Monday, March 1, 2010 Posted in Celebrities, Design, Layouts, Magazine, People, Photography, Portraits, Sports, The Wave Magazine
I’m lucky enough to be in a position where I can both photograph and design magazine covers, but in the real world it typically doesn’t happen this way. Often the magazine art director (AD) isn’t even involved in the shoot – they simply receive the end result and need to “make it work.”
When I wear...
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It’s nice that movie slides are (for the most part) digital these days. It makes it easier to update without having to fuss with all that film. The real challenge is making the ad’s message simple/clear enough for the average popcorn-munching, soda-slurping, waiting-for-the-movie-to-start moviegoer to, well, digest. Advertising is a necessary evil, and a captive...
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Alas, I can’t always shoot every cover for the magazine, especially when I’m designing the cover the same day we’re sending it to the printer Credit for the photo goes to Lise Gagne for her awesome shot of this beautiful DJ/model. I can only take credit for wrapping the photo up for visual...
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So I didn’t happen to take this issue’s photo, but it was the strongest image I had to pick from of everything we’d acquired for the Home for the Holidays issue. It’s a cool shot from a unique vantage point (I can only assume it’s from the Silicon Valley Capital Club at the top of...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 Posted in Covers, Design, Fashion, Layouts, Magazine, Modeling, Photography, Portraits, The Wave Magazine
Many thanks to everyone involved in this last-minute Wave Magazine cover photo shoot! Dorian at Watercourse Way Bath House (http://www.watercourseway.com) in Palo Alto opened the doors to their business for three hours today, and with only 24 hours notice! We had the choice of two rooms, we took the bigger one with more natural light,...
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