Magazines Part II

1. Early Magazine Covers

2. The Poster Cover

3. Pictures Married to Type

4. In the Forest of Words

My Favorite Cover

Favorite

Winner

Boston, May, We Will Finish the Race

Photographed by Mitch Feinberg

"After the marathon bombings, we wanted to be the magazine the city deserved and needed at that moment. The marathon was just four days before our ship date, but we scratched our cover and main feature and threw ourselves into honoring the runners and victims as best we could. The cover image is made up completely of shoes that ran this year’s marathon, and we were proud to tell their stories. We were even more proud that the sale of our May cover posters raised over $120,000 for the One Fund."

I love this picture. The fact that the magazine changed their entire cover because they wanted to respect the people who had been in the race when it was horribly interrupted, is amazing. The fact that they were running the marathon in the first place take so much time and effort. People train for months, many times years to be ready for the marathon. And for it to be interrupted the way it was is horrible. But I absolutely love the way the magazine interpreted the race and the way they made it look so amazing on the cover. 

Best Magazine Covers 2013

1. Formal

2. Informal

3. Informal

4. Environmental

5. Environmental

6. Formal

7. Environmental

8. Formal

9. Formal

10. Formal

11. Formal

12. Formal 

13. Informal

14. Formal

15. Formal

16. Environmental

17. Formal

Fashion-Evolution

1st model- Dove
Changes Made:

1. Lips enlarged
2. Neck lengthened
3. Eyes moved down
4. Hair darkened
5. Neck thinned
6. Eyes enlarged
7. Facial structure made more defined
8. Added makeup

2nd model- full body photo shoot
Changes Made:

1. Facial blemishes erased
2. Lips enlarged and changed
3. Nose thinned
4. Eyes enlarged
5. Shoulder lifted
6. Skin tone lightened
7. Chest and stomach edited down
8. Thighs thinned
9. Legs edited to look longer
10. Feet edited to be smaller
11. Arms lengthened
12. Neck raised
13. Neck thinned
14. Hair over-highlighted
15. Skin tone highlighted
16. Butt size decreased

3rd model- standing
Changed Made:

1. Butt shaved down
2. Thighs sized down
3. Arms thinned
4. Butt shaped
5. Stomach resized
6. Boobs enlarged
7. Back thinned
8. Shoulders raised
9. All of the legs shrunk
10. Arm fat decreased
11. Highlights added around arm and butt to make them stand out
12. Shadows added around legs
13. Boobs made perky
14. Hand size decreased
15. Ankles edited
16. Head shrunk
17. Butt lifted
18. Hair added
19. Hair lengthened
20. Stomach re-edited
21. Chin sharpened
22. Eye reshaped
23. Hair volumized
24. Forehead raised
25. Lighting edited
26. More shadows added

*****
1. No, it is never acceptable to completely shift the way someone looks naturally for a magazine cover or billboard. It is wrong to edit their natural selves, (even slight changes) for more money. People should see the real sides of these models and realize that how they are edited isn't what they should want to be. Most of the time the models will be edited to look "skinny" but they look more malnourished than they do fit.
2. I think that any circumstance is wrong to edit people this way.
3. I think that editing face blemishes or hair lengthening is ok, but it should be the model's choice.
4. Fashion photography will take pictures of any model that works, and edit them to make them "perfect".
Photojournalism will wait for the perfect shot.
5. All of the videos are changed from the reality of the model. Not only do 2/3 of them have pounds of layered makeup on to make their faces look "perfect", their bodies are edited past the point of recognition.
6. I think that these pictures give us a view of how some people use Photoshop and the small things we can do if we learn how.
7. I think that girls have to deal more with the hit of over-editing in modeling jobs. Most male models only get jobs if they have perfectly fit bodies. They don't need this magnitude of photoshop on their bodies. Women on the other hand are forced to deal with it because of their many some variations.

Magazine Cover

Five things you should focus on:

1. Make the title and subtitle pop from the background
2. Don't judge your cover from the picture on your computer screen
3. Use bright colors; the colors will dull when printed
4. If your background works well with your title, don't mess with it to "perfect" it
5. Make it familiar; use the same title and/or style every time to appeal to regular costumers

Electric, Cold, Purple Prompt

American Soldier

This picture, taken on December 1st, shows Ian and 1st Lt. Robert Munoz brightening up their platoon's operation center with Christmas lights and stockings. This is one of the most powerful pictures throughout the slide show because it shows that the soldiers want to create a home away from home feeling in a scary situation that most of the men have never been in. 

This is also a very powerful picture. A lot of times when someone joins the army or wants to join the army, their parents don't agree and do not support them at all. This picture shows that both of his parents are proud of what he has done. They want to be there when he comes home to finally welcome him. 

*****

Set 1: #1-9 (Home in Denver)

Set 2: #10-48 (Basic Training)

Set 3: #49-70 (Deployment to Iraq)

Set 4: #71-82 (Home in Denver)

The most powerful set of images was Set 2, when he was deployed to Iraq. The pictures gave real insight into Ian's life in Iraq on deployment. The chance that he wouldn't come home probably crossed through his mind many times. And the fact that he went through so many girls throughout this time period probably made it even harder. 

*****

The images show how Ian grew and changed under the pressures of a completely new experience.  At first he wanted to quit, but he worked through the pan and succeeded. 

Portaits

(Break the Rules of Composition) 

There are a lot of ‘rules’ out there when it comes to composition and I’ve always had a love hate relationship with them. My theory is that while they are useful to know and employ that they are also useful to know so you can purposely break them – as this can lead to eye catching results.

(Experiment with Lighting) 

Another element of randomness that you can introduce to your portraits is the way that you light them. There are almost unlimited possibilities when it comes to using light in portraits. Side-lighting can create mood, backlighting and silhouetting your subject to hide their features can be powerful. 

(Shoot Candidly) 

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 Portraits 

I picked this photo because I felt like I was in the studio with her while she was dancing. The photographer did a really great job. 

I chose this picture because of the simplicity. I feel like the simplicity of the photo accents the simplicity of the farmer's life style, and I think that was what the photographer was trying to capture.

Self portraits

I love this picture because of the depth that it gave off.
The black and white made it stand out a lot more.
It looks like the boy is very dirty and tired, and the rain seems to be giving him new strength.

I liked this picture because of the solemn expression that the subject has.
I also thought the background added to it. I was confused by the water and how
her hair doesn't seem to be very wet even though she's in water.