"Baby Emilie was 9 minutes old when Thierry Bouët photographed her for a series on babies in the first hour of their lives. New York used the photo—along with a fresh and fun type treatment—to great effect in its amusing, and affecting, “Health”-issue cover."

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When I look at this magazine cover, I am immediately interested, partially because of the tilted lettering but also because of the baby. She is only nine minutes old at the time of the picture, which makes this very beautiful in its own way. I do love how they made some of the cover lines interact with the picture behind it, but the lines inside the baby's mouth are too small to read. Otherwise, I think this magazine cover does exactly what it is meant to do, catch your attention.

Because of the white background the baby is the only thing that could grab your attention, and the lighting seems to be very good for a picture taken only nine minutes after birth.  The cover lines are attention grabbing because of how they relate to the picture, through positioning.  The picture of the baby is communicating beauty, vulnerability, and appealing to the readers sense for protecting the baby. It does this just through the subject matter of the picture. 

Tips for Portraits
1.

Break the Rules of Composition

2. 

Alter Your Perspective

Environmental Portrait

I picked this picture because of how they used an alternate perspective to take a more interesting portrait.

I picked this picture because of how beautiful the setting is behind the subject, and how surreal it makes the portrait.

Casual Portrait

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I chose this picture because of how care-free and fun the subjects are.

I chose this picture because of a well done use of the black and white filter.

Formal Portraits

I chose this portrait because this baby is super cute.

I chose this portrait because it is a satire on formality.

Photography Portrait

I chose this picture because of how different it was.

I chose this portrait because of the story that it seems to bring with it.

Magazine Essential Parts

• Masthead- this is the name of the magazine that is written in a special font meant to stand out.
• Selling Line- 
• Dateline- This is the month and the year of when the issue was publicized. It may also contain the price.
• Cover Lines- Lines on the front page of the magazine that hint at parts of the magazine.
• Main Image- The main picture used as the background for the front page.
• Model Credit- Usually found on the content page, this will give credit to the person modeling for the main image.
• Main Cover Line- A cover line that takes up much of the front page, and is separated into three different parts in three different colors.
• Bar Code- A standard bar code that allows the scanning of magazines during sale.
• Left Third- The left side of the front page, which is important to make the most of because many magazines will be stacked with only the left third showing.
• Cover line- Sometimes as many cover lines that can fit on the front page will be added on, so some cover lines may be by themselves on the right side of the page.

Sports Exploration

Academics Photography

Rule of Thirds, Balance
1. The subject of this picture is Jasmine, the girl at the computer.
2. Yes, because we are able to see that she is paying attention to he schoolwork.


Rule of Thirds, Balance
1. Andrew, the guy at the computer.
2. Yes, because you can see he is working on his work.


Framing, Simplicity, Lines, Avoiding Mergers
1. The guy in the foreground, with his elbow on the desk.
2. Yes, because we can see how he is in thought about his work.


1. It was very difficult to set the correct photo up, because it requires a very certain set of circumstances.
2. I found myself thinking most about not dropping the camera, and also to set up a few rules of photography.