Going into the process of the creation of my cover I had more than one image that I would have liked to use. My plan the whole time was mainly to put some kind of landscape or eye catching image to the cover to not only attract audience members but also to keep things looking "aesthetic" as my magazine aims to do with every entry.
The Dark One:
Though I believe that the dark atmosphere with the sun shining through the window had potential, I decided to scrap the idea as I began to think of it as a consumer. Can I see this from far away and feel interested just from the picture (as that's what most consumers really look at) and every time my answer was "Meh.". Unlike Shutterbug, to add to choice to not use this, this image is also not a landscape image like most shutterbug covers. The image is also quite dark and uninteresting, especially when thought of in the aforementioned perspective of a consumer. This image by itself serves no real purpose and does not draw anyone in
Sunset On The Ocean:
I could have easily used this as my cover, however, I liked the image on it's own without any extra blurb or any large title text. Therefore I decided that this image would be better suited as a full-page image or as part of an article. Though, I will say, that this was photo-shopped to change the lighting slightly but I still believe it to have a completely natural and pristine quality that I believe adding text to would only squander, and seeing as Shutterbug, the magazine I am referencing, uses a good amount of text on the cover (including the rather large title) I decided that this image would be much better off somewhere within the spread itself.
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