the magazine. An example of Illustration Based cover magazines is The New Yorker. The magazines that have an illustration cover consist of funny or rare photographs. The background picture that is computer generated is the biggest focus of the magazine. A Type Based cover magazine consists of powerful and meaningful text instead of photographs. The attract the viewer through the caption or title. Concept Based cover magazines are a mixture of all cover magazines mentioned above. They make the covers funny and easy to understand and follow the message of the magazine.
The relationship between words and photographs on a cover of a magazine is to have both included in order to construct an appealing and engaging cover. This is important because the main focus is to captivate the reader's attention so that they can buy the magazine.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
My Favorite Cover
Favorite Portrait
The New York Times Magazine, November 24, The Flight Risk
Photographer: Martin Schoeller
Designer: Arem Duplessis
"For this cover story on the U.S. women's ski-jumping team, we featured the olympic hopeful Sarah Hendrickson as photographed by Martin Schoeller. Schoeller captures the competitive spirit of Hendrickson, who wears her competition gear, in her body posture and intense gaze."
Critique: This is my favorite portrait because I like the use of colors and how the subject stands out from the background. The magazine explains the competitive spirit Sarah Hendrickson carries with her when she competed in the olympics. She portrays emotion and the title brings attention to the viewer. The whole cover in general is well organized. There is not too much information and it is not all cluttered. Everything is in focus and it is easy to read. The attire she is wearing creates creativity where as if she just dressed normally. In most portraits the subject is smiling. However, I like how Hendrickson is not quite smiling painting an anxious mood. Overall, the magazine is a successful portrait and includes all the magazine tips to think about when creating the cover of a magazine from the last two posts.
The New York Times Magazine, November 24, The Flight Risk
Photographer: Martin Schoeller
Designer: Arem Duplessis
"For this cover story on the U.S. women's ski-jumping team, we featured the olympic hopeful Sarah Hendrickson as photographed by Martin Schoeller. Schoeller captures the competitive spirit of Hendrickson, who wears her competition gear, in her body posture and intense gaze."
Critique: This is my favorite portrait because I like the use of colors and how the subject stands out from the background. The magazine explains the competitive spirit Sarah Hendrickson carries with her when she competed in the olympics. She portrays emotion and the title brings attention to the viewer. The whole cover in general is well organized. There is not too much information and it is not all cluttered. Everything is in focus and it is easy to read. The attire she is wearing creates creativity where as if she just dressed normally. In most portraits the subject is smiling. However, I like how Hendrickson is not quite smiling painting an anxious mood. Overall, the magazine is a successful portrait and includes all the magazine tips to think about when creating the cover of a magazine from the last two posts.
Best Covers
1. Formal
2. Formal
3. Informal
4. Informal
6. Formal
7. Formal
8. Formal
9. Environmental
10. Formal
11. Formal
12. Formal
13. Informal
14. Formal
15. Formal
16. Informal
17. Informal
Magazine Tips
Five things that I will keep in mind while creating the front cover of my magazine is that the cover should be emotionally irresistible, arouse curiosity, easy to read, intellectually stimulating/compelling, and has good use of colors or patterns. The product should look like you took your time and put effort in.
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
American Soldier
A. I think the most powerful image from the Denver Post was when sergeant John Eldridge uses his walking stick and plays with one of the soldiers with it to encourage them during field training exercises. When the soldiers are in stressful or risky situations (war/training), an encouragement or a laugh from a superior almost always relieves the stress and the nerves. This picture also really showed unity and a strong relationship built among the soldiers.
B. The images show the environment and situations they experience as soldiers. It is easy to identify the mood and emotion displayed from the image/subject. The fact that most of the photos are black and white also factor in to create the mood of the image.
C. The captions help illustrate and understand the action that is occurring in each image. They also may provide information that cannot be identified by the image. Rather than just a couple of words, it greatly enhances the experience of the soldiers.
D. Ian Fisher was enlisted in the army at age 17. He signed up for the violence spiking up in Iraq who wanted to fight for "God and [his] country." Throughout his experience as a soldier, Fisher has faced and overcame many injuries and obstacles from the Army and himself. He has built multiple relationships with the other soldiers. Fisher's Drill Sergeant states that he got attached to Fisher during their 14 week training. After a few weeks of hard training, Fisher returns home and explains to his father that he has a drug addiction and later tell his commander. Fisher then comes home from Iraq, has a celebration, and gets engaged to his girlfriend, Devin.
E. Where Ian is present and is the main focus of the photograph, the first sentence of the caption is written in present tense, while the second sentence is in past tense.
F.
1)The captions are normally 2-3 sentences.
2) The first sentence describes who is in the picture, where it takes place, when did it take place, why the photograph was taken, and what is going on.
3) The second sentence tells the viewer the background information that cannot be identified or implied by the photograph.
4) The third sentence may contain a quote and just gives even more details about the photograph.
5) Some captions do have quotes embedded in them.
6) Captions do not have four sentences.
G. I believe it is possible to tell a complete story with just pictures and captions because the pictures demonstrate the action that is occurring and the captions provide more details and background information that may not be shown just by the photograph.
H. I think people bother writing stories because they provide more information and action that can attract the reader's attention. Individuals can acquire more information from a story than just a picture and a caption.
B. The images show the environment and situations they experience as soldiers. It is easy to identify the mood and emotion displayed from the image/subject. The fact that most of the photos are black and white also factor in to create the mood of the image.
C. The captions help illustrate and understand the action that is occurring in each image. They also may provide information that cannot be identified by the image. Rather than just a couple of words, it greatly enhances the experience of the soldiers.
D. Ian Fisher was enlisted in the army at age 17. He signed up for the violence spiking up in Iraq who wanted to fight for "God and [his] country." Throughout his experience as a soldier, Fisher has faced and overcame many injuries and obstacles from the Army and himself. He has built multiple relationships with the other soldiers. Fisher's Drill Sergeant states that he got attached to Fisher during their 14 week training. After a few weeks of hard training, Fisher returns home and explains to his father that he has a drug addiction and later tell his commander. Fisher then comes home from Iraq, has a celebration, and gets engaged to his girlfriend, Devin.
E. Where Ian is present and is the main focus of the photograph, the first sentence of the caption is written in present tense, while the second sentence is in past tense.
F.
1)The captions are normally 2-3 sentences.
2) The first sentence describes who is in the picture, where it takes place, when did it take place, why the photograph was taken, and what is going on.
3) The second sentence tells the viewer the background information that cannot be identified or implied by the photograph.
4) The third sentence may contain a quote and just gives even more details about the photograph.
5) Some captions do have quotes embedded in them.
6) Captions do not have four sentences.
G. I believe it is possible to tell a complete story with just pictures and captions because the pictures demonstrate the action that is occurring and the captions provide more details and background information that may not be shown just by the photograph.
H. I think people bother writing stories because they provide more information and action that can attract the reader's attention. Individuals can acquire more information from a story than just a picture and a caption.
Friday, October 28, 2016
Self Portrait and Portraits Part I
TIPS FOR SELF PORTRAITS
1. Frame your subject because it "gives an image in depth and draws the eye to a point of interest in the image."
2. Take candids. Be obstructive. Taking candid photographs is neat because it tells a "fuller story" and it truly shows the emotions the subjects are experiencing.
3. Experiment with lighting because it "can create mood, backlighting, and silhouetting the subject to hide their features can be powerful."
ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS
I like the choice of background the photographers chose for both photos and how the subjects were focused. I also think the tones of black and white and some spark and for that reason I chose these photos.
PHOTOGRAPHY SELF PORTRAITS
I really like the lighting because it really creates mood and emotions are portrayed by the subjects.
CASUAL PORTRAITS
I like how the subjects are interacting with their surroundings and the emotion portrayed by them. I I picked them because they are in black and white and to me it adds flare.
PLAN
For my self portrait project, I plan to take pictures of people who do not feel uncomfortable of me taking pictures of them. I want my subjects to look comfortable and portray emotion. I plan on taking pictures of my cousin who is in college who enjoys taking pictures. However, if I have to take pictures in school then I will pick a random subject and pick a cool background or make them do something such as stare at something or capture candid pictures of them. They can stand in front of lockers, background of flowers, or them sitting on the stairs. I will make the shot successful by filling in the frame and taking more than enough pictures if some do not turn out as well. I will also make sure my subject is avoiding merging an object. In order to prevent this, I will take pictures in different angles.
1. Frame your subject because it "gives an image in depth and draws the eye to a point of interest in the image."
2. Take candids. Be obstructive. Taking candid photographs is neat because it tells a "fuller story" and it truly shows the emotions the subjects are experiencing.
3. Experiment with lighting because it "can create mood, backlighting, and silhouetting the subject to hide their features can be powerful."
ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS
I like the choice of background the photographers chose for both photos and how the subjects were focused. I also think the tones of black and white and some spark and for that reason I chose these photos.
PHOTOGRAPHY SELF PORTRAITS
I really like the lighting because it really creates mood and emotions are portrayed by the subjects.
CASUAL PORTRAITS
I like how the subjects are interacting with their surroundings and the emotion portrayed by them. I I picked them because they are in black and white and to me it adds flare.
PLAN
For my self portrait project, I plan to take pictures of people who do not feel uncomfortable of me taking pictures of them. I want my subjects to look comfortable and portray emotion. I plan on taking pictures of my cousin who is in college who enjoys taking pictures. However, if I have to take pictures in school then I will pick a random subject and pick a cool background or make them do something such as stare at something or capture candid pictures of them. They can stand in front of lockers, background of flowers, or them sitting on the stairs. I will make the shot successful by filling in the frame and taking more than enough pictures if some do not turn out as well. I will also make sure my subject is avoiding merging an object. In order to prevent this, I will take pictures in different angles.
Funny Captions
Grandpa Joe's dentures slowly fall as he sleeps on a bench on the streets of Virginia. He had enjoyed a nice burger from McDonalds on November 5th, 2011, before his nap.
Mr. Harold and his brother Josh skydive over the vast land of Arizona on August 4th, 2014. They spread their arms and felt the air push them along.
Grandma Lisa and Grandma Amy ride along Sunset Valley in California on their scooters. They were heading to some stores in search of gifts for their grandchildren for Christmas on December 4th, 2001.
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