Magazine Cover Styles

Cover types

1. Early magazine covers: Are always drawings instead of a photo. They are usually simple drawings. Often have a moral theme to them, or have a religious theme to them.

2. The poster cover: A big picture that covers most of the cover just a few words. All of the words have to do only with the picture and nothing else. The pictures have to be visually appealing. Portrait covers may be boring to the buyers, it's hard to know what the magazine is going to be about. If your picture isn't good than the people aren't going to buy your magazine. If your picture isn't a great picture make sure that the person is recognizable or that the object is interesting.

3. Pictures married to type: Complementary, they complement the words and the pictures. The text tells you whats going on in the photo and what you can expect to see in the magazine they also work together to make an appealing cover. May seem boring to some of the people. The colors, picture and the words are boring. The picture has to be a good picture in order for people to buy them. The color may make the magazine look boring and uninteresting.

4. In the forest of words: A lot of words in the cover, some are bold and some aren't. Colorful letters, different fonts and sizes. Lots of entry points there is a lot of  ways that will advertise you to buy the magazine. The words take some of the attention from the photo. There might be too much stuff going on in the cover.

Stuff every magazine cover has

Title of the magazine, a picture or some type of art, a date, bar codes are optional.

Magazine cover and catch up

1. Arousing curiosity

2. Familiar recognition from issue to issue

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

4. Worth the investment of money and time

5. Intellectually stimulating, interesting

Best Covers

#9: Formal portrait

#10: Informal portrait

#15: Formal portrait

#19: Formal portrait

#36: Formal portrait

#37(tie) details: Informal portrait

#37(tie) glamour: Formal portrait

Favorite

#26 People (March 4, 1974)
This premiere issue of People featured Mia Farrow on the cover biting a strand of pearls. Farrow was starring in the movie The Great Gatsby as Daisy Buchanan and the magazine cover dubbed Gatsby the years next big movie. Since this issue, People has become a popular magazine of celebrity and pop culture news and is best known for yearly special issues naming The 50 Most Beautiful People, The Best and Worst Dressed and The Sexiest Man Alive.

The lighting in this picture was very good. The pearls necklace make the picture look good, and her face expression does too. Shes not looking at the camera but her make up and her hair are done and it makes her pop out so that you know she is the main focus. I think its really nice how her shirt, scarf, necklace, and nails match the background.

Portrait and self-portrait tips and ideas

-Think about your motivation and emotions: Blankly staring at the camera rarely gets good results. 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.

-Use props! Are you a dad and a rocker? Bring your kid and your guitar. Are you a photographer? Add camera gear. Painter? Paint. Poet? Words. Make-up artist? Guess… You get the idea.

Environmental portrait:

 I chose this picture because i like how the picture was taken outside but, the background looks dirty, abandoned, and its in black and white but than the girl in the picture has color, a dress on and has her hair and make up done.

I like this picture because the guy has a guitar in his hand and two rows or them on each side of him and they all have the same design different colors though.

Self portrait:

 I chose this picture as my favorite because it had three different portraits but in the end it has a self portrait of himself and it seems really interesting how he took this picture.

I like this picture because of the mans face, hes acting silly and has his hands on his face doing some kind of signs.

Casual portrait:

I chose this picture because i love it, his the picture is simple but his glasses catch your attention, also i like how the air plain in the background is white and it doesn't take the attention from the focus.

I chose this picture because i like how they changed the point of view and how they created depth in it.

For my photograph i am going to take a picture of Asia, i am going to take the picture by the new tech hall by the stairs, also i am going to make sure that the focus and the lighting are in place and change the view point and create depth into the picture i wanna think of all of the rules that we have learned.

This is one of my favorites because the insect on the right side of the picture looks like another flower, but once you look at it closely you can see that it has a mouth, eyes and legs.

This is another picture that i really liked because the mountains are really big, and than you look at the town and it seems to be as big as another mountain, also I think that its really nice how they made a town in the middle of the mountains.

I chose this as my favorite picture because i like how both the ground and sky have a solid plain color, and than the smoke is purple so it calls my attention.

1. What was the best song of 2010?

I think that the best song in 2010 was "I get lonely too" by Drake. I picked this song because I could listen to it all day without getting annoyed by it, also because it can make me fall asleep and wake me up.

2. What was the best movie of 2010?

This was my favorite movie that came out in 2010, because it is funny, but it also has a lot of action going on in it. I like all of the dance moves that they do throughout the entier movie.

3. What was the most important news story of the year?

I think that the most important story of the year was that all of the people that have been killed at Mexico, it makes people insecure and afraid.

4. Who was the most important person of 2010?

The most important person was Drake because I could listen to his songs when im not feeling well and it can make me feel better.

5. What was the biggest sports OR entertainment, story OR person of 2010 (you should google what is appropriate for your choice)

I chose Wiz Khalifa because everytime that I would listen to the radio his music would be on, and most of the people that I know or ask who is their favorite singer they would say Wiz Khalifa.

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.
During this beak i got to see my family together and it was a good and very happy break. We had alot of fun together and there was no drama.

2. What are your resolutions for the 2011 year?
To do good in school, pass all of my classes, and try to do everything that I have in mind.

3. What are you looking forward to in 2011?
I am really exited about turning 15, but i also can't wait for this summer because Im going to go visit my family that I havent seen in two years.