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1. Make each cover have the brand name (keep it familiar) 2. Have an appealing image 3. Have it be worth the money for the reader 4. Easy to read/scan from the shelf 5. It should be intellectual and informative

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1. I think the most powerful photo was "A Mother's Wish". I think it really showed a deeper and more emotional side of him. The setting of the photo and the subject is a lot different from most of the photos so it really stood out to me. The angel of the camera also really emphasizes the priest touching his head making it look almost symbolic. 2. Most of the images look similar and are edited similar. This made it easy for you to see how he grows and changes over that year. You can really see the change in his attitude and how he matures as a person. The army really changed him and you can see that though the photographs. 3. The captions were actually very helpful. It surprised me when I was looking at the photos because I would immediately find the caption to make sense of what was happening in the photo. They helped to make the pictures tell a story. 4. Ian Fisher, at the age of 17, decided to join the Army. He had a difficult time and suffered from addiction, inj...

helpful tips: 16. Take Unfocused Shots As photographers we have ‘sharp focus’ drummed into us as an ultimate objective to achieve in our work – but sometimes lack of focus can create shots with real emotion, mood and interest. There are two main strategies for taking unfocused images that work: 1. Focus upon one element of the image and leave your main subject blurred. To do this use a large aperture which will create a narrow depth of field and focus upon something in front of or behind your subject. 3. Break the Rules of Composition There are a lot of ‘rules’ out there when it comes to composition and I’ve always had a love hate relationship with them. My theory is that while they are useful to know and employ that they are also useful to know so you can purposely break them – as this can lead to eye catching results. The  Rule of Thirds  is one that can be effective to break – placing your subject either dead centre can sometimes create a powerful image –...

Mrs. Kenley is nearly run over by traffic as she speeds down the highway on her motorized scooter on January 5. She had been told earlier that she couldn't go out clubbing due to her age, but she chose to ignore the warnings anyway.   Mark Richard watches his birthday cake burn on August 25 in Maple Oaks Retirement Home. Mark had been blind for over seven years and Maple Oaks had to renovate the entire main building after his accident. On October 27, Nancy Jane pulls up to the Wendys drive through for the third time that day. Nancy was diagnosed with altzeimers  earlier that year and went back several times that day to order the same thing.

rule of thirds: balance/ balancing elements: lines/ leading lines: simplicity: framing: avoiding mergers: (with a merger) (no merger) symmetry/ patterns: viewpoint: depth: cropping: