I’m happy with the way my Quick cover photo of Green River Ordinance turned out. Really, I’m happy with almost all of my Quick covers to date. I shoot for several publications nationwide and several corporate clients. But, it seems like I’m always happiest with my Quick shoots. They jsut know how to treat a photo with respect…
If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you have either a.) never had something published, or b.) been lucky enough to work with some REALLY talented design and layout people. Let me say this much, many/most design and layout people are NOT photographers. They may understand visual design, but that doesn’t automatically mean they know how to maximize a photos potential.
Heck, I’ve had some great page designers absolutely butcher my images, just so the picture would fit their awesome layout. My thinking is this: If the picture now looks like crap, your awesome layout now looks like crap, too.
Anyway, I’m starting to ramble. The point is that Quick rocks! I saw this cover and for a second I thought to myself, “Wow!!! Who took THAT photo?!?”
They actually made my image fit in with the design so perfectly, that I didn’t even recognize the shot for a second. To actually elevate the image to something higher, making it truly part of the entire layout takes talent.
Now, I’m not saying this is some amazing image. It’s a good photo, but it’s not my best work. But that’s the point here. Quick took my decent (maybe above average at best) photo of GRO, and they made it look impressive (thanks to great font choice, size, placement, angle… heck, everything).
So, to wrap up a blog post that went on WAAAAYYY too long: Sometimes you will shoot some purely amazing stuff, only to be disappointed with it when it hits stands. You have no control over the images at some point. But sometimes, you’ll fall in love all over again. You’ll see those shots used perfectly, in harmony with the text, with the entire layout. That’s just one more reason I love shooting for Quick!!!