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My Favorite Cover

The New York Times Magazine, November 24, The Flight Risk- Favorite

"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."

I think that for this cover the thing that really sets it apart from all of the other covers is how simple it is. Also the red and blue with a grey really catches my eye. I do think however that they could have added more of a description on what was in the magazine. If they had done that I don't think that it would have taken away from the simplicity that much. I also think that they should not have covered up the title of the magazine as much as they did. I think that they should have moved her down some and then been able to fit the "Times" of "The New York Times". I think that the lighting is perfect for this. 

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Best Covers

1. Formal- New York, May 20, Michael Douglas is Liberace
2. Formal- Bloomberg Businessweek, December 2-8, J Crew: Teaching the World to Dress American
3. Informal- The New York Times Magazine, May 19, The Secret Lives of Germs
4. Informal- Sports Illustrated, April 22, BOSTON
5. Informal- ESPN The Magazine, September 16, Floyd Mayweather in The Flight Issue
6. Formal- The New York Times Magazine, November 24, The Flight Risk
7. Informal- Runner's World, December, Get Fit Have Fun
8. Formal- O, The Oprah Magazine, September, Hair!
9. Formal- Brides, October/November, Get Inspired!
10. Formal- W, December/January, The Art Issue
11. Formal- Harper's Bazaar, May, Summer Fashion Issue
12. Formal- New York, February 18-25, Spring Fashion
13. Informal- The Fader, February/March, Solange
14. Formal- Vanity Fair, October, 100 Years
15. Informal- ESPN The Magazine, July 22, Kenneth Faried in The Body Issue
16. Formal- GQ, February, Beyonce
17. Formal- Atlanta, November, Nobody's Safe

Magazine Tips

1. Make a brand that people know and think is a great brand.
2. Make the magazine emotionally irresistible (make people need to buy it and know what is inside it).
3. Put something on the cover that makes people curious and want to look into it.
4. Keep it simple so that you can read it easily.
5. Make sure that it is worth the money spent.

American Soldier

I think that one of the most powerful images is the one of Ian praying at his tent. That is one of the most powerful images because you can tell he is during all of his trust and pain into god, and that he has hope that things will get better.

The images all work together to tell a story because you see all of the emotions that he was going through and experiencing. You can see all of the things that he is going through and you can almost feel the emotions he is feeling. 

The captions enhance the story because it tells you what the pictures can't. It kind of tells the background story behind the photos. 

Ian Fisher is a troubled but patriotic person. He would always try to do the right thing but then something would take him over and drag him back down again. In high school he saw a dream and decided to follow it. He enlisted in the army at 18, and sought out the american dream... to serve your country. He went into the army and trained vigorously. Ian prayed that he would make it through, but with many emotional issues he started using drugs and misbehaving. He then awoke and realized the dark hole that he was in and decided to do something about it. He got his life back together, and started to work at making things right. 

The verbs are in present tense.

Captions:

There are typically 2 sentences per caption. 

The first sentence describes what physical action is going on in the photo.

The second sentence gives and future or past information related to the photo. 

The third sentence provides a quote. 

Some captions do include quotes. 

There are very few with 4 sentences. 

I think that it is possible to tell a story with just captions because it is telling you what all is going on, and it is showing you what the person in the photo is feeling. 

I think that a story written with just words and a story written with captions and pictures give off two different feelings. When it is just words then you get to imagine more and make things up, rather when it is just pictures and captions it is telling you strait up what happened.