Effective Photography

Mojo magazine:

Rule of thirds

Close up of the person

Person is facing the camera

Gives enough head room to fit the name of the magazine

COVER

Rule of thirds

Room for magazine title

Midshot of person

Back ground gives plenty of headroom and noseroom

CONTENTS

Rule of thirds

Apt headroom , enough to fit a title in

Landscape , midshot of people

Text on dividing lines

Title in different colours also splits page into three

DOUBLE SPREAD

NME magazine:

Rule of thirds

Midshot of Lana

Lots of noseroom and headroom

The background suits the artist's style

COVER

Sufficient headroom for a title.

Contents page is split in two

Midshot of artist

The background is dark so it draws attention to the person in the picture

CONTENTS

Double spread is split in two .

Face is framed in a triangle , focus is drawn to his face. Photograph is midshot which defines his figure

Noseroom is apt for a large title

Other members on the other side of the spread, so focus is once again drawn to the larger image.

Each image is a midshot and has enough headroom and nose room

DOUBLE SPREAD

Kerrang! Magazine:Rule of thirds

Space is used to feature other things in the magazine

Headroom and Noseroom gives the page more space to work with

COVER

Little has changed in the layout over they years!

Page is split in two Image is a mid

shot , dark colours used to make persons face stand out against the black.

Image is small so they use the rest of the page of other details

Posters advertised in the side due to a large amount of Noseroom and headroom.

CONTENTS

DOUBLE SPREAD

Rule of thirds , slightly unconventional

Various images takes up a third of the page

Sufficient Headroom and Noseroom

Midshot takes up one page

Close up images of band members