Midterm Submission

I first chose to make a magazine because I take pictures of peoples cars/trucks as a hobby. I specifically chose an automobile magazine for that reason too. I also know a lot about automobiles so, I can write accurately about it. For the photoshoots I had a lot of previous knowledge on places with  good lighting and background, preset camera settings for rollers, and sunset shots. During the process of this project I also learned a lot of new skills. I learned how to get rid of a blue glare from my camera on Adobe Lightroom, I learned how to shoot a car in different angles, and I also figured out how to make my camera shoot really clear close-up shots. The reason why I chose this truck as my article and to interview the person who owns it is because I wanted to make a magazine about nice trucks that are somewhat affordable to .kid who only works 1 job. In this case that is how Matheson paid for most of the truck I chose the cover picture because I thought it was a cool way to demonstrate my camera skills with a rolling shot of the truck. It helped that I shot it in portrait because it helped me have space to add a title and where to put the captions. The next shot was also to demonstrate my camera skills, It was a very nice and clear close-up and it had space for my table of contents layout. The picture in the top third of the first page of the article was a nice picture of the whole truck, as well as a smaller picture of the back of the truck further down on that page. The next picture was to see how clean the undercarriage of the truck was and it showed all angles of the truck to get a full view of it.  

Table of Contents

The reason I am listing the 3 in the first section is because they were included in the main cover page so they should be featured in the table of contents. The reason why I picked the 3 in the last section was because they were my favorite sections on all the topics I made "just for you". I also used the Haettenschweiler font because I like the masculinity of the font and it also gives off a chill but focused vibe. I used only one photo because it was a dark contrasting photo with space to type on the top and bottom and the photo is really crisp.

Cover Template

This is the template to my cover page, I will have the title in big bold letters followed by the specific title of this issue with 3 other featured articles in the bottom left hand corner. The font I used was Haettenschweiler in all capitals which gives it a meaner more masculine look. In the real cover page I will switch the colors of the fonts to make it pop more.

Photoshoot #3

These pictures were over the course of 2 days. One was a Friday on my way to school I noticed the sunrise start to peak over the tree-line and thought to shoot it. The next time was to see if I could make my car contrast from the background a lot so I shot mid-day when there was no clouds so the lighting was good. I found an area before the parking lot which was under construction which also provided a cool background. I next shot my friends vehicles for sunset in the parking lot while the background was glowing from the sun.

Photoshoot #2

These photos were taken at the pier on a non-crowded night. I was waiting for a good sunset for weeks and I got my opportunity around 5:45pm on a colder night. I took pictures of my friends jeeps while parked on the sand so that the sunset would glow around the Jeep(s). Here are my best photos.

Photoshoot #1

These were the rolling photos from the Ringling Bridge. After I was finished interning it was dark out and the perfect time to take rollers. My friend met up with me to drive my car while the back window was rolled down to take photos. It was much harder than I thought so out of 87 photos these are my best few.

Interview

I interviewed a good friend of mine, Matheson King. The reason why I picked Matheson to interview was because he had the nicest, relatable build that I know. He doesn't drive a crazy expensive truck but he did a lot to make it nice and look the way it does today. If anyone would know the mistakes, more tips to give, or know what to do on their simple project truck, it would be Matheson.